Release Liners

Mactac Film Certified for Vehicle Safety

(Label/Tape)

August 20, 2017, Company’s VDG6911 durable film solution is recognized for fire retardancy and burn resistance in motor vehicles STOW, OH | Mactac has received Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 302 ...

AWA Talks About P-S Labels

(Label/Tape)

August 20, 2017, ... also extremely adaptable in terms of their available application technologies, which can vary from hand-held label printers for individual packs to mass serialization on the label press.” AWA has released ...

Cosmo Films Launches Low Noise Tape Film

(Label/Tape)

August 13, 2017, Proprietary release surface treatment enables easy release and generates low noise on unwinding DELHI, INDIA | Cosmo Films announces the launch of a low noise tape film, used in making of low noise ...

Keystone Folding Box Launches Ecoslide-RX 3.0 Package

(Carton Box)

August 08, 2017, Enhanced opening mechanism improves customer experience NEWARK, NJ | Keystone Folding Box Co. has released an improved version of its child-resistant Ecoslide-RX compliance package, which includes ...

Sticking With It | Q&A on Testing and Evaluation

(Coating/Laminating)

August 07, 2017, ... conditions, provides information on how the adhesive will release when peeled manually or by machine. Q. Do I need to consider any special testing for regulatory certification? Again, this is where ...

MacDermid Launches Medium-Durometer Plate

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2017, The LUX ITP plate is the newest member of the LUX In-The-Plate family, suited for paper stock, preprinted linerboard, and more ATLANTA, GA | MacDermid Graphics Solutions reports the commercial introduction ...

GMG Offers Upgraded Color Management Tool

(Print)

July 25, 2017, ... OpenColor 2.1, a new release of its multichannel profiling software. OpenColor 2.1 now offers a measurement capability for custom patches. Whereas previously customers would require a specific test chart ...

Label PRomotion | Does Anyone Proofread Labels or Packaging Anymore?

(Label/Tape)

July 25, 2017, ... for a very positive outcome. If, for example, First Alert were to issue a press release and conduct a social media blitz about the “complainant vs. compliant” error on their package, they well could find ...

Brandtjen & Kluge Launches Press

(Die-Cutting)

July 23, 2017, ... mounting plate require less operator effort and can save up to 5 min of set-up time during job changeover. The commercial release and first official exhibition for the ApexFoil will be at Print17, ...

Flint Digital Plate Suited for Corrugated

(News | New Products)

July 15, 2017, The nyloflex FTC digital plate for corrugated postprint is said to provide significant fluting reduction and high print quality STUTTGART, GERMANY | Flint Group Flexographic Products announces the ...

EFI Partners with RISO on DFE

(News | New Products)

July 03, 2017, ... new range of capabilities for high-volume, high-performance, variable data print production with the release of the first EFI Fiery digital front end (DFE) for RISO printers. The new EFI ComColorExpress ...

Corrugated Report Shows Environmental Progress

(Carton Box)

July 02, 2017, ... released a new US corrugated industry life cycle assessment (LCA), which shows the corrugated industry’s environmental progress. The full LCA is available for download at this link. “The LCA results ...

Mactac Launches Transfer Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

July 02, 2017, New high-strength XT High Performance Rubber Transfer Adhesive is said to provide customization and application versatility STOW, OH | Mactac Technical Tapes Products has launched its latest high-strength ...

Kluge and Kurz Announce Partnership

(News | New Products)

June 28, 2017, The two companies together will market the Kurz DIGITAL METAL technology for the digital transfer of foil ST. CROIX FALLS, WI | Brandtjen & Kluge and Kurz Transfer Products have announced a strategic ...

Uflex Reports Gravure Cell Optimization

(News | New Products)

June 25, 2017, Company says it has achieved low-ink GSM by modifying and optimizing rotogravure cell structures NOIDA, INDIA | Uflex announces it has been able to optimize cell structures of laser-engraved rotogravure ...

