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Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 1

(Web Handling)

April 10, 2022, ... films look for daily and seasonal temperature changes. If you are running paper-based products look for daily and seasonal moisture trends. If you are working with nonwovens, correlate your properties ...

TekniPlex Healthcare to Showcase Multilayer Sensitive Drug Transfer Tubing & High-Performance Coated Barrier Products

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2022, ... its high-performance coated DuPont™ Tyvek® and paper barriers. TekniPlex’s coated products seal to a variety of formable bottom webs, offering clean and consistent peels to maintain sterility of medical ...

3D Neopac Announces Technology Investments in EcoDesign Tubes, Decoration and Capacity Extension

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2022, ... items include reducing packaging weight (light-weighing), increasing recyclability (mono-material/PE), using recyclates, and replacing certain plastics with paper. 3D Neopac will market various eco-design ...

Labelin takes the die out of cutting, with SEI’s Labelmaster, to provide custom-shape labels

(News | New Products)

April 05, 2022, ... accuracy Expanded materials processing capabilities, such as PET, PP/BOPP and paper Roll-to-roll, roll-to-sheet and roll-to-sticker capabilities Maximum web speed of 330 feet per minute (100 meters ...

JMIS to host Vetaphone at Converters Expo 2022

(News | New Products)

April 05, 2022, ... to include Illinois and part of Wisconsin, including the greater Green Bay area.  With many in the film, plastics, paper, and non-woven sectors getting together for the first time in a long time, the Expo ...

What You Need to Know about Material Testing

(News | New Products)

April 05, 2022, ... and well-informed in all sales, marketing and production processes, various types of plastic and paperboard converting equipment, and technically proficient in Leadership Training and Six Sigma/LEAN methodologies. ...

TAPPI Journal Changes Publishing Model to Improve Accessibility

(News | New Products)

April 05, 2022, ... well as speakers who present scientific papers at TAPPI conferences, are encouraged to submit their research for peer review and consideration for publication in TJ. As an added incentive, your paper could ...

Acucote introduces recycled content for Direct Thermal printers

(News | New Products)

April 05, 2022, Acucote, part of Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives, a global leader in the production of high value-added special papers for packaging Acucote, part of Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives, a global leader in the production ...

Chairman and CEO of Green Bay Packaging Inc. Receives TAPPI/PIMA 2022 Executive of the Year Award

(News | New Products)

April 04, 2022, ... association for the worldwide pulp, paper, tissue, packaging and converting industries, today announced that William “Will” Kress, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Green Bay Packaging Inc. (GBP), ...

At WestPack, MHI to Provide Booth Visitors with Lifesize 3D Projections of Two Signature Blister Machines

(News | New Products)

March 30, 2022, ... versatile machine handles a wide range of forming materials – including PVC, PVDC, ACLAR, PP, PET and ALU – and all typical lidding substrates including ALU, paper, PVC, PET and laminates. Ideal for ...

The Fundamentals of Adhesive Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

March 27, 2022, ...  Variables There are many factors that go into selecting a viable adhesive coating solution: Substrates are often materials like paper, wall coverings, corrugated plastic, films and foils. Each has ...

EFI Launches Enhanced Platform for Nozomi Single-Pass Inkjet Presses

(News | New Products)

March 14, 2022, ...    Businesses from independent box plants and start-ups to integrated paper companies will find the EFI Nozomi 14000 LED to be a durable, reliable, sustainable and efficient digital alternative to analogue ...

TAPPI Selects Fellows and Outstanding Young Professionals for 2022

(News | New Products)

March 14, 2022, ... in the global forest products, pulp, paper, tissue, packaging and associated industries. Eligible nominees are age 35 or younger with less than 10 years of industry experience. The recipients of the ...

IMS TECHNOLOGIES Presents Slitting/Winding Solutions at ICE Europe Calcinate

(News | New Products)

March 11, 2022, ... and bi-oriented films, laminates and paper. Among the other highlights, IMS TECHNOLOGIES is pleased to present the new eXTRASLIT, the fully electric slitter rewinder for all film substrates. The machine ...

Recipients of TAPPI’s Paul W. Magnabosco Outstanding Local Section Award Named

(News | New Products)

March 11, 2022, ... year since 2012. von Grumbkow is part of BTG Instrument’s Global Solutions Team – Paper and Board. He joined Lake States TAPPI/North Central PIMA in 2007 and served as Chair of the Local Section’s Executive ...

H.B. Fuller Joins 4evergreen Alliance

(News | New Products)

March 07, 2022, ... provider, recently joined the 4evergreen alliance, a cross-industry alliance hosted by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) to improve the circularity of fiber-based packaging. The initiative ...

Rust to Tech: Part 3

(Coating/Laminating)

February 27, 2022, ... LED bulbs, save 375,000 kWh a year. Georgia Pacific’s Palatka, Fla., paper mill earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR Top Project for 2020. The mill’s kraft papermaking ...

Michelman Invests in Circular Economy Market Expertise

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2022, ... to continue to expand and broaden solutions in the sustainable packaging market space in both fiber based and film-based solutions. Ms. Gobris brings with her nearly 30 years of paper and flexible packaging ...

Stand Up for Digitally Printed Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

February 20, 2022, ... becomes the label, printers are discovering that flexible packaging is a promising and profitable way to use that extra printing capacity. Seizing the New Paper Pouch Advantage Some consumers perceive ...

Shuffled Ink chooses the Rollem Insignia6 Die Cutter

(News | New Products)

February 15, 2022, ... either portrait or landscape to maximize press sheet impositions. The IS6 performs die cutting, kiss cutting, embossing, perforating, scoring and cut-scoring on a range of papers, plastics, PVC, styrene ...

Decades of Consistency and Quality

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

February 13, 2022, ... in every production run. Essentially, this required cutting a 12” long sample from the end of each 9mm and 12mm coil being slit from non-woven filter paper. The samples are labeled to match the coil’s ...

Enabling Solutions for Sustainable Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 13, 2022, Michelman has enabled advances in paper & film packaging sustainability since creating its first repulpable water-based coating over 50 years ago. Michelman has enabled advances in paper & film packaging ...

IMS TECHNOLOGIES: The Numbers Behind Remarkable Growth

(Coating/Laminating)

February 13, 2022, ... Through its GOEBEL IMS, LAEM IMS and ROTOMAC brands, IMS TECHNOLOGIES provides the global market solutions for slitting and rewinding plastic film, paper, aluminum, nonwovens, flexible packaging and other ...

The Benefits of Proper Vision Inspection

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

February 10, 2022, ... anything wider than 50 inches or so as it would need to be very far from the web. Inspection systems can be used to inspect threads for currency up to 30-foot paper webs. How does one determine which ...

Introducing TAPPI’s Newest Directors

(News | New Products)

February 09, 2022, ... Penn State University; International Paper’s Erie Research Center; Ashland’s Drew Industrial Research Center; 23 years at Ashland/Solenis including polymer chemistry group leader, applications lab manager, ...

Celebration Packaging Adds a Natural, Sustainable Foodservice Dining Option

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2022, ... EnviroWare® brand. “We are pleased to announce the availability of our new Naturals Kraft Plates,” Celebration Packaging Managing Director Nick Burton said. “These disposable, strong paper plates are ...

Breaking Down Boxes

(News | New Products)

January 30, 2022, ... Breaking Down Boxes Marino and Morelli will interview key individuals in the independent paper and board packaging space. Michael M. D’Angelo, AICC President, said "AICC members have so many compelling ...

Solutions for Guaranteed Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

January 12, 2022, SOFTAL Corona & Plasma is a manufacturer of surface treatment systems for foil, film, web, paper, foam and more. SOFTAL Corona & Plasma is a manufacturer of surface treatment systems for foil, film, ...

Leading Manufacturer of Converting Machinery

(Coating/Laminating)

January 12, 2022, ... innovative, high-performance converting machinery for a wide range of industries including flexible packaging, film, paper, adhesives, nonwovens and building products. In addition to a complete line of ...

Martin Automatic – Essential Efficiency for Web Fed Applications

(Coating/Laminating)

January 11, 2022, ... companies increase their production of PPE and cleaning products. Some splicers, not designed specifically for PPE production, were quickly switched over to converting paper rolls for sanitizing wipes. ...