We sat down and discussed extrusion equipment with Dave Nunes- Hosokawa Alpine American, Anthony Michael Caprioli- Macchi SPA, Vijay Shankar- Mamata Extrusion Systems Pvt. Ltd., Scott Mellen- Pearl Technologies, and Sebastian Huennefeld- Windmoeller & Hoelscher.
Launched in 2012 and now used by more than 80 brands, the How2Recycle label has graced millions of packages over the years. For an update on the How2Recycle label project, we caught up with Jessica Edington, project associate with How2Recycle.
Hurricane Maria went down as the worst storm to hit Puerto Rico in 80 years, and considering the fact that another powerful storm – Hurricane Irma – made landfall just weeks earlier, Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million residents were in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.
Overnight Labels has updated its website, giving it a more modern and fresh look with an enhanced design and more information to help visitors better understand the intricacies of custom labels, shrink sleeves, flexible packaging and prototypes.
When you speak with Charlie Guida these days, you can just sense the excitement and enthusiasm in his voice. And this is for good reason, as the VP of sales for Diamond Flexible Packaging has a lot to be excited about.
Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury has announced the introduction of a shrink sleeve that contains post-consumer recycled content (PCR) which reduces landfill waste, greenhouse gases and energy consumption.
Mactac has announced new additions to its Underwriters Laboratories (UL) approved narrow-format UV inkjet printing portfolio for durable goods labeling, including pre-approval of the use of SCREEN Truepress UV inkjet digital inks on Mactac’s FCD6914 2.0-mil gloss-coated white polyester labelstocks with FAB6914 1.0-mil clear polyester overlaminating film.
We recently caught up with Tim Roddy, Erhardt + Leimer’s technical sales manager, who discussed the most problematic of the three tension zones, the value proposition of tension control equipment and future industry trends.
Films are generally metallized and brightly printed before they are combined together to make the packaging we see all around us. In the manufacture of these films, it is necessary to change the surface so that the ink and aluminum layers will stick to them.