As finish foils production capacity continues to rise, companies are increasingly exploring making investments in varnishing plants using electron beam curing (EBC) technology. The first projects have already been wrapped up, with ...
Companies spend $130 billion a year on boxes, bags and blister packs, yet many packaged goods still remain hard-to-open, undersized, or overwrapped for the products inside. Consumer Reports took a close look at common packaging challenges ...
Billed as the world's fastest air-cooled induction sealer, the Super Seal Max offers 20 percent more sealing capacity (measured in either more power or more speed) due to new system components and a redesigned layout of the internal ...
Max India has announced the sale of its biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film unit Max Speciality Films (MSF) to Treofan, a German global developer of BOPP film for Rs5.4bn ($97m). Max India managing director Rahul Khosla said the ...
Two Sonobond machines — a SpliceRite™ Ultrasonic Wire Splicer and a SonoWeld® 1600 Ultrasonic Metal Spot Welder — remained operational after a devastating storm demolished the production area of SolaHD's Rainsville, AL ...
The application range for aluminium products is steadily expanding. To address changing end user needs and survive intense competition, manufacturers are modernizing their production facilities and broadening their product portfolios. In ...
Tags: aluminium products, foils used in the packaging industry
Looking like something out of a science fiction movie, the Lotus Dome is an astonishing sight to see. Created by Studio Roosegaarde, a Dutch studio, the Lotus Dome is an exploration of the interaction between humans and technology. ...
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Henkel has announced the launch of two new solvent-based laminating adhesives,Liofol LA 3963-21 and Liofol LA 3643-21,which can increase the resistance of food packages to acidic and other aggressive contents. According to the German ...
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Finishing machines designer and manufacturer ROTOCONTROL has received a purchase order from label supplier Labelco International in the UAE, for a LeoMat Practice fully-automatic slitting/rewinding machine. The fully-automatic ...
Tags: ROTOCONTROL, self-adhesive labels, LeoMat, blister foils and paper
Nanjing forging industry of gold foil originated in the area around Longtan Garden in Qixia District, which once belonged to Jurong County and Jiangning County. In all rural families of this area, the handcraft of "forging foils and ...
Vacumet, a metalized paper manufacturer, has announced to make compostable paper for packaging and meets the ASTM D-6868 standards. Offering an environmentally sound alternative to foil, foil laminated papers, and metallized films, the ...
Tags: Matallized Packaging Papers, Packaging Papers, compostable paper
Germany-based Henkel has signed an agreement with the specialty chemicals company in the US, Cytec Industries to acquire its high-performance pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) product range. Henkel said the acquisition is in line with ...
Were we not promised super-thin bendable, flexible and rollable organic LED (OLED) displays? Phones like Samsung's Galaxy and HTC's Desire have shown us that the rigid versions can deliver stunning images. So where are those flexies? It ...
Carton manufacturer Contego Packaging has announced plans to invest about €1m in new die-cutting and finishing technology at its Piacenza and Cervia plants in Italy. At the Piacenza site, the company will install a paper collating ...
Thwing-Albert's FP-2255 will be replaced with a new model the FP-2260 Friction/Peel Tester. The new instrument will now run with MAP-4 materials testing software allowing for more powerful reporting and compatibility with newer operating ...