Foil

Domino Printing Sciences Offers New Scribing Lasers

(News | New Products)

February 25, 2013, ... PP-layered materials such as film and foil, applications in which company says standard laser applications can cause melting and blistering of the PP substrate or show a low contrast producing poor quality ...

Coating Matters | Mixing Fundamentals

(Coating/Laminating)

February 25, 2013, ... coating quality of the product, be it an adhesive tape, optical film, or automotive battery. If we dig back deep enough into the process—beyond where the fluid hits the film, foil, or paper; beyond the ...

On Print | Conductive Inks & Coatings

(Coatings)

February 21, 2013, ... this prototype, they are turning to paper, film, and foil converters with advanced laboratory or pilot equipment, i.e., us. To introduce a novel material into one of our own products is already difficult ...

INX Sheet-Fed Inks Certified by EcoLogo

(Green Converting)

February 17, 2013, ... situations, printers have experienced good gloss and rub resistance and can foil stamp in 48–72 hrs, company adds. EcoTech inks conform to ISO 2846-1 standards and are suitable for GRACoL G7 certification. ...

Esko Adds Flexo Plate Imager to CDI Family

(Label/Tape News)

February 13, 2013, ... film, digital foil-based letterpress plates, digital metal-based letterpress plates, and digital silk screens. Operation is aided by EasyClamp, said to securely hold flexo plates of any thickness on the ...

MPS Open House Demos Offset and Flexo Presses

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2013, ... offset press can be equipped with various flexo, gravure, and screen units, in addition to flexo units on rail. Multiple converting units such as hot/cold foil, delam/relam, die-cutting, and laminating ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... the film. Allows 100% coating coverage for irregular surfaces such as textured foils. Applies coat weights as low as 1 GSM, dependent on adhesive, and provides precise accuracy for a cross web distribution ...

INX Label Ink Systems Suited for Water-Based Flexo

(Label/Tape News)

January 29, 2013, AquaTech ION ink systems are offered for paper, film, and thermal label printing   SCHAUMBURG, IL | INX International Ink Co. now offers the AquaTech ION label ink systems, premium quality water ...

Eliminating Tin-Canning Rings on Your Wound Rolls

(Web Handling)

January 24, 2013, ... more published literature offers more advice. According to Bill Hawkins, in his book The Plastic Film and Foil Web Handling Guide, he presents a theory for tin-canning, especially tin-canning that forms ...

OMET Offers Print Technology Center in China

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2013, ... has been sold to Yanfeng Plastic Packing Co. Ltd., China. One XFlex X4 370-mm with 12 colors, two screen, two cold foil, and two rewinders is on its way to China and is scheduled to arrive within February ...

AIMCAL Judges Pick Coated Product & Sustainable Winners

(Yo's Yarns)

January 17, 2013, ... Inst., Broadview, IL), and myself (president/editorial director, Paper, Film Foil Converter–PFFC). Entrants of this competition can look forward to receiving their awards at the association's upcoming ...

Henkel Laminating Adhesives Help Package Resist Acid

(Adhesives)

January 15, 2013, ...  Company explains that spicy sauces and foods that contain vinegar or other acids can attack flexible packages, including the adhesives with which the packaging films and foils have been laminated. This ...

Masterpress Installs Omet XFlex X6 Press

(News | New Products)

January 15, 2013, ... units. The press, reportedly ready ahead of schedule thanks to the hard work of OMET's R&D and technical teams, has five UV flexo units, cold foil, rotary die-cutting, and Vision-1 automatic register system. ...

Wacker Presents Innovative Binders at European Coatings Show

(Coatings)

January 07, 2013, ... now, acrylate-based binders were predominantly used for heat-sealing coated aluminum foils to non-polar polymers. The new VINNACOAT LL 8100 offers an alternative here and complements WACKER’s broad product ...

Readers Choice: Top 11 New Products of 2012

(Coatings)

January 01, 2013, ... foil stamping. CONTACT COMPANY   Nippon Soarnol NC Series EVOH/Clay Composites Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Osaka, Japan, in an exclusive global licensing agreement with Nanobiomatters, ...

