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- Narrow Web & Label Reporter: February
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2009, ... CA | Western Shield Label Co. reports investments within its prepress department, including a DuPont Cyrel Fast 1000 TD solvent-free, flexo plate processor, which exemplifies Western Shield's commitment ...
- Green Is Global
- (Archive)
- January 31, 2009, ... is its lighter weight — a key attribute today. The whole packaging industry is moving to lighter-weight containers and thinner label materials to save time and costs. For the converter, thinner materials ...
- Meeting the Sustainability Challenge Without Compromising Barrier Performance
- (Archive)
- January 28, 2009, ... measurement tools and hard targets. The second thing that has become clear is that economics drive sustainability, not vice-versa. Sustainability programs have come to encompass sustaining the economics ...
- Cylinder Coating Aids Yield
- (News Eclips)
- January 20, 2009, Nu Tech Coatings has introduced a patented PEC HD coating said to eliminate two major variables in flexo printing: the removal of cushion stickyback tape and impression setting of the plate to the substrate ...
- How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?
- (Web Handling)
- December 31, 2008, ... parallelism all cost money, so we ought to think about what we are getting for our money. Some products gain more from precise alignment, while other products quite likely are insensitive to misalignment. ...
- Narrow Web & Label Reporter
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2008, ... substrates, including thinner flexible packaging, folding carton, label, and shrink sleeve media. Company says repeat length of 38.58 in. permits greater productivity and lower cost per label. Hewlett-Packard ...
- Color Control
- (Label/Tape)
- December 31, 2008, ... different substrates,” he adds, “static can really raise holy heck with you. We try to buy substrates from companies that really understand their product so they don't give us something that's full of static ...
- Narrow Web & Label Products
- (New Products)
- November 30, 2008, ... Dantex | +49 62 51-10 78 0 | www.dantex.de PFFC-ASAP 315 Splicing Tape Offers Benefits Scapa 627 splicing and sheathing tape features an aggressive adhesive that bonds to a variety of non-silicone ...
- Wrinkle Removers
- (Tension)
- November 30, 2008, ... speeds. There are all kinds of things that can happen to a web, so having tension controls at more points throughout the process makes sense to help maintain quality.” Conversely, if the tension is ...
- New Film Line Easy To Manage
- (Substrates)
- November 30, 2008, ... film line features an extruder extraction system that allows screw removal with the die in place. Reportedly, Gloucester's integrated control system manages everything from layer ratios to Automatic Profile ...
- Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory
- (Archive)
- October 31, 2008, ... ISO certified Markets | frozen foods, industrial, meat/poultry, medical/pharmaceutical, photographic/graphic arts, snacks Substrates | film, foil, nonwoven, paper, paperboard, thin nonmetallic materials ...
- Narrow Web & Label Products
- (Narrow Web)
- September 30, 2008, ... UV flexo, cold foil, hot foil, screen, and interstation die-cutting within the same printhead. Runs a variety of substrates from unsupported film to light board. Mark Andy | 636-532-4433 | www.markandy.com ...
- Get a Grip
- (Narrow Web)
- September 30, 2008, ... world's most well-known and respected companies, with facilities in 60 countries and more than $21 billion in annual sales. Another customer holds a prominent position within the converting industry, with ...
- Solvent Retention in Packaging
- (Process Management)
- September 30, 2008, ... up with limits on acceptable solvent retention. This standard will have an overall upper cumulative limit for all detected solvents. It also would have limits within this total for individual solvents. ...
- UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- September 30, 2008, ... coatings. In a laminate structure, different interactions occur, and different forces are introduced that affect ink performance. Within a laminate structure, several different layers must work in concert. ...
- What's New Product
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2008, ... reduce waste, and effectively run thinner gauge materials. Rolls not only support downgauging and thinner gauges while generating less waste but also allow an overall increase in line speeds, company reports. ...
- Sticks to Flexo
- (Label/Tape)
- August 31, 2008, ... — and I still don't have an offset press!” Timing Is Everything Two of Paragon's biggest selling points over its offset competitors are cost and delivery times. Grossman says, “We are faster and less ...
- New Product Digest
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2008, ... and TEGO RC epoxy silicones are UV-curable release systems. Silicones can be applied to very thin recyclable films due to their cold curing technology. Liner is BOPP, which features a low carbon footprint ...
- August What's New Product
- (New Products)
- July 31, 2008, ... material from any printing process; automatic compensation for screen stretch or shrink for the ability to handle multiple print passes; and the ability to handle substrates as thin as 12 microns. Electronic ...
- Best of Both Worlds
- (Label/Tape)
- July 31, 2008, ... got new work, because when people heard that we had digital, they called us and said, ‘Do you think this would run on digital?’” “We're adding new customers regularly,” adds graphics director Sue Hebert, ...