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Article: Newest surface treaters achieve higher dyne levels, higher ROI: energy and emission advances, intuitive controls and refined static elimination for surface treatment processes help better prepare film surfaces for effective printing.(PRINTING TECHNOLOGY)
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- Flexible Packaging
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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Improvements in films, graphics and production capacities continue to drive the flexible packaging market. With that, though, come challenges on the surface treatment front. How can corona and plasma treaters better prepare film surfaces for effective printing while keeping up with increasing line speeds and sustainability initiatives? How do these units handle the latest bio-based films and those that are still to come? Surface treatment suppliers have taken these challenges head on, and now, surface treating stations needn't be considered a bottleneck on your press.
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