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November 10, 2015
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Filmquest, the exclusive supplier of Questar polyester (PET) film, has added Unilux LED strobes into the rigorous quality program at its Bolingbrook, IL, facility. Equipment includes a fixed-mount LED2000 strobe and handheld H2 LED strobes.

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 JemmTron CRC300 Dielectric Ceramic Corona Treater Roll Coverings are ideal for treating non-conductive material. This long-lasting, extremely hard coating offers outstanding resistance to heat and ozone and provides a high dielectric constant for improved treatability. Jemmco also offers a wide range of Corona Treater Roll Coverings including JemmTron Corona Treater Sleeves in diameters up to 10" wide, CRS100 Conductive Corona Treater Sleeves; Conductive and Semi Conductive Ceramic Roll Coverings; and Epoxy Roll Coverings. Call today 262-512-9559.
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GRAFTON, WV | Dyna-Tech Adhesive reports the launch of DynaCoat UV-3327, a UV-curable tactile and overprint varnish for cardboard or plastic film. Provides medium gloss, consistent surface mobility, and excellent scuff resistance, as well as rapid curing at high speeds.

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DANBURY, CT | Addivant reports that global polymer producers have accelerated their commercial production trials of WESTON 705 liquid phosphite antioxidant on the heels of gaining further FDA approvals. The nonylphenol-free liquid phosphite antioxidant product is said to offer superior performance in protecting the polymer during its total plastic life cycle.


OEGSTGEEST, NETHERLANDS | Avery Dennison has introduced a proprietary labeling technology said to allow clear separation of self-adhesive labels from glass pieces, facilitating clean glass recycling. The glass recycling materials use a "switchable" adhesive, which is engineered to facilitate easy label removal from the glass bottle surface in the glass recycling stream.


The unprecedented performance of IQ Power system now incorporates sensor technology, offering full static neutralizing control. Data and event logging is available. Stand-alone or closed-loop feedback options are available. Click here to learn more about Simco-Ion's static neutralizing products.
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LAKE FOREST, IL | Colbert Packaging Corp. is expanding its MedLock EZ family of patient compliance packages to accommodate a wider range of medications. The newest addition to the MedLock EZ family features a larger footprint than the design introduced last year. Both packages have tested to F=1 for child-resistant, senior-friendly (CRSF) effectiveness - high safety marks by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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FEATURED CONTENT: FLEXPACK

Optimum Plastics adds cast embossed capacity with a new line, capable of producing film to five layers in many resin grades. To learn more, visit the FLEXPACK  content category on our website.
 
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Menges Roller Company is a leader in the design, fabrication and finishing of heat transfer rollers. Our acclaimed CFD Thermal Modeling Technology won AIMCAL's "Technology of the Year Award." We guarantee our rolls will perform as planned, with temperature variances of +/-1 degree.

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Germany-based HERMA has invested approximately 1.5 million euros in a special slitting machine for demanding film-based self-adhesive materials, such as clear-on-clear label stock. It ensures excellent winding quality by staggered slitting of rolls (the counterparts are wound at the opposite side.) Even at large roll diameters up to 1,250 mm, the machine enables constant winding tension. "The cutting edges are very precise and clean," confirms HERMA employee Roman Aberle (pictured). Dr. Thomas Baumgaertner, managing director, says, "The high winding quality as well as the use of large rolls can help printers to increase production efficiency." 
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Parkland International has been producing high quality equipment for the UK and Worldwide Converting Industry for over 40 years. Based in the UK, the company specializes in two main product ranges, Slitting Machines and Core Cutting Machines. Learn More Here.

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FEATURED BLOG

Polymer processing expert Tom Bezigian looks back at the recently concluded AIMCAL Technical Conference where he presented two papers and was a session leader of the Advances in Extrusion Coating track.

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The dearth of trained machinists and the failure of schools to prepare young people for manufacturing jobs is a new topic on our message board. See what Convertech has to say and share your thoughts with our Converter Community.

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 When expanding its services, Luminer Converting Group began to experience issues with short run flexographic printing. "It was a time-consuming process, not only when plate mounting and inking up the press, but most of all when color matching difficult or custom colors. We were frustrated with rejects and the reworks from jobs that didn't initially match the colors designers were requesting," said John Borrelli, partner and COO.

INDUSTRY NEWS

CORONA, CA | FoldedColor Packaging is a new online division of Thoro Packaging. This web-to-carton solution for custom folding cartons is built around the needs of small businesses and is said to offer cost-effective, high quality production or short-run orders as low as 50 boxes.

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AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS | AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. reports that its Label Release Liner Industry Seminar, held just before Labelexpo Europe in Brussels, highlighted key issues facing that segment of the industry.


NAPLES, FL | The Intl. Assn. of Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators held its annual Web Coating & Handling Conference USA on October 25-28 in conjunction with the Society of Plastics Engineers' FlexPackCon at the Naples Grande Beach Resort, giving recognition to outstanding presentations.

 
Couldn't help but smile when I saw this post from Facebook friend Amy Meadows of Windows Matter: "Gee whiz, people. You're staring like you've never seen a middle-aged women schlep a 250-ft roll of corrugated wrap on the El." Amy also teaches in the Fashion Studies Dept. at Columbia College in Chicago, where she was taking the corrugated roll. See the results of her students work on our Facebook page. You can write to me at [email protected]. -- Claudia

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