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The Novacote SF-739/CA-376 is a cold applied solvent free adhesive that adheres to a wide variety of substrates (film/film as well as film/ALU), is fast to be free of primary aromatic amines, has an extremely low risk of anti-seal, and is intrinsically very low in cyclic polyester oligomers (as demonstrated by extensive extraction studies).

For labeling frozen, cold, wet or moist surfaces, bundle up with RH15, UPM Raflatac’s new freezer-grade hotmelt adhesive.

Evonik Deglan heat seal binders provide a secure seal as well as a clean and smooth peel effect for thier customer’s products.

As Graphic Dimensions scouted for a way to diversify and grow its business, it saw opportunity in the thriving labels and packaging industry.

With the shrink sleeve market recording annual growth of between 6 and 8 percent, Hammer Packaging, located in Rochester, New York, invested in a brand-new VSOP web printing press with nine printing units and an additional flexo unit.

Unless you have extruded some heavy gage tubing or very large rolls of blown film tubing (or ‘J’ sheet) possibly using an edge guide, you may not have experienced “flanges” on the edge of a roll of film.

ROUNDTABLE on Flexible Packaging Converting

One way that some flexible packaging operations often try to save money is using single-layer films or low-cost multi-layer films in their vertical form fill seal (VFFS) machines.

The past ten years has seen significant industry consolidation in the world flexible packaging market, especially at the local and regional level.