Face Stocks

Q&A Know Your Films!

(Surface Prep)

November 21, 2021, With the growth in demand for flexible packaging predicted to continue at a rapid rate for the foreseeable future, Jan Eisby, CSO at surface treatment pioneer Vetaphone A/S With the growth in demand ...

Avery Dennison TC-2000 Film Topcoat Enables Bolder Brand Graphics While Reducing Complexity for Converters

(News | New Products)

November 16, 2021, ... to confidently employ bold typefaces, gradients, seals and other eye-catching graphics. “The new TC-2000 from Avery Dennison provides everything we look for when shopping for materials— anchorage, ink ...

HOW TO: Identify What Perforation Method is Right for Your Application

(Slit)

November 16, 2021, ... you are having issues with trapped air or liquid, looking to add grip, texture, extend the surface area of a material for increased absorbency of liquid or sound, our experience in the hole making arena ...

Measure Static in Wound Rolls

(Static Elimination)

November 14, 2021, ... The static stored in the wound roll cause electric field that extend to the floor. Even though the floor surface may be insulating, the concrete subfloor is typically conducting. We can use our handheld ...

Technic Gravure Strengthens its Competitive Capacity with the Acquisition of a Comexi SL2

(News | New Products)

November 11, 2021, ... is a great pleasure to be able to provide a technology such as the Comexi SL2 to Technic Gravure. This machine has many features, such as an easy user interface, providing our customers the best production ...

HOW TO: Know When It’s Too Late to Buy QC Equipment

(Web Handling)

November 11, 2021, ... equipment with the most sophisticated sensors and controllers to ensure your product is produced with precise accuracy. We also manufacture print and surface inspection equipment, which ensures that the ...

Q & A: NORDMECCANICA

(Coating/Laminating)

November 08, 2021, ... to Nordmeccanica’s own progressions. Here’s what they had to say: What are some of the biggest challenges companies face with developing custom coating and laminating equipment in converting lines? What ...

New Digital Label Applications with Xeikon’s Panther 2.0 Series

(News | New Products)

October 26, 2021, ... to print high-quality labels on a wider choice of substrates, including clear-on-clear facestock, which requires a high-quality opaque white to make the design stand out. Both presses can be configured ...

Easy Open Application in Flexible Packaging: Snack N’ Seal

(Flexpack)

October 24, 2021, ... an award: DuPont’s 19th annual Gold Award in packaging for 2006. Here is what makes it award worthy: Tamper-Resistant Packaging manufacturers face another problem aside from freshness: stores can’t ...

Q&A: NEW ERA

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

October 24, 2021, ... going to get to the right person, and quickly.  After-sales service and support has always been a primary focus for New Era in how we operate our business.  There are many facets to supporting a customer ...

Web Guides: The Evolution of Monitoring and The Need for Knowledge

(Web Handling)

October 17, 2021, ... had to advance to handle these modern applications. Some modern applications included center guiding, line guiding, and multiple unit control. Today, some manufacturers offer user-friendly operator interfaces ...

ProAmpac Launches Water Resistant Curbside Recyclable Paper Mailer

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2021, ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, announced the launch of its ProActive Recyclable® Paper Mailers. ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, announced ...

Baldwin Brings New Connected Technology to FEFCO Technical Seminar

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2021, ... while allowing full-speed printing. The system offers an optional integrated hot-air knife with temperature control to provide better surface drying. Taking safety into consideration, the FlexoDry2 comes ...

Empire Screen Printing Roll to Roll Innovations Achieves New Levels of Efficiency, Repeatability, and Quality

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2021, ... Roll-to-Roll Screen Press can reportedly print on a variety of first and subsurface materials including polycarbonate, polyester, vinyl, BOPP, and paper products with material thickness ranging between ...

CMD Introduces New Pouch Machine Redesign at Pack Expo Las Vegas

(News | New Products)

October 13, 2021, ... Simple – with a design based on operator input, the 760-SUP is ingeniously simple to learn and train on. Clear, intuitive color touch screen operator interface, fast and easy mechanical adjustments and ...

Mail Solutions and Savings, the Jacksonville, FL Division of TC Delivers Recently Added Rollem’s TR Slitting Technology to Support KM-1 Ink-Jet Press

(News | New Products)

October 06, 2021, TC Delivers, located in Jacksonville, FL is a comprehensive mail services provider it recently received installation of Rollem’s TR Slitting, Scoring, Perforating & Semi-Slitting System.  TC Delivers, ...

