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Wh at’s ha p p e n i n g Member News With the acquisition of Solamatrix, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, Madico, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts, gains capacity, innovative laminating and coating technology, and a seasoned and professional workforce. The deal results in a broader product range for both firms and sets the stage for expansion in the global window film market. “The synergistic opportunities are enormous because we can leverage corporate strengths from both companies in technology, manufacturing capability, and marketing expertise to expand the success and rapid growth of our window film business,” says David Fletcher, president and chief executive officer of Solamatrix, which continues to operate independently. In other news, the Sun-Gard WebNet dealer program helps drive consumer traffic to loyal Sun-Gard dealers. The WebNet online marketing tool allows dealers to generate sales leads and referrals through their own customized professional WebNet Website. The program offers dealers a simple, but professionally designed, Website with a unique web address (URL) that they can utilize to promote their business in their local market. Each dealer Website is optimized to better position the site in local online searches and includes social media features that make it easy to promote on Facebook and Twitter. In addition, WebNet is more than just a Website. Users can track referrals, requests for quotes, and submitted questions through a customized tracking system. A unique login allows the WebNet dealer to view recent traffic and followup leads. This tracking system also offers a way to monitor follow-up phone calls 16 Holiday 2010 www.aimcal.org and emails, preventing leads from being lost. “After conducting internal research about the industry and its advertising habits, we found an overwhelming number of local window film installers do not have a good online presence,” reports Angie Howard, marketing communications manager at Solamatrix. “In today’s world, most consumers search for local products and services online. Dealers that do not have a Website are missing those leads. WebNet offers our customers a very inexpensive way to create a professional Website. We’ve simplified the process so that a dealer needs no more than a valid email address, $75 and five minutes…to have their very own site,” she concludes. The Sun-Gard WebNet program is open to all Sun-Gard dealers. As part of the program, participants receive free hosting and URL. Dealers can choose one of three payment options with the best value being two full years for $200. For more information, visit www.sungarddealer.com/signup. *** CirconixTechnologies LLC, Ringwood, New Jersey, has merged with Fulton Machinery to expand both companies’ offerings to the web conveyance industry. Fulton Machinery’s expertise in machine design and manufacturing enhances capabilities for equipment retrofits, as well as coating, converting, and extrusion machines. The union means greater vertical integration to support design, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning of the most complicated web-handling systems. “Circonix and Fulton Machinery have worked together for years to offer a completely integrated solution,” says Bernhard Plato, co-found er of Fulton Machinery and president of the FM Division of Circonix. “The formal merger of our two companies will make it faster and easier for us to serve all segments of our customer base, especially when complicated design and system integration projects are involved,” he concludes. *** Five ultra-removable pressuresensitive film and paper labelstocks from UPM Raflatac, Mills River, North Carolina, rely on microsphere adhesive technology to provide a combination of stable tack and repositionability and clean removal from a variety of surfaces. Target markets include news labeling, multipurpose labeling applications (labeling of books, glass, promotional items, and direct mail), page tab marking, and wall labeling. “End-users value ultra-removable labelstocks for their versatility,” says Jean-Marc Borel, specials business director, UPM Raflatac, Americas. “These paper and film prod ucts’ endless repositionability enables perfect label placement or item reuse, while…clean removal means…they can be trusted with fragile surfaces such as newsprint, glass, or drywall.” A down loadable brochure, Ultra Removable Products: Lift Labeling to a New Level, describes the product line. For more information, visit www.upmraflatac.com. *** The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI), Gloucester, Massachusetts, bestows its 2010 Environmental Leadership Award on Toray Plastics (America), Inc., North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The award in the Technical Innovation Category recognizes Toray for energy conservation, reduction of landfilled solid waste, water conservation, and a commitment to the use of future technologies that include solar and wind turbines. Since launching a comprehensive sustainability initiative in 2004, Toray has implemented practices that save the company 29 million gallons of water, 8.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity, and 10.1 billion British Thermal Units of energy annually. The company also has eliminated landfilled waste. In <strong>2011</strong> Toray is scheduled to begin construction on a solar farm at its headquarters. An independent panel of judges from peer organizations selected Toray for the prize from among 26 entries. Toray produces polypropylene, polyester, and biobased films for packaging and industrial applications. (l-r) Milan Moscaritolo, Mary Gervais, and Mike Theriault of Toray and Calvin Frost, chair of the TLMI Environmental Committee celebrate Toray’s recognition as the recipient of a 2010 Environmental Leadership Award. One new bio-based product, Ecodear ® compostable films, are manufactured from polylactic acid (PLA) resin. The thin, biaxially oriented Ecodear line includes a metallized heat-sealable film that delivers good moisture and oxygen barrier protection as well as a clear film for use as an inner seal layer or printweb. “Interest in compostable films made from renewable resources continues to grow,” says Franco Chicarella, product development manager, Torayfan ® Polypropylene Film Division.
