Time To Say Goodbye
After writing some 41 columns, it is time for me to move on into new business areas. Working with the PFFC staff has been a uniquely enjoyable experience...
Inks for Shrink Sleeves
The W500 Series water-based ink is designed for reverse-print shrink sleeves for PVC and PET films. Reported benefits include high-speed printing; ease...
Anilox Cleaner Cuts Makeready Time
CHARLOTTE, NC | Cenveo Inc. is using HarperScientific's multipurpose cleaner, AltraWash Blue, in its automatic anilox roll cleaning machine at its Cadmus...
Clean Anilox Rolls Safely
A re-engineered anilox roll cleaning system is said to be environmentally safe and to be more powerful and user-friendly with a low profile for easy use...
Altana Acquires Water Ink Technologies
Wesel, Germany | The specialty chemicals Group Altana has agreed to acquire Water Ink Technologies, Lincolnton, NC. The company will be integrated into...
Graymills Celebrates 70th Anniversary
Chicago, Il | Graymills, a manufacturer of coolant pumps and pumping systems, recently celebrated its 70th anniversary. The family-owned business, which...
NEW PRODUCT DIGEST - May 2009
Inspect Web for Quality EasyInspect 100% web inspection system detects defects and irregularities in film, optical film, paper, foil, nonwovens, and laminated...
Ink Room Audits Expose Deficiencies
Management of ink rooms takes many forms and may be controlled and staffed by the converter or by the ink supplier and sometimes a combination of both. ...
The Color of Confidence
OnVu time-temperature indicators, developed through a partnership managed by Ciba, are supplied as labels ...
Eco Inks
While sustainability has attracted greater attention from converters and suppliers alike in recent years, the importance of ink in the process sometimes...
A Host of Options for Brand Security
In today's converting and packaging environment, security needs are changing constantly. Security features traditionally used only on important documents...
Ink Dispensing: Mix to Match
With supermarkets taking an ever-greater share of the groceries market, high-impact decorative packaging, which attracts consumers' attention at the point...
Solvent Retention in Packaging
Solvent-based gravure and flexo inks used in packaging always retain small amounts of solvent in the final package. When measured and controlled, this...
UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures
Ultraviolet/electron beam (UV/EB) technology continues to infiltrate the established graphics markets and create new markets as well. Traditionally, UV/EB...
Lightfastness in Package Printing
When you take into account the time and effort spent on supplying packaging with precise colors, it follows the expectation that these colors should stay the same during the product use cycle...
Sun Ink an Award Winner
Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation announced that Sun Chemical was awarded a 2008 InterTech Technology Award for its Platinum White technology...
Donation Is a Hit
CHICAGO, IL Graymills Corp. has donated six of its Quick Change peristaltic ink pumps to Clemson Univ.'s flexographic lab. Jay Sperry of the Sonoco Inst....
European Ink Portfolio Is Announced
STUTTGART, GERMANY Flint Group's Packaging Inks Div. has completed a European project to identify the Best of 4 solutions for all standard application...
New Marking Process Is Patented
CHESHIRE, UK DataLase has been granted a patent for a new transparent pigment for application on clear films or substrates. The pigment undergoes a color...
Drying Part 3: Paste Inks
This column will review the two primary drying methods of paste inks. Oil-Based Inks The main application of oil-based inks is in litho printing, primarily...
Drying Part 2: Computer Simulation
Drying of liquid inks is a simple mechanism requiring complex engineering. About 20 years ago I worked on computer-simulated drying to develop ink formulation...
Process Management: Drying Part 1: Liquid Inks
In the next three columns, we will cover the basic mechanisms of ink drying. This month we look at inks drying primarily by evaporation and absorption...
Process Management: Opacity & White Ink
White ink is used extensively in printing plastic films for packaging. The role of the white print is to totally or partially block the package ingredients...
Sun to Support Pantone
PARSIPPANY, NJ Sun Chemical reports its worldwide sales force and infrastructure is ready to support Sun's customers as the new Pantone Goe color language...
The 7 Deadly (Converting) Sins
There are some basic problems that crop up over and over again, with costly results in wasted time and materials. Below are examples, in capsule form,...
