A Call to Arms

Published: December 01, 2006

Will users of release liners join together to promote its recyclability or continue to turn a deaf ear, leaving our environment at risk?

Optimizing Costs

Published: December 01, 2006

The high cost of platinum has been driving innovation in finding ways to reduce its level of us to just 25-35 ppm.

Cure Cockling

Published: December 01, 2006

Protect your PSA release liner from excessive heat and humidity so it can protect you.

RFID Smart Labels Conference and Exhibition

Published: November 26, 2006

IDTechEx's Smart Labels USA 2007 will take place February 21-22 in Boston, MA, and will provide market coverage of RFID successes, ROI, and state-of-the-art technologies.

P-S Label Report

Published: November 16, 2006

AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has published a new edition of its market report on the North American pressure-sensitive graphic arts market.

Challengers Press On

Published: November 01, 2006

The annual label competition hosted by the Tag & Label Mfrs. Institute proves there’s more than one way to produce a winning label.

Curing Cuts Co$ts

Published: November 01, 2006

Label printer Wilkri-Etiketten is testing a UV system, launched by IST Metz, on a pilot application. The result: higher yields plus energy efficiency.

Mark Andy Wins Award for RFID

Published: October 29, 2006

Mark Andy has won the 2006 FlexoTech Innovation Award for its successful innovation and solutions that support RFID-enabled labels.

Inline P-S Label Printing Reduces Costs

Published: October 10, 2006

Degussa Silicone RC silicones enable inline silconizing, adhesive coating, and laminate production of pressure-sensitive adhesives.

Asian Release Liner Market Study

Published: October 08, 2006

The new and expanded "Asian Release Liner Market Outlook" from AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., represents an up-to-the-minute assessment on the subject.

AWA Releases Global Wine Label Market

Published: October 02, 2006

AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. published its first report on the global wine label market in 2002, and recently it published the 2006 edition, which provides an updated understanding of the wine label market, describing trends in volume growth and materials technology by region, and identifying the main drivers for these trends.

More Corn?

Published: October 01, 2006

The Coated Products Operations of Green Bay Packaging, Green Bay, WI, offers EcoVantage p-s label films made from a PLA polymer derived from corn. The

The Changing World of Wine

Published: October 01, 2006

In 2004-2005 global wine production totaled 291 million hectoliters the highest level of production since 1992. In Europe as well as worldwide, supply

PLGA Announces Print Quality Award Competion

Published: August 10, 2006

The Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. Print Awards program recognizes member printers and converters for outstanding achievement in gravure printing. (plga.com)

Labelexpo Revs Up

Published: August 01, 2006

The biennial showcase for the narrow web industry returns September 11-14 to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL, near Chicago's