Monthly Archives: March 2022
EFI Withdraws from drupa 2021
Out of an abundance of caution for employees, customers, prospects and partners, Electronics For Imaging, Inc. has canceled its planned exhibit at the drupa 2021 tradeshow taking place in Dusseldorf, Germany, next April.
UK packaging converter ProPrint ups productivity with new Martin Automatic splicer, rewinder
When the global pandemic prompted a nationwide lockdown in the UK, manufacturers of printed packaging found themselves under immediate pressure from customers to increase their output. With all restaurants, cafes, staff canteens and other food outlets being forced to close almost overnight, the pressure of increased demand at food retailers created a massive problem in […]
UK packaging converter ProPrint ups productivity with new martin Automatic splicer, rewinder
When the global pandemic prompted a nationwide lockdown in the UK, manufacturers of printed packaging found themselves under immediate pressure from customers to increase their output. With all restaurants, cafes, staff canteens and other food outlets being forced to close almost overnight, the pressure of increased demand at food retailers created a massive problem in […]
Polyplex USA to add second thin BOPET-film line, resin debottlenecking to AL plant
Polyplex USA says it plans to expand its existing US operations with a second thin BOPET-film line with necessary investment to create matching capacity for captive resin. The investment in a second BOPET-film line at the Decatur, AL, will be the most productive film line in the region and globally, the company says. Construction is scheduled to […]
Polyplex USA to add second thin BOPET-film line, resin debottlenecking to AL plant
Polyplex USA says it plans to expand its existing US operations with a second thin BOPET-film line with necessary investment to create matching capacity for captive resin. The investment in a second BOPET-film line at the Decatur, AL, will be the most productive film line in the region and globally, the company says. Construction is scheduled to […]
PET-film substrate provider Filmquest Group implements Clean Room Environment to meet COVID-19 sterility requests
Bolingbrook, IL-based Filmquest Group, the leading global supplier of Questar® Polyester Film, has invested in and implemented its first Clean Room Environment. Filmquest has been working diligently to complete their first ever Clean Room to provide customers with an uncontaminated environment for food and medical applications to meet market demands that have increased dramatically this year. “As we […]
PET-film substrate provider Filmquest Group implements Clean Room Environment to meet COVID-19 sterility requests
Bolingbrook, IL-based Filmquest Group, the leading global supplier of Questar® Polyester Film, has invested in and implemented its first Clean Room Environment. Filmquest has been working diligently to complete their first ever Clean Room to provide customers with an uncontaminated environment for food and medical applications to meet market demands that have increased dramatically this year. “As we […]
Fitesa To Acquire FiberDynamics
NC-based company makes meltblown, carded nonwovens
Dave’s Favorite Defects: Cutting
By Dr. David R. Roisum Most webs are cut at least once, if not many times prior to reaching the end-user customer. This cutting operation is cause for many complaints on a wide variety of products including paper, film, foil, nonwovens, textiles, tissue and more. These many complaints all somehow involve the edge of the web being […]
Dave’s Favorite Defects: Cutting
By Dr. David R. Roisum Most webs are cut at least once, if not many times prior to reaching the end-user customer. This cutting operation is cause for many complaints on a wide variety of products including paper, film, foil, nonwovens, textiles, tissue and more. These many complaints all somehow involve the edge of the web being […]