Labelexpo Americas 2014 exhibitor preview: T-Z

Labels & Labeling previews exhibitors at Labelexpo Americas 2014, with those companies falling into the T-Z alphabetical group detailed below.

t the start of November last year, Yenom moved into a new headquarters and factory building with more than 150,000 sq ft of floor space, located in Jurong

Taghleef Industries | TodayTec | Toshiba TEC | Tri-Tronics | Unilux | UMP Raflatac | Verification Systems | Vetaphone | Werosys | Wink | Xeikon | Yazoo Mills | Yenom

Tagleef Industries

TI launches a white cut and stack film, which is primarily for large format labels on hot-fill PET containers. This product uses co-extrusion technology to match the performance of coated films. Available in varying thicknesses, the films can be utilized in roll-to-roll or roll-to-sheet printing. 

The company will be showcasing its full line of BOPP label films for PS facestock, Injection In-Mold, Roll-Fed and Roll-Fed Shrink labeling applications.

Today Tec

Today Tec launches its TDW121-Premium resin enhanced wax formulation for coated or non-coated paper substrates.

Also displayed is the newly released TDM231-Premium Wax/Resin formulation, which eliminates static, and prints at high speeds on a wide variety of substrates including Tyvek, Mylar and laminates.

Toshiba TEC

Toshiba TEC’s inkjet business group is targeting the label and packaging market for the first time at Labelexpo Americas 2014. Toshiba TEC has a large worldwide installed base of piezo‐electronic DOD inkjet heads in a wide range of industrial applications.

Tri-Tronics

Tri-Tronics is to introduce a laser sensor with an OLED graphic display that provides visible feedback of proper setup and continual monitoring of performance. The Smarteye SmartDot laser sensor was designed to detect the most difficult small parts at longer ranges than conventional photoelectric sensors, making it very easy to perform micro-part detection and inspection.

Unilux

Unilux demonstrates latest LED2000 series strobe light family featuring: more adjustable intensity for highly reflective surfaces; smaller size for more flexible mounting options; faster inspection response through “constant on” mode that automatically switches to “flash” mode at start of press run or start of slitter or rewinder operation. Operating efficiency has also been improved, says Unilux.

UPM Raflatac

UPM Raflatac showcases new innovations including thinner PET film label stocks for “no label look” applications; products featuring 1.7 WG – a thin paper liner designed to increase operational efficiency; as well as new products for the pharmaceutical industry, welded and metallized label stocks for the wine market and new products for print-on-demand, retail and office labeling.

Verification Systems

Verification Systems launches the FSIS stand-alone quality control system for the inspection of print and security features on printed sheets. The system has a vacuum belt based transport, pallet feeder, alignment table, reject gates with bins and a good work pile stacker. Multiple inspection options are available including visible, transmissive, IR, UV and numbering inspection stations for front and back of sheet.

Sheets can be sorted into multiple bins according to an operator selectable sorting criteria, allowing sheets with ‘acceptable’ faults to be salvaged. Each of the individual inspection and verification systems can also be provided as an inline system on existing web or sheet print and processing equipment.

Vetaphone

Vetaphone shows latest iCorona generator and two VE1A corona treaters with ceramic electrodes (UL approved).

Werosys

Werosys demonstrates its modular finishing system in line with a Trojan 2 Memjet digital press, designed in cooperation with Trojan Label. Operating speed is 65 m/min in semi-rotary mode and 200 m/min full rotary.

Modules include a laser die cutter, which imports cutting patterns automatically, and an automated slitting system which positions blades while running without operator intervention. A semi-automatic turret module provides fast roll change.

Other modules include flexo stations from Nuova Gidue and Nilpeter, corona treatment, RFID encoding/decoding and inspection.

Special modules for in-mold labels, peel and reveal, booklets and pharma applications are designed to customer specifications.

Wink

Wink’s GapControl adjustable anvil cylinder has its North American premiere. GapControl permits a double-sided adaption of the gap - and thus the liner strike – on different materials.

Also shown is ProShift technology for staggered die-cutting, particularly applicable for blank label production. Wink’s partner Esko additionally offers solutions for staggered printing at the same time.

Xeikon

Xeikon shows a 3300 digital label press producing wine and food label applications and a ThermoFlexX flexo CTP machine.

Promotes its suites for folding cartons, heat-transfer and In-mold labels.

Yazoo Mills

Yazoo’s 3in I.D. and 6in I.D. stock core program is claimed the largest in the industry, and at Labelexpo the company adds nine additional sizes to its 3in I.D. x .250 stock cores.

Yenom

Singapore’s Yenom is to make its debut at Labelexpo Americas 2014, in a strategic step after its technology platform and production capacity expansion in 2013.