Category: Tape, Foam & Flexible Material Converting
Budnick is excited to announce the launch of our new website,
Budnick.com! We've listened to your suggestions and taken the best parts of our existing award winning sites - TapeInfo, TapeBlog, and BudnickConverting.com - and combined them into the bigger, better, brand new
Budnick.com. Budnick’s e-Business Manager, Lance R Schneider, explains why this new site launch is such a big deal for Budnick and for the industry:
“By combining all of our digital assets into one site, we are creating a better experience for the customer. Industrial manufacturers and distributors can now turn to one site, Budnick.com, for information, news, products and specialty converting of adhesive tapes and foams. We have truly created a destination site for the industry, and we’re partnering with new alliances to deliver broader product offerings while increasing our level of service to our customers.”
The Paper, Film and Foil Converter Online Magazine (PFFC) offers some advice and information for those who are spooling materialsPFFC-Online's September issue has a section devoted to traverse winding, specifically spooling nonwoven materials and laminates.
To view this article, visit www.pffc-online.com.
LabelExpo Europe will take place this week in BrusselsThis year's LabelExpo will take place September 23rd through the 26th at the Brussels Expo. The event is geared towards printers, converters, brand owners and suppliers interested in printing and packaging trends and technologies.
This event is the world's largest for the label, product decoration, web printing and converting industry. There will be over 500 exhibitors from around the world and more products, launches and more live demonstrations than any other event in our industry.
The circus themed event is sure to entertain and educate. To learn more about this event, visit LabelExpo-Europe.com
PFFC Online offers a great article answering the question "How can you prevent unwinding roll static?"The article says you can help alleviate many static problems by doing two things:
- One-"Do a quick "static check" on the roll to see if it is "hot"
- Two-Monitor the static on the unwinding film to verify that your incoming material meets your specifications
The article goes through more of the specifics in detail about ways to further prevent static problems. The read the article in its entirety, visit PFFC Online.
Product authenticity and security are not new issues to manufacturers. However, technology is creating ways the converter and other suppliers can help combat this problem.You might not realize what kind of security measures are actually in a product's packaging today. From inks that change colors when removed to holograms only a micrograph can see, it is no secret counterfeiters are up against a wide array of security features.The recent issue of the Paper, Film and Foil Converter had an interesting section describing the various ways manufacturers are attempting to secure their brands and products, as well as the ways converters, flexographic printers and suppliers can help.The article suggests several methods of printing, coating and other approaches that a converter can take. To read the entire July Issue of PFFC, visit their site online.Converters use this site to share information on how to source, specify, buy and apply adhesive tapes, foams and flexible materials. This is a top informational 'blog for ...
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The June 2009 Paper, Film and Foil Converter (PFFC) E-Zine offers valuable information for the converterPFFC gives "the skinny on slitting" in their June 2009 E-Zine issue. The report is broken down into five different sections:
- How tension impacts your process
- Faster job setups are possible
- Converter does the impossible
- Directory of contract slitters
- Custom marketplace
This E-Zine can be viewed in its entirety for free at PFFC-online.com
"Pago Acquires Interest in Thai Converter""The Pago Group, an international manufacturer of self-adhesive labels and labeling systems, is to acquire a minority shareholding interest in Salee Printing, a producer of self-adhesive labels based in Thailand. The Thai label manufacturer will in future be present on the market under the new name of Pago Salee Printing Co. Ltd."
To read this entire article from Labels and Labeling, visit www.labelsandlabeling.com
Avery Dennison Specialty Tape Division launched program called Advantage Solutions.Advantage Solutions is a program focused on the industrial tape converter. This program will initially offer those involved information about the market, provide business ideas, new product additions, product category overviews, new service improvements, publications, company news and much more.
The goal of this program is to provide the best range of high-performance tapes fast, to offer partnership programs and be responsive to their customers needs in order to help gain new business.
To learn more about this program contact your Avery Dennison Sales Representative.
The Association of Industrial Metalizers, Coaters and Laminators, AIMCAL, introduced their new Converting Portal.AIMCAL introduced their new Converting Portal. This tool offers a great deal of information for the industry professional. Such information includes:
- Books and Publications
- Technical Proceedings
- Webinars
- Jobs
- Training and Tutorials
- Industry Events
You can visit their Converting Portal by visiting http://www.convertingportal.com/
For more information about the Association of Industrial Metalizers, Coaters and Laminators, visit http://www.aimcal.org/.
FlexoExchange, a website dedicated to the "Flexo" community, offers a great tool to its visitors.We are always looking for tools to make our lives just a little bit easier. This website offers a great deal of information and flexographic, packaging and converting news.
One of the sections that might help you during your everyday is their Calculators section. This section not only lets you download distortion charts, but it also links you to five online calculators. The calculators featured are distortion, ink blend ratio, roll diameter, roll length and ink consumption.
To visit FlexoExchange and utilize their online information and tools, click FLEXO.