Materials Product Brief
| September 20, 2009

Recyclable ink coating offers glass decoration alternative

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Touted as a possible replacement for labels on glass bottles, Hartness Inks (www.hartness-inks.com) showcased its Uvaclear™ coating technology.
Prepress reduction. At Nestle Purina Pet Care, where packaging and collateral encompasses more than 1,000 SKUs,development of a
Controls Product Brief
| October 26, 2006

This isn't your grandfather's prepress

Online proofing, collaboration tools, and prepress standards are having a profound impact on time to market, quality, and cost effectiveness.
Controls Product Brief
| July 31, 2006

Compact plastic ampules

A compact version of James Alexander Corp.’s 5-mL plastic ampule swab package is for applications where fill volumes range between 2 and 5 mils. Available with various applicator tips, including the company’s recently introduced line of large surface area tips.
Materials Product Brief
| August 31, 2004

Bottle carriers

Roberts PolyPro introduces its 2 Pack EasyLift Bottle Carriers for 2-L bottles. Packs are supplied in any Pantone™ color to match existing graphics, can be printed with a UPC code, and is available to fit all standard 2-L bottles.
Materials Product Brief
| July 31, 2004

Water-based flexo inks

Flint Ink has globally released X-Treme™ Dispersions, its highly concentrated color technology for water-based flexo and gravure inks. The new colorants are said to increase the color strength of ink systems by 20% while significantly improving ink mileage.
Materials Product Brief
| April 30, 2004

Ampoules in color

James Alexander Corp. has added the ability to color its unit dose Plastic Ampoule package (previously available in natural PP and PE colors only) to match any Pantone Matching System® color.
Materials Product Brief
| August 31, 2003

Beverage carriers

Single EasyLift Beverage Carriers will be featured at the Roberts PolyPro Booth at Pack Expo Las Vegas. The carriers give consumers an easy means of handling large, 1-gal bottles.
Machine Product Brief
| May 31, 2002

New ink systems

Gemini and Matrixcure UV ink systems from Flint Ink’s North American Packaging Div. (Ann Arbor, MI) enable folding-carton and label converters to improve image quality and point-of-sale impact for multimedia packaging applications, company says.
Materials Product Brief
| April 30, 2002

J-hook

The Clip-on J-Hook from Roberts PolyPro (Charlotte, NC) is designed with a slit at the base for fast and easy manual application onto the barb of multiple pairs of socks.
Controls Product Brief
| July 31, 2001

Spray bottle carrier

Roberts PolyPro (Charlotte, NC) introduces the PolyLift spray bottle carriers, available in narrow-center and wide-center versions. Bottle carrier is available in any Pantone color to match color graphics and has ample space for UPC codes/stickers.
Controls Product Brief
| November 30, 1999

Color system for plastics

Pantone's (Carlstadt, NJ) reformatted Pantone Plastics Color System is a universal color system for plastic production. The Color System consists of more than 2꼀 opaque and transparent polystyrene Selector Chips that show users exactly how the color they select will look in plastic.
Controls Product Brief
| June 30, 1996

Desktop color software

Pantone, Inc. (Carlstadt, NJ) announces a new version of PANTONE ColorDrive, the first application-independent desktop color palette management software.
Controls Product Brief
| June 30, 1996

Pad printing ink

Marabu Tampastar TPR from Autoroll Machine (Middleton, MA) is a high-gloss, quick-drying one-part pad printing ink that is particularly resistant to chemicals and solvents.
Controls Product Brief
| January 31, 1996

Color guides

The 1996 edition of the Pantone® (Carl-stadt, NJ) Color Refer-ence guide is now available. As exposure to light or prolonged contact may cause fading or discoloration of these guides, the company recommends that they be updated annually to assure color accuracy.