Green, Sustainable & A Smaller Carbon Footprint
The Green Movement Probably the most basic understanding of the Green Movement is the support of environmentally friendly products while opposing those that give the potential to pollute or otherwise harm the environment. However, worldwide the Green Movement has moved on to have a broad political agenda. The movement can be traced back in history […]
UV/EB FDA Clearance For Direct Food Contact
UV/EB Materials Since March 2008, Ultraviolet (UV) and Electron Beam (EB) ink, coating and adhesive formulations have been used in direct contact with food products. The change came about due to the efforts of the RadTech Food Packaging Alliance which was able to obtain FDA clearance for a number of UV/EB raw materials. This important FDA […]
Replacing Poly (PE) Coated Paper & Board
Nearly 7 million tons of coated paper, paperboard, and cardboard, are manufactured worldwide annually. The dominant coating material is petroleum based polyethylene (PE). Currently, alternative coating materials that don’t cause environmental harm throughout their life cycle are being sought because of consumer, political, and legislative pressure to reduce fossil fuel based plastics use.
UV Inks & Coatings Offer Advantages When Foil Stamping
UV Energy Curing Products UV energy curing inks, coatings, and varnishes provide the printer with many advantages and benefits over so-called conventional products. These conventional products may be solvent or aqueous types in the case of flexo and gravure or oxidizing types in the case of litho or letterpress or a variety of types in […]
Is it the Weather?
High Temperatures and High Humidity June brings on summer in the northern hemisphere and with it the possibility of high temperatures and high humidity. The last decade has brought on several unusually hot summers and even warmer than usual winters. Whether or not global warming is caused by industrialization and its practices or the result […]
Cork-Clean™ Boosts Productivity
About CORK-CLEAN™ Cork’s CORK-CLEAN™ UV blanket, roller wash, and system flusher for UV inks and coatings is your answer for fast, effective, and safe clean-up. CORK-CLEAN™, formulated specifically as a companion wash-up product for Corks’ Green20™ and Greensoft™ UV coatings, has proven to be effective as an equipment, blanket, roller, and anilox wash for all commercial UV […]
Digital Printing Takes On Packaging & Folding Carton
From Traditional Printing to Digital Printing Digital printing has been advancing at an amazing pace since we first discussed the subject in 2008 describing its expansion into the various graphic arts markets. These included (POP) point of purchase, labels, commercial printing, folding cartons, billboards, specialty printing, and vehicle and building wraps.
High Graphics Corrugated Preprint Excels with Top Coatings
Preprint Preprint is the term used to define roll to roll printing of the outside liner of a corrugated box, before corrugating and converting operations. In corrugating, the corrugated medium (fluting) is glued between the preprinted liner and the inner liner, giving the structure rigidity, strength and cushioning. During corrugating the liners pass over heated […]
FDA Bans Chemicals in Food Packaging Coatings
FDA Banned Three Perfluoroalkyl Ethyl Containing Chemicals The U. S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has banned three specific perfluoroalkyl ethyl containing chemicals because of toxicity concerns. The chemicals have been used to make paper and paperboard packaging resistant to oil and water for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods. Affected is 21 […]
Creating Dazzling Cast & Cure® Finishes
Special Packaging and Labeling Create a Selling Advantage Brand marketers have long sought to differentiate their products from competition to create a selling advantage. Packaging and labeling have often been the vehicles, used by designers, to make a notable difference promoting eye, and shelf appeal to stimulate product sales. Aesthetic shapes, graphics, and special visual effects […]
