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What is Flexographic Printing and How Do You Prepare High-Quality Artwork for the Process? Flexographic printing is a high-speed, cost-effective printing process commonly used for packaging materials like labels, cartons, flexible packaging, and corrugated boxes. This process uses flexible rubber …

Part 1 Static electricity on the surface of a bag can cause the bag to be unsuitable for electronics packaging. Antistats and metallized PET are used to modify the bags in a way to either dissipate a static charge and …

Picture this: you’ve worked hard to design your product packaging and it’s about to reach consumers. Only, the clear flexible film you chose turned yellow before reaching retail shelves. This can spell disaster for your sales, especially because 72% of …

Tiny spots commonly seen in packaging films are either gel or carbon spots. Gels and carbon spots are inherent in the film extrusion process. These are bits of unmelted resin in the case of gels or charred bits in the …

Lot Traceability As a custom products converter, the specified film and quantity is ordered specifically for each printed, laminated or otherwise, converted job. No raw materials nor finished goods are generally stored or warehoused without specific request and agreement from …

Blown Film Extrusion Could Help You Lower Costs and Stand Out in a Crowded Market From food-safe bags to industrial films, blown film extrusion has transformed how businesses produce high-quality packaging materials at scale. It provides superior strength, customization options, …

Antistats are not typically amine free. Antistats contain a tertiary amine which is reputed to be able to crack polycarbonate circuit boards. It is the two free hydrogen tails formed by an ethoxylated fatty amine that allows the antistat to …

Antiblock Antiblocking agents come in various forms. The most common is silica, which is a more scientific term for a finely ground sand. A form typically used and a larger word for the same is “diatomaceous earth”. The layman’s term …

New Owners in Place at Fisher Container After nearly 50 years, Don Fisher is selling his namesake flexible packaging business to a well-known financial firm along with a packaging executive and management. Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is joining with packaging …