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September 16, 2014 

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PARSIPPANY, NJ | Sun Chemical offers electronic materials solutions that make packages and objects communicate, engage customers, manage inventory systems, and provide brand authentication solutions.

 
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI | Enercon Industries has introduced CoronaFlex, a corona treater specifically designed for the label market. It is said to improve ink adhesion on high-speed flexographic presses and versatile digital printing applications. 

 

GURNEE, IL | GFI Innovations offers AccuBlend-LV ink dispensing system for low viscous flexo inks. Said to improve control over the process, schedules, and workflow of ink dispensing. Features a dozen integrated 5-gal vessels and COLORBOOK dispenser software with touch screen controls. Since design is modular, it can be configured to accommodate 55-gal drum batch sizes.

Join Enercon for this webinar to gain a clear understanding of why corona treatment is used to improve ink adhesion with flexographic & digital printing. Discover why dyne levels decay on pretreated film making in-line corona treating necessary. Get free tips on corona treater operation including the need to know watt density formula that will ensure your label stock receives consistent treatment. Get Full Details
 
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FEATURED STORY 

Web handling expert Tim Walker recently visited a converter that had a rewinder with no apparent direct-driven pacer roller. The unwind had brake torque control, and the rewind had a slipping differential shaft. No rollers were driven. Yet the equipment did have speed control somehow. How can a system with only two slipping torque elements control speed?  

 

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Looking for more news, new products, and advice on slittng of paper, film or foil? Visit the SLITTING content category on our website.

"Martin Automatic has become an important component in our production strategy to the point that we now have a total of 20 Martin systems in our four production facilities." 
Bob Hakman, owner of Diversified Labeling Solutions, Inc.

Visit Martin Automatic today. 
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MALDEGEN, BELGIUM | Verstraete IML has launched several in-mold label innovations in the past year. DoubleSided IML labels are printed on both sides, which creates additional space for information. Metallic IML labels give the packaging a premium look by the use of cold foil.              

        

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FEATURED BLOG  

Senior marketer and brand enthusiast Stephanie Millman asks who owns the packaging and advertising content in your company? When it comes to packaging, advertising and promotional material, most managers involved can agree that a single-focused message would be most effective.

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PFFC CONFERENCES AT CPP EXPO  

Have you ever shipped a series of rolls to your customer of the same product, from the same winder and winding conditions, only to have them reject half of them? How can the same conditions create happy vs. unhappy customers? Join PFFC's web handling expert Tim Walker to find out common answers to these mysteries, plus bring your own winder questions, and he'll try to send you away with answers.

Another conference session of interest: Innovative Solutions to Create "Re-Sealable" Multi-Layer Barrier Films with Added Consumer Convenience, presented by Thomas Ruppert at Bostik Inc.
Using conventional multi-layer blown film extrusion equipment, you will learn how to combine extrudable PSA polymer technology with traditional blown film polymers to add the much in-demand feature of package resealability.

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QuadTech is the leading innovator of advanced color and inspection technology for the printing industry. Our modular and flexible solutions achieve complete control over every phase of production on virtually any packaging press--regardless of substrate, ink, or printing technique. Learn More Here.  

 

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Any questions, call Tim Janes at 303-674-0577 or e-mail [email protected]. 

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INDUSTRY NEWS

 

Badger Plug Acquires Homa Plastics      

GREENVILLE, WI | Badger Plug Co. has acquired Joseph Homa Consultants, Westmount, QC, Canada
, a supplier of plastic core plugs to paper mills and converting operations located in and around Quebec.

Bemis Sells MACtac Pressure Sensitive Business
                 
NEENAH, WI | Bemis Co. has reached an agreement to sell its global Pressure Sensitive Materials business (known as MACtac) to Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity firm, for a purchase price of $170 million. 


FORT MILLS, SC | The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) is requesting papers for technical programs at ICE USA 2015 and ICE Europe 2015. 

 

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Our staff took a break during the very busy Labelexpo show to take this selfie. We enjoyed great booth traffic and had a chance to learn about a lot of new technology on the show floor. What impressed you most? Write to me at [email protected]. Thanks! -- Claudia   

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Claudia Hine | Managing Editor | 312-286-1374

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Sept. 28-Oct. 1 | CPP EXPO and GRAPH EXPO 2014, H.A. Bruno & Graphic Arts Show Co., McCormick Place, Chicago, IL; 201-881-1632;  www.cppexpo.com

   

 

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