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July 19, 2016
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"Show Me State" is perfect home to Consumer Goods Packaging business that has lots to show. Located about 100 miles south of St. Louis, company laminates and converts bags and pouches and is a flexo and gravure printer.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess has released the MAGPOWR Spyder Plus S1 Controller and Thin Load Cell Series. Both are said to deliver high-end features at an affordable price point and compact format.

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FAIRFIELD, NJ | AZCO Corp. offers the SMARTKNIFE modular knife assembly capable of cutting out a slug of material for an application involving polyester material 610 mm wide and 0.10-0.30 mm thick, with zippers and gussets.
WILMINGTON, MA | Stafford Mfg. Corp. offers custom-engineered and manufactured rigid shaft couplings that can be modified to solve a wide range of design and load handling issues. Can be manufactured in 1-, 2-, and 3-pc designs from steel, stainless steel, and aluminum with various bores.

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Solventless Laminating Best Practices
 
Industry leaders Nordmeccanica, Dow and Enercon share best practices for successful solventless laminating. Get insight on how variables such as machine design, adhesive mixing and surface treatment all play a part in your laminating success. Get full Details 
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BLAUVELT, NY | Schreiner MediPharm has developed--in close cooperation with the Clinical Trial Supplies Unit of Sanofi in Montpellier, France--an innovative solution for blinding syringes during clinical study trials. To best guarantee valid and compliant results during clinical trials, it is important to neutralize investigational products to ensure that active drug and placebo cannot be distinguished from one another.

The innovative products are based on a particularly long, one-layered wrap-around label named Pharma-Wrap and a two-layered wrap-around label, the so-called Euro-Label.

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FEATURED BLOG

Lamination represents a major process used to produce flexible packaging products. Polymer processing expert Tom Bezigian provides a list of lamination techniques, adhesives used, and examples of selected applications.

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Questar CP-267 Ultra Low Gloss Matte PET Film. Up to 95% less gloss than regular matte films. Soft "Velvet Touch" - Unique feel of this product enhances the perception of the quality of your product. High COF - High coefficient of friction is ideal for large bag applications. We will make sure you get the right film for your application. Contact us to request samples or call toll free: 1-888-PET-FILM. Email: sales@petfilm.com. Visit our website: www.PETFILM.com. 
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TRESU Group, Kolding, Denmark, has sold an eight-color hybrid Flexo Innovator press to WestRock Co. for installation at its Eutaw, AL, facility. The press accommodates water-based ink, UV OPV coating media, and inline finishing capabilities and can be used for paper, carton board, laminates, metallic substrates, and unsupported films. Chuck Obermeyer, senior VP operations, says, "We are excited about this investment and the work TRESU has done to help support our broad platform of customer-focused solutions. The acquisition of this equipment will enable WestRock to further differentiate our offerings helping our customers win in the marketplace." 
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Delta Mod Tech offers 30 years of mechanical, electrical and software engineering experience in designing and building specialty web converting and packaging equipment. Our engineering and innovative technology for web handling produces custom made converting equipment for the customer's process. Delta Industrial has provided process solutions for customers in a variety of industries that include but are not limited to the medical, pharmaceutical, labels, print finishing, packaging, consumer, electronics, and automotive. Learn More Here.

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FEATURED CONTENT: FLEXPACK

Toray Plastics (America) offers new lidding film with anti-fog and easy-to-peel properties. To learn more, visit the FLEXPACK content category on our website.
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Webex Centers of Excellence - One Source for Precision

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.

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Methods and Design Considerations for the Application of Hot Melt Coatings

As the use of hot melt coatings continues to grow and evolve so too have the operating parameters and requirements for applying these coatings. This article covers several of the coating methods currently used to apply hot melts, including a review of the typical operating parameters and conditions for each method, as well as the associated advantages or disadvantages.


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INDUSTRY NEWS

LAKE FOREST, IL | Colbert Packaging Corp. reports a significant investment in new equipment with the purchase of an RMGT 1050 LX press, an EXPERT CUT 106 PER die-cutter from BOBST, and a BOBST ACCU-CHECK in-line inspection system.

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ST. PAUL, MN | Cortec reports that bioplastics manufacturer EcoCortec is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The project started in 2006 with a greenfield investment by Croatian-American entrepreneur Boris Miksic.

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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS | FINAT has rewarded exceptional achievement in self-adhesive labels via a focused competition, the FINAT Recycling Awards.

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Best wishes to our colleague, Senior Editor Debbie Donberg, who celebrating her birthday this week in Las Vegas, taking in Cirque de Soleil's The Beatles Love show. Can't wait to hear how it was. I know the music is great. You can write to me at chine@pffc-online.com. -- Claudia

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