Nordmeccanica Maintains Production and Service Through Pandemic

PIACENZA, Italy—Nordmeccanica, a leading supplier to the industry of coating and laminating machinery, never interrupted production and service through the most critical times of the virus crisis. Being an essential business, Nordmeccanica has been allowed to keep its production departments up and running, and its after sales service location operative around the world. In particular, … Continued

Nordmeccanica Launches New Solventless Lamination Solution for HP Indigo Printed Digital Flexible Packaging

PIACENZA, Italy—Nordmeccanica, a global market leader in coating and lamination technologies, has launched a new, solventless lamination solution designed especially for on-demand, flexible packaging production on HP Indigo digital presses. Developed in collaboration with HP Indigo, the Super Simplex e800 Laminator is an innovative system optimized for the HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press. The 31.5-in.-wide … Continued

Bison Bag Invests in Windmöller & Hölscher MIRAFLEX II AM Press

LINCOLN, RI—Bison Bag, a full-service flexible packaging converter based in Lockport, NY, has placed an order for a 10-color MIRAFLEX II AM. This will be Bison Bag’s fourth flexographic press and its first from Windmöller & Hölscher. The press is scheduled for startup in fourth quarter 2019. “We’ve been growing steadily since my father started … Continued

Nordmeccanica & Coim Group Develop Adhesive Technology

PIACENZA, Italy—Nordmeccanica and Novacote adhesives by Coim Group joined forces to develop an adhesive technology suitable for high production and quality performance in the lamination of high barrier structures in flexible packaging. In solventless lamination, there are production speed limitations once converting barrier compounds. It is the case of metallized films, foil and polymers highly impermeable to … Continued

Heartbeat of the Plant: drupa 2016 Guide to Presses

Compiled by Robert Moran Intelligent machinery, integrated processes and intuitive handling—that is the promise of innovative suppliers serving the global printing, packaging and converting community. Engineering and development teams, committed to delivering state of the art models of efficiency in compact and modular designs, have cast their visions across multiprocess print platforms to include flexography, … Continued

Nordmeccanica Demonstrates Thin Foil Lamination Capabilities at Italy Event

PIACENZA, Italy—Nordmeccanica and Hydro held at the Nordmeccanica Corporate location on Feb. 23 and 24 a workshop on thin foil lamination at high production speed. The invitational event saw the presence of representatives from every major converter in Europe. Industry experts delivered technical papers: Dr. Giuseppe Giordano, Studio Tecnico Giordano Dr. Duncan Darby, Department of … Continued

Nordmeccanica, Dow Chemical Announce Partnership

HORGEN, Switzerland—To further accelerate the development of packaging innovation, The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) announced a global innovation and business development agreement with Nordmeccanica S.p.A., a worldwide leader in coating, laminating and metallizing machinery. Both companies see enormous potential to advance solutions for the flexible packaging industry by combining adhesive development with machine pioneering that … Continued

Nordmeccanica Demos Vacuum Metallization, Adhesive Lamination at Piacenza Open House

PIACENZA, Italy—At Nordmeccanica Italy, the completely new family of vacuum metallizers was presented to the industry. During a four day open house, more than 200 guests from four continents visited the Italian corporate location. The event was organized through a demonstration of vacuum metallization of a 115-in. (2.9-m.) wide PP. A second demonstration featured the deposition … Continued