11.06.18
AstroNova Product Identification has announced a new product that enables AstroNova printers to digitally print food-friendly, heat-sealable, flexible packaging materials.
“Our new solution to digitally print on flexible packaging materials provides AstroNova Product Identification with an excellent new growth opportunity within the food market and beyond,” says AstroNova president and CEO Greg Woods. “We look forward to demonstrating this breakthrough technology, as well as our expansive product lineup from our QuickLabel and TrojanLabel.”
Designed to work coheisvely with TrojanLabel presses, this new digital, narrow-format solution can be used in either a standalone printing mode or inline with standard packaging equipment for a complete “print and pack” process. The combination of the ink and lamination offers a food-friendly packaging solution that allows users to seal in both horizontal and vertical form fill and seal machines using low temperatures for high-speed sealing.
Going digital will allow flexible packaging printers to produce short- to mid-level packaging runs on demand. This feature includes the ability to print bar codes and variable data, with