Hold it Together Now: 3M Printing and Packaging Adhesives
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Date22 Sep 2022
With increasingly complex print jobs, shrinking lead times, and lingering supply chain issues, printing companies are challenged to get more out of their press room. Thankfully, tapes can be an affordable, straightforward way to optimize press performance. The 3M Industrial... Read More →
Why 3M Mounting Tape is the Best Choice for Your Plateroom
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Date22 Sep 2022
Flexographic printers know that choosing the right plate mounting tape can make all the difference on a print run. It’s the difference between efficiency and lost time. Between fast and slow changeovers. Between a passable print job and industry leading... Read More →
Consumables: The Critical Components
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Date12 Sep 2020
You’ve probably heard about a thousand times that your anilox rolls are the heart of your flexo press. That’s totally accurate. But there are some smaller, less costly parts that while not quite as important still have a direct impact... Read More →
Mastering a Sticky Situation in Canada
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Date28 Jun 2018
In an age of global trade, business does not stop at national boundaries. Large narrow web, tag, label, and flexible packaging producers with production operations in both the U.S and Canada want supplies and materials with a single pricing agreement... Read More →
Stuck on Stickyback
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Date17 Apr 2017
It’s easy to think of stickyback and why it matters — the all but invisible consumable of flexographic printing — as being ubiquitous, but there’s more to these tapes than is immediately apparent. While the various stickyback and splicing tapes available... Read More →
3M Tape: Finding the Right Tape for Your Flexo Printing
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Date18 Jul 2016
How to Avoid Web Breaks with 3M Splicing Tape Boost Efficiency with 3M Sticky Back Tape Why 3M Tape? Ten thousand feet of a job is already on the unwind roller, with just 3,000 feet to go before the next... Read More →
Knowing More is a Key to Success
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Date23 Mar 2016
As flexible as the many varieties of bags it produces, Bison Bag in Lockport, New York focuses on meeting a full range of customers’ flexible packaging demands. Some of its success comes from understanding and paying attention to the details... Read More →
How to Minimize Flexo Plate Damage and Improve Printing Efficiency – New 3M L-Series Plate Mounting Tapes
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Date03 Aug 2015
One of the most underestimated factors in flexographic printing is the interplay between the flexo printing plate and adhesive tape. The tape’s adhesive must hold the plate firmly in place during the printing process, yet allow for easy removal after... Read More →
Why Stickyback Matters
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Date09 Mar 2015
When it comes to quality of flexographic printing and efficiency of a print run, one of the least considered but most important factors is plate-mounting tape, sometimes referred to as stickyback. Double-sided plate mounting tape was first introduced in the... Read More →