Trexel and Bockatech Partner to Increase Benefits and Scope of Foamed Packaging Applications

(News | New Products)

October 03, 2021, ... inner and outer faces of the container walls by cooling, that have molten and foaming resin in the center. Typically using EcoCore results in a weight saving of around 30 percent compared to traditional ...

Non-Contact Laser Gauges Pave the Way for Higher Accuracy Length and Speed Measurements at Converting Plants

(Slit)

September 29, 2021, ... relying on physical contact and friction between the product surface and another surface which turns an encoder that increments a counter.  Length is calculated from the amount of rotation of the contact ...

Vetaphone Grows Its Business in Mexico

(Coating/Laminating)

September 26, 2021, Vetaphone, the inventor and pioneering manufacturer of surface treatment technology for the printing, converting, laminating, and extruding market sectors, is investing in its sales operation in the rapidly ...

Q & A: NORDMECCANICA

(Coating)

September 20, 2021, ... to Nordmeccanica’s own progressions. Here’s what they had to say: What are some of the biggest challenges companies face with developing custom coating and laminating equipment in converting lines? What ...

Flexible Packaging Machinery: Solutions for Change

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

September 15, 2021, As a prominent North American supplier of flexible packaging machinery and systems to a broad range of industries including food, snacks, beverage, personal care By Dennis Calamusa, President and CEO ...

BriskHeat Announces Launch of DHI Drum Immersion Heaters

(News | New Products)

September 14, 2021, BriskHeat, a leading provider of surface and immersion heating products, controllers, and insulators, announced it has launched its new DHI Drum Immersion Heaters. BriskHeat, a leading provider of ...

New Packaging Report Strengthens Holography Anti-Counterfeiting Role, Says Global Trade Body

(News | New Products)

September 13, 2021, ... economies wrestle with a post-Covid world. Growth in packaging security devices appears ‘strong and potentially lucrative’, the IHMA said, in the face of a report that predicts increasing incidences ...

Smart Moisture Measurement Technology Continually Optimizes Product and Process Quality for Pulp/Paper Processing

(Flexpack)

September 08, 2021, ... methods that require time-consuming weighing and drying are often too time and labor-intensive to be practical, and laboratory testing faces the same drawbacks. With typical testing, by the time results ...

Boost Folding-Gluing Efficiency with the New SPEEDPACK Automatic Packer from BOBST

(News | New Products)

September 02, 2021, ... doors provide complete access and visibility to the whole machine for setting and production. Meanwhile, the BOBST Human Machine Interface (HMI) integrated into SPEEDPACK allows settings to be fully automated, ...

Strong S.A. Invests in a High Productive Comexi S1 DT to Automate Its Processes

(News | New Products)

September 01, 2021, ... an extremely interactive and easy-going user interface. This unique automation of the Comexi S1 DT gives the operator, without the need to intervene, the possibility to load the reel into the machine and ...

Edale Widens Its Market Appeal and Confirms Its Special Relationship with Vetaphone

(News | New Products)

August 31, 2021, ... and accuracy that modern converters demand, and it was through investigating what surface treatment manufacturers had to offer several decades back that Edale first established contact with Vetaphone. ...

Choosing Right: Laser Die Cutting Vs. Rotary Die Cutting

(News | New Products)

August 29, 2021, Precision vs. durability? Cost vs. quick run capabilities? By Dave Grenwis, Marketing Manager at Delta ModTech Precision vs. durability? Cost vs. quick run capabilities? When comparing laser die ...

UFLEX Unveils Breakthrough Set of Products & Solutions

(News | New Products)

August 29, 2021, ... sustainability standards as well; Chemicals Business PU resin for 1K matt coating: The newly launched PU resin for 1K matt coating FLEXPAK 2765 offers an excellent matt finish on the surface ...

Flint Group ZenCode CG and ZenCode CS Inks and Coatings Secure Material Health Gold from Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute

(News | New Products)

August 25, 2021, ... can be used for printing on the non-food contact side of food packaging materials and is suitable for surface, reverse, and lamination printing. These inks are designed for a wide range of flexible packaging ...