Foil
- Web Lines: Is Wound Roll Pressure Greater Than Tire Pressure?
- (Tension)
- June 30, 2011, ... the loose and tight extremes of winding. Uncoated papers and foils tend to wind with low internal roll pressure, less than 100 psi. Pressure under a thick gauge band can have pressure 5-50x average internal ...
- Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... and machinery as well as the complementary consumables). Its patented process of direct holographic embossing onto aluminum foil is particularly suited to blister packs for pharmaceuticals as well as for ...
- Holographic Technology: Pattern Pressing
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... the use of conventional holographic laminates — up to five times more. The technology, supplied by US-based Breit Technologies but originating from UK company Foiltone Ltd., is a decorative coating ...
- Innovation Award to MacDermid
- (Prepress)
- June 30, 2011, ... reportedly enabling printers to improve print quality and consistency, making flexo more competitive against gravure and offset printing. It can be used on paper, flexible film, foil, paperboard, label ...
- Narrow Web & Label Reporter
- (Narrow Web)
- June 30, 2011, ... Foiljet Digital 10-pt substrate from Hazen Paper Co., Holyoke, MA, for use with HP Indigo 7000 and 5000 Series digital cut sheet presses. This means Indigo cut sheet presses that use white ink can now ...
- Recycle Cores for Many Materials
- (Cores)
- June 30, 2011, ... materials, including paper, films, and foils, has variable unwinding speeds, and offers an air powered option. Standard models handle rolls to 96 in. wide and 32 in. dia. Appleton Mfg. Div. | 800-531-2002 ...
- PFFC Online Buyers Guide Goes LIVE!
- (Trends/Management News)
- June 15, 2011, Did ya see it, did ya see it? Even better-did you try it? Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) introduces its Online Buyers Guide providing converter visitors the most comprehensive listing of suppliers ...
- In-Mold Competition Deadline Extended
- (Label/Tape)
- June 08, 2011, ... Label Design • Best Product Family (common style or brand) Winning entries will be honored at IMLCON and IMDCON 2011 on Nov. 16—17, 2011, in Phoenix AZ, and announced in Paper, Film & Foil Converter ...
- Webinar on Steam Remoisturization for Paper-Based Labels
- (Web Handling)
- June 05, 2011, The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators and Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) are jointly sponsoring a free webinar scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, at 11 A.M. (Eastern) on the subject of ...
- Industry Associations
- (Uncategorized)
- June 01, 2011, ... Technical Assn. (FTA) Bohemia, NY; 631-737-6020; www.flexography.org FlexTech Alliance San Jose, CA; 408-577-1300; www.flextech.org Foil & Specialty Effects Assn. (FSEA) Topeka, KS; 785-271-5816; ...
- Gietz Gets Seven FSEA Gold Leaf Honors
- (Print)
- May 31, 2011, Gietz, a leader in foil stamping technology, walked away with seven awards at the Foil & Specialty Effects Assn. (FSEA) Gold Leaf Awards banquet held on May 5 in concert with the International Assn. of ...
- Wine Label Growth Fuels Investment
- (Label/Tape)
- May 31, 2011, ... OMET X-Flex 430 press, fitted with three rotary die-cutting units. It also has an upper rail system for mounting the three cold foil stamping units, turn bars for reverse printing, a unit for printing ...
- Slit Thin-Gauge Films & More
- (Slit)
- May 31, 2011, Model SR7000 duplex slitter/rewinder is designed for thin-gauge films, foils, and packaging materials. Capable of running 84-in.-wide webs at 1,500 fpm, Model SR7000 duplex slitter/rewinder is designed ...
- Slit Many Substrates
- (Slit)
- May 31, 2011, ... film, foil, and laminates, it is available in widths from 1,000-1,800 mm. Vacuum roller for tension isolation point means no nip rollers or S-wraps. Ashe America | 802-254-0200 | www.ashe.co.uk ...
- Amplifier Easy To Use
- (Tension)
- May 31, 2011, The A4 digital amplifier can be calibrated and zeroed with the push of one button. Can be used to remotely calibrate and graphically monitor both raw The A4 digital amplifier can be calibrated and zeroed ...