Food packaging applications include frozen foods, snacks, cookies, cereal and nutrition bars, and confectionery items. Nonfood packaging possibilities involve personal-care products, fashion accessories, promotional items, toys, office supplies, and other retail goods. For more information, visit www.TorayFilms.com. Under development since 2007, Ecodear films from Toray Plastics (America) meet ASTM D6400 standard specifications for compostability. *** Henkel Corp., Bridgewater, New Jersey, and National Container Group (NCG), Willowbrook, Illinois, join forces to provide Henkel customers with a quick, simple way to return empty, serviceable plastic totes. “In this sustainable packaging recovery program, NCG picks up totes…, washes them, and reintroduces them into the supply chain,” explains Isabelle Valois, channel marketing & development manager at Henkel. Stephanie Learman, purchasing director at Henkel, who spearheaded the program, adds, “By cleaning and reusing the…275-gallon totes instead of discarding them, the Tote Return Program eliminates the production of 2.3 million pounds of virgin resin a year. Because the steel cages that hold the totes are also reused, production of 4.5 million pounds of new steel is eliminated as well.” A new brochure explains how the Henkel Tote Recovery Program works. For more information, visit www. naturallyhenkel.com. The Miracure Silver ultraviolet (UV) coating from Henkel creates metallic effects on consumer packaging, folding cartons, labels, and other substrates. Miracure Silver UV coating costs less than the company’s Mirafoil coatings and can be applied to precise areas in a single pass, reducing waste, saving time, conserving energy, and minimizing costs. In addition, Henkel’s UV-curable coatings reduce in-use failures such as rub-off, cracking, peeling, warping, and poor ink adhesion. Miracure Silver UV coating can be applied on- or off-line using anilox, rotary screen, flatbed, or roller coaters. For more information, visit www.henkelna.com/specialtycoatings. Another new product from Henkel, Technomelt ® SupraCOOL adhesive, combines the excellent operating window, bond strength, thermal stability and adhesion range of Technomelt Supra adhesives with the lower operating temperature and application weights of Technomelt COOL adhesives. Technomelt ® SupraCOOL adhesive “delivers even higher bond strength and wider application range than traditional low-temperature technologies while reducing energy consumption, increasing the safety of the end of line operation, and creating an opportunity to improve mileage over either technology,” reports Jim Sipe, business director, Consumer Packaging, Henkel Adhesive Technologies. Technomelt SupraCOOL functions at a lower application temperature of 250-275 Fahrenheit to minimize energy consumption and equipment wear, while increasing worker safety. Lower application weights generate a 20% materials savings versus conventional hot melts. In addition, excellent heat stability, eliminates gel and char, reduces maintenance and downtime, and promotes uninterrupted production. According to Sipe, the patented SupraCOOL offers an excellent balance of heat resistance and cold adhesion, as well as excellent adhesion to difficult case and carton stock. Technomelt adhesives are used in paper converting, tissue and towel, graphic arts, transdermal and self-adhesive tapes, labels and graphics. For more information, visit www.henkelna.com/consumerpackaging. A new Liofol ® Coldseal Adhesive, Liofol CS 22-861US1, can be applied at speeds in excess of 1,000 feet per minute (fpm). “The high demand for speed and efficiency in food packaging operations prompted our chemists to develop this innovative coldseal coating,” says Doug Apicella, director, Flexible Packaging Marketing, Henkel North America. Designed for confectionary, energy bars, ice cream, and other snack food applications, this adhesive adheres well to many substrates, including barrier films and surface-treated films for monoweb and laminated structures. In addition, Liofol CS 22-861US1 coldseal coating provides clean wipe, low foam, high bond strength, long shelf life, good shear stability, and compatibility with release films and lacquers. According to Apicella, the adhesive has been formulated to further optimize the coldseal coating process by reducing application issues and scrap. “Operators running coldseal coatings at high speeds often face foaming in the pan, coagulation at the blade, and build-up on the cylinder,” he explains. “They are forced to clean up overflow from the pan, or worst yet, to stop the extruder and address those issues. This Liofol adhesive runs at line speeds up to 1,000 fpm without those problems and produces quality finished goods. Coating weights are more consistent and streaking is virtually eliminated. And with an extended shelf life of up to six months for drums and totes, scrap from expired product is minimized.” Liofol CS 22-861US1 adheres well to paper, glassine, cellophane, aluminum, and polyester. It is used with heat-sealcoated films and barrier films such as acrylic-coated oriented polypropylene (OPP) and polyvinylidene-chloridecoated OPP. For more information, visit www.henkelna.com/coldseal. *** The cantilevered Model 902 duplex center winder from Catbridge Machinery, Parsippany, New Jersey, log-winds large-diameter rolls. With the capability and efficiency of a standard cantilevered center-wind duplex slitter, the Model 902 winds to 31.5-inch (in., 800-millimeter, mm) diameters on both shafts. Additionally, the Model 902 can unwind, trim, and rewind to diameters exceeding the maximum capacity of standard duplex models. This duplex center winder log-winds diameters up to 48 in. (1219mm), depending on roll weight and shaft diameter. Log rolls are wound on the bottom shaft, which is operated in a lift-out mode. In addition to simply trimming, a few cuts also can be made for certain materials. After the cores are loaded on both rewind shafts, the machine automatically “picks and places” each core precisely where it needs to be for rewinding while the operator is performing packaging or other finished roll discharge activities. Operating with automatic knife positioning, the core placement system provides faster, more accurate setups. Time savings, especially on narrow cuts where there are many cores, can be dramatic. For further time savings, Catbridge offers customized loading and unloading systems. Applications for Catbridge’s Model 902 duplex winder include flexible packaging, foams, film laminations, pressure-sensitive label stock, window films, and paper. In the latest collaboration between Catbridge and Georg Sahm GmbH & Co. KG, Eschwege, Germany, Catbridge www.aimcal.org Holiday 2010 17
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