Maxcess Announces New MAGPOWR Products

(News | New Products)

June 21, 2017, ... and services for web handling applications, announces the release of three advanced tension control products from MAGPOWR: The CSR Cantilevered Tension Sensing Roller, the ISR Integrated Sensing Roller, ...

FINAT Announces Label Competition Winners

(Label/Tape)

June 20, 2017, The organization says the entries and winners represent innovation and a wide array of labeling activities THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS | FINAT, the European association for the self-adhesive label industry, ...

UPM Raflatac Adhesives Book Is Available

(Coating/Laminating)

June 17, 2017, The book details company’s updates range of adhesives and advises customers of how to find the ideal solution MILLS RIVER, NC | UPM Raflatac announces the release of a new adhesives book that reportedly ...

Sticking With It | Overview of Radiation Curable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

(Coating/Laminating)

June 14, 2017, Adhesives expert Ingrid Brase considers the benefits and drawbacks of radiation curable products. Adhesives expert Ingrid Brase considers the benefits and drawbacks of radiation curable products. In ...

For a Modern Workforce, It Requires TRAINING

(Yo's Yarns)

June 08, 2017, ... 28, 2016, when he said, "Manufacturers want to hire, but many workers lack the skills—often the high-tech skills—we need." In a current press release dated May 31, 2017, we learn from PMMI that it has ...

WSI Global Offers Braille Embossing

(Carton Box)

June 06, 2017, ... all platemaking components; and plates are easy to change (one screw releases the plate and a new one can be installed instantly); and plates are re-usable and made from simple, easy to obtain materials. ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 2

(Flexpack)

June 05, 2017, In Part 2 of this three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom Bezigian explains the advantages of one- and three-layer lines. In Part 2 of this three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom ...

Simco-Ion Bar Neutralizes Static at a Distance

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2017, ... neutralizer into one integrated design. An air tube runs the length of the bar between high densities of long-life tungsten emitters. Small perforations in the tube release jets of air, picking up ions ...

Mactac Debuts All-Temperature Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

May 27, 2017, ... printers. In addition to the CHILL AT adhesive, it features a 2.4-mil semi-bleached, super calendered Kraft liner that is said to be excellent for die-cutting and stripping. The liner release system is ...

Label/Tape | PolarSeal’s Custom-Designed Converting Machines Serve Diverse Industries

(Label/Tape)

May 24, 2017, ... partnered to develop a converting process for an ultra-thin, 30-micron wound dressing film. The process had to automatically remove the film from its release liner, apply non-adhesive areas to the film’s ...

Static Beat | 'GeeZE' Rules for Static Reading

(Surface Prep)

May 23, 2017, ... operators and damage thin coatings such as release layers. Sparks that are too small to see, hear, or feel can ignite flammable solvent vapors. And, sparks deposit spots of static charge on webs that can ...

Sticking With It | Selecting the Right Adhesive for Your P-S Medical Application

(Sticking With It)

May 15, 2017, ... adhesion, removal, cytotoxity, etc., now there is the added dimension of drug solubility and release to consider. The final product construction also will need FDA approval, so this is not an area to ...

Jospak Fiber-Based Food Tray Is Alternative to Plastic

(Carton Box)

May 14, 2017, Tray is suitable for modified atmosphere packaging. FORSSA, FINLAND | Finnish startup company Jospak Oy introduces a novel packaging innovation to keep easily perishable food products fresh with a ...

HERMA Details Environmental Practices

(Label/Tape)

May 07, 2017, By recycling discarded siliconized release liners, the company says it has achieved a carbon-neutral vehicle fleet FILDERSTADT, GERMANY | HERMA reports it has saved nearly 457 metric tons of CO2 again ...

FTA Awards | 6 Best of Show Winners Take Top Honors

(Print)

May 01, 2017, ... in 2016 and the company will release the larger version, a 1950 mm wide cleaner, in 2018. Heritage Envelopes of Blackburn, Lancashire, and member of FTA since 2015, has earned an honorable mention for ...