IMDA Reports on 2012 Meeting, 2013 Events

(IML/IMD)

December 31, 2012, ... Also providing assistance were media sponsors Paper, Film and Foil CONVERTER, Package Design magazine, and Plastics Decorating magazine. Immediately following the annual meeting, IMDA presented the Awards ...

WS Packaging Introduces LinerLESS Labels

(Label/Tape News)

December 26, 2012, ... delay in the labeling process. All current commonly used decorating technologies for films can be used with LinerLESS facestocks, including metallic ink and foil stamp applications. And, as with traditional ...

PFFC Wishes Converters & Suppliers Holiday Harmony

(Yo's Yarns)

December 20, 2012, As many facilities shut down for scheduled maintenance upkeep and repair, the staff of Paper, Film & Foil Converter--PFFC wishes all its website visitors and E-Clips subscribers a peaceful and calm holiday ...

TLMI Award Winners Announced

(Label/Tape News)

December 17, 2012, ... Pich 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon pressure-sensitive label. The label also won First Place in the offset-printed, line prime Wine & Spirits category and is a combination-printed web offset, rotary screen, hot-foil ...

Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions Has Full Line of Blades

(News | New Products)

December 17, 2012, Score slitter and perforator blades covert rolls to sheets   SOUTHBRIDGE, MA | Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions offers a full line of blades designed to cut and finish rolls of paper, film and foil, ...

ICE 2013 Will Feature Experts

(News | New Products)

December 10, 2012, ... holds several patents, and is a contributing editor to Paper, Film & Foil Converter. • Dr. Dave Roisum – Web Handling & Converting: Dr. Roisum, a well-known web handling and converting authority, has ...

PCI Says Polyester Prices in US Back to Normal

(Flexpack News)

December 09, 2012, ... film, 48-ga BOPET film, 60-ga BOPA film, 28-ga aluminium foil, and 60-gsm coated papers. Trends over the past year to eighteen months have also been influenced by buyers at both the converter and packer ...

Martin Automatic Joins Two Overseas Events

(News | New Products)

December 05, 2012, ... with hot and cold foil stamping and the benefits of foil saving; and Gidue, introducing the latest advance in combined analog and digital printing methods for the label printer seeking to add multi-substrate ...

AZCO Sheeter Suited for Many Materials

(Carton Box)

December 03, 2012, ... for film, foil, paper, nonwovens, corrugated, rubber, or other flexible materials. Company says installation and setup are easy and use of this low-speed unit can reduce material and labor costs. Material ...

Web Handling | To Break or Not To Break--What is the Tension?

(Web Handling)

December 02, 2012, ... slope of stress and strain plot defines the web's Young's modulus. If all this is true, you say, why can aluminum foil easily break but a box of cling wrap entails a wrestling match to tear it? The difference ...

Verstraete IML Labels Have Metallic Look

(Label/Tape)

December 01, 2012, ... Company produces the labels with metallized cold foil and also prints them with metallic UV ink (Metallic IMLINK). The metallic effect is no longer achieved through the foil but through the use of silver ...

IADD·FSEA Odyssey Promises Top Line-up

(Carton Box)

November 30, 2012, ... print finishing, folding carton, corrugated, and specialty markets. The event, with the theme of "Plug In," is sponsored by the International Assn. of Diecutting and Diemaking (IADD) and the Foil & Specialty ...

POP Displays | Opaque Paperboard Solves Bleed-Through Problems

(Carton Box)

November 28, 2012, ... bottom line. Lamitech also offers a broad range of sheet and roll products, including virgin paperboard, cardstock, recycled chipboard, laminated materials, foils, and films for converters in North America. ...

Diamond Packaging a Big Winner at PPC

(Carton Box)

November 26, 2012, ... Secret Clinical Strength series cartons featuring foil stamping, UV gloss spot coating, and DiamondEmboss coating accents • A Gold Award for the company’s three-month corporate calendar, a long-standing ...

Label Printing | Rotakett Opts for Gallus RCS 330 Press

(Label/Tape)

November 26, 2012, ... with flexo printheads of Rotakett’s own design. The two presses are both highly specified, offering full ultraviolet (UV) flexo and screen printing, hot and cold foiling, laminating, and the ability to ...