KENNESAW, GA | Heidelberg reports the Diana Smart Series of folding carton gluing machines features new options as well as a new model in a 45-in format size.

CHARLOTTE, NC | Air and Water Systems introduces EqualAir, a low-energy heating system for industrial, commercial, and warehouse facilities. The unit is said to reduce heating bills significantly by gently moving the natural higher heat from the top of a facility to floor level.

"I can't say enough positive about Martin products, they're amazing--they run every day, they don't cause us trouble and when you're in a manufacturing situation, that's about the highest praise you can give."

ROCHESTER, NY | Diamond Packaging has won a Silver Award for its Elizabeth Arden's Taylor Swift Incredible Things carton in the annual Gold Ink Awards competition produced by Printing Impressions magazine. The carton was converted utilizing Neenah Paper Royal Sundance Brilliant White Felt paperboard and offset printed with seven colors, in-line with UV matte coating. The matte coating conveys the soft, natural aesthetic of the design.

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Atlas Converting Equipment installed a CW5400 slitter/rewinder on a CPP film line at Poligal in Portugal. To learn more, visit the SLITTING content category on our website.

Foils are unique in their application and processability, but the added benefit can be worth the effort, says coating expert Mark Miller. Energy storage devices, food packaging, and many other areas can benefit from investigation into the interfacial intricacies of fluid foil coating.

Take a virtual tour of Webex and its two manufacturing Centers of Excellence in Neenah, Wisconsin, and Chicopee, Massachusetts. A $2.5 million investment, the Centers of Excellence initiative created two manufacturing centers of excellence, one in Neenah, Wisconsin, which specializes in the engineering and manufacturing of small and medium size rolls, and one in Chicopee, Massachusetts, which does the same for larger rolls. For more information, visit www.maxcessintl.com.  

Alexander Baumgartner, Todd Blumsack, Darren Hallett, Wesley Moodey, and David Phillips are in the news. Follow your industry colleagues by Liking PFFC on Facebook and take a moment to congratulate them on their recent career moves.

UK-based Crown Labels has installed an eight-color Nilpeter FB-3 multi-substrate UV flexo press, featuring five servos per printing unit for complete automation of all adjustments, including job save, job load, and job change. "We were looking for a machine that would deliver outstanding quality for our growing customer base along with efficiency and reliability," says Managing Director Paul Board (pictured at center with sons Chris (left) and John. "The press with its servo technology allows for incredible print accuracy over all sorts of substrates from labels to unsupported films and moves our company into the next generation of flexo printing." Board now hopes to grow his sales team and expand manufacturing abilities.

Lemtech International offers polyband web spreader rolls, a wide range of machine parts/assemblies for Lembo equipment and decades of process expertise. Look to Lemtech to provide components and sections to retrofit your existing Lembo machinery or help with your web lay-flat and spreading needs. With regard to web spreading, Lemtech's customer-driven approach will help you qualify our spreader rolls for your application. Our process expertise allows us to fully understand your application and suggest the proper method of web spreading. Lemtech is so confident in our spreader rolls that we will provide you with a roll free of charge for two weeks to prove out its capabilities. If the Lemex Spreader roll does not perform to your expectations we will take the roll back at no charge. Learn More Here.

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MENTOR, OH | Chemsultants International and Coating Tech Slot Dies are partnering to enhance product development in the prototyping and coating of fluids and adhesives.

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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM | The 12th annual Label Industry Global Awards ceremony was held at Labelexpo Europe. Kurt Walker, HP Indigo, GEW, Lake Image Systems, and Lintec were honored.

CHICAGO, IL | A World Tour promoting drupa began in September with presentations, press conferences, and trade press interviews in Asia, Europe, and the US, reports Messe Dusseldorf.

 
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