- UV Print on Heat-Sensitive PVC
- (Print)
- May 31, 2011, ... speeds on paper, foil, and plastic stocks. LED UV wavelengths produce no IR energy, so reportedly they run cool in the press and produce no heat to the sheets or web. Air Motion Systems | 715-425-5600 ...
- Post Consumer Resin Gets New Life from Milk Jugs and Water Bottles
- (Flexpack News)
- May 18, 2011, ... used in industrial an commercial applications. Dan Dickenson, senior director, Sustainable Manufacturing, reveals to Paper, Film & Foil Converter that the company believes it can develop constructions ...
- MacDermid Combines LUX Flat-Top Dots with LAVA Thermal Processing
- (Flexography)
- May 08, 2011, ... paper, flexible film, foil, paperboard, labelstock, and corrugated. LUX has received both the FTA Technical Innovation Award and the Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Assn. (FPPA) Technology Innovator ...
- Argraf Group Installs 10-Color Omet Press
- (Label/Tape)
- May 05, 2011, Argraf Group, one of the leading Spanish and European label converting groups for the food and beverage market, with a particular interest in the wine sector, recently installed a 10-colour OMET X-Flex ...
- BEST OF SHOW
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2011, ... The attractive label features nine colors printed on a lamination of polyethylene/foil/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using Rotoflex inks on a Ten press with indirect laser-engraved cylinders. Judges ...
- Vivid Colors Get Noticed
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2011, In the Foil/Paper Lamination category, Bemis Milprint Flexible Packaging, Toronto, ON, Canada, wins for the Dannon Activia Challenge label. It features In the Foil/Paper Lamination category, Bemis Milprint ...
- Carton & Box Reporter
- (Carton Box)
- April 30, 2011, ... become the 27th SGP Certified Facility, while Great Big Pictures, Madison, WI, becomes the 28th. MiraFoil coating from Henkel Corp., Bridgewater, NJ, is named one of the top ten products worldwide by ...
- UV Coating Reduces Rub-Off
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- April 30, 2011, MIRACURE Silver UV coating is a lower-cost option to company's MIRAFOIL brand coatings for creating metallic effects on packaging, folding cartons, and MIRACURE Silver UV coating is a lower-cost option ...
- Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!
- (Print)
- April 30, 2011, ... press delivers high-end labeling for the pharmaceutical and health and beauty markets and also is used for jobs requiring silkscreen, hot/cold foil, and embossing. Confidence Booster From the get-go, ...
- Pouch Sprouts Trophy
- (Bag Pouch)
- April 30, 2011, Ampac’s Standup Retort Pouch for Sprout Organic Baby Food Wins Alufoil Trophy for Resource Efficiency and Is Reclosable Using Linear Tear Technology The European Aluminum Foil Assn. awarded its Alufoil ...
- Label Press Is Cost-Effective
- (Flexography)
- March 31, 2011, The EM 340/410/510 S can be used to produce self-adhesive and monofoil labels, as well as many other products. A state-of-the-art, servo-driven web-feed The EM 340/410/510 S can be used to produce self-adhesive ...
- Odyssey Offers Education
- (Die-Cutting)
- March 31, 2011, ... and Diemaking and the Foil & Specialty Effects Assn., the Odyssey program will include a panel discussion on the “Impact of Digital Printing Technology on Finishing and Packaging,” offered free on May ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... and Yolanda Simonsis, associate publisher/editor, Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) magazine, who hosted the judging session at PFFC's Chicago offices. The Technology of the Year Competition was judged ...
- Events
- (News Clips Archive)
- March 31, 2011, ... TLC Hotel, Waltham, MA; www.coe.neu.edu 4-6 | IADD-FSEA Odyssey 2011, Intl. Assn. of Diecutting & Diemaking/Foil Stamping Assn., Nashville Convention Ctr., Nashville, TN; www.iadd-fseaodyssey.com ...
- IMDA Now Accepting Awards Competition Entries
- (Label/Tape)
- March 30, 2011, ... in issues of Package Design and Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) magazines. Complete entry details, rules, and entry forms are available at the IMDA website or by contacting: Ron Shultz, executive ...