Impact of Sustainable Materials on Packaging Equipment Members Public

Presented by Daniel Cluskey, Printpack 2025 is fast approaching, bringing with it commitments from consumer packaged goods companies to have all their packaging be recyclable, compostable, or reusable.  For many flexible packages this means a complete redesign of the base material focused on end of life.  With any material change,

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Can Flexible Packaging Ever Truly be Circular? Members Public

Presented by Dana Mosora, CEFLEX In the circular economy, we are able to collect, sort and recycle all flexible packaging – and use it in sustainable end markets to substitute virgin materials. This session will outline the steps on that journey with a focus on driving value and quality through recycling

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Challenges in Color Management Addressing Brand Owner PQP Programs Members Public

Presented by Richard Hayden, Sun Chemical

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Web Cleaning Technology Members Public

Presented by Matt Fyffe, Meech International A clean, contaminant free web is becoming more and more critical in the competitive printing, coating, laminating and converting industries.  The purpose of this presentation is to look at the various types of web cleaning systems that are available today.  We will be looking

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Using Smart Technology to Improve Productivity on Coating and Lamination Lines Members Public

Presented by R. Duane Smith, Davis-Standard LLC Consistent unwind splicing and winder transfers are paramount to high productivity on all web substrate processing lines.  This is especially true in manufacturing high quality flexible packaging materials on extrusion coating and lamination production lines.    Industry trends are to produce ever thinner web

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Knife Coating – the Simple Coating Method, or Is It? Members Public

Presented by Robert Secor, Hirdeal LLC Knife coating is often considered to simple and imprecise, but in many instances, it can be precise and certain aspects can be complex. Basic coating mechanics of knife coating will be reviewed to extract “rules of thumb” useful to coating practitioners. Geometric aspects of

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Corona & Plasma treating It’s not just about the Dyne Members Public

Presented by Kevin McKell, Vetaphone Corona and Plasma Treatment has become a very established process within the industry, but many still do not understand the differences between the two technologies or more importantly when to use corona and when to use plasma. Helping customers understand the two technologies and the

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Web Print Inspection Considerations Members Public

Presented by Tim Roddy, Erhardt + Leimer Paper on the different video inspections for a moving web. Details of the uses and where one might be better than others for specific needs for the printer. Describe the differences in the types of systems in layman's terms to cover a

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