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July 5, 2016
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Selection of the right adhesive for your pressure-sensitive product, whether it's a tape, label, or self-adhesive graphic, is a critical step in developing the product you will eventually offer and market. Adhesives expert Ingrid Brase offers a handy checklist to guide you through the process.

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DUBLIN, OH | Ashland reports two new pressure-sensitive adhesives that share the same acrylic emulsion base chemistry. Aroset APS 1295 is a coater-ready adhesive for permanent applications, while Aroset 2570 adhesive is designed for temporary ones.

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PALO ALTO, CA | HP demonstrated a single-pass digital combination print process for the labels market at the recent drupa 2016. The technology, shown as part of an HP Indigo WS6800 digital press. reportedly allows customers to print spot and tactile varnishes, cold foil, embossing, and other effects as well as variable embellishments powered by company's SmartStream Mosaic in one end-to-end digital combination printing process.

HELSINKI, FINLAND | Kotkamills is launching a range of consumer board products when company's new board machine starts. The folding boxboard range will be covered by the AEGLE brand and the food service range by the ISLA brand. The option of water-based dispersion coated barriers will be added in the fall. The new machine will allow barrier coatings to be applied directly on the cartonboard machine as part of normal production.

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July 21-22 | Introduction to Heat Shrink Label Technologies Workshop B, Flint Group Narrow Web and AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., Flint Group NW Center of Technical Excellence, Rogers, MN; 763-559-5911; www.awa-bv.com
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MASON, OH | Bud Light has hit the market with newly designed packaging. The fresh new look highlights the brand's key attributes--premium ingredients and a heritage of distinctive care in brewing--while the bold logo helps the brand stand out on crowded shelves.

The new Bud Light graphics utilize metallized pressure-sensitive film and gravure printing to highlight the new design and maximize shelf impact.

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Smyth Companies, St. Paul, MN, was established in 1877 to help local businesses with their commercial printing needs. The company eventually turned its focus to the production of labels for consumer product goods packaging, and today is one of the top label converters. The company chose Domino and the N610i digital UV inkjet label press for their new Green Bay, WI, facility. President Scott Fisher says, "We chose the Domino because of the opacity of the white, the brightness and expanded gamut of the colors, the high-definition print quality, the lower consumable cost resulting in a lower total cost of ownership."
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Screen debuted the Truepress Jet520NX high-speed inkjet press. To learn more, visit the PRINTING content category on our website.
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Since 1966, Menges Roller Company has served converters by fabricating precision-engineered rolls of all types, repairing any and all roller components, and recovering rollers in rubber, silicon and urethane-base elastomers. Our flagship line includes double-shelled, spiral-baffle Chill Rolls and Heat-Transfer Rolls, which are made to maintain very specific temperatures over extended periods of time. Additional services include patterned groove and serration options, roll balancing & crowning, as well as chrome refinishing and acid flushing services for thermal rolls. Our Tiger Max thermal plastic urethane rollcovering has won several converting industry awards. We help converters run faster, waste less, and increase the quality of their products. Learn More Here.

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Mark's Coating Matters | Rheology

A lesson in Rheology from coating expert Mark Miller. He says that when you're looking for someone to design a die for you, make sure you have a full understanding of the fluid as it goes through the slot die system.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

GREEN BAY, WI | The Fort Worth Div. of Green Bay Packaging is the 2016 recipient of The Award of Excellence from the Pulp & Paper Safety Assn., Perry, FL. The award is the association's most prestigious, given for operating excellence and based on the best three consecutive year safety record at a converting operation.

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY | Elif received the "Excellence in Packaging" award with four flexible packaging products in different categories at the WorldStar 2016 competition.

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CHICAGO, IL | Messe D�sseldorf reports the food processing & packaging exposyum (fppe) and East Afripack are set to form a joint platform at the Kenyatta Intl. Conference Centre in Nairobi from Dec. 5-7, 2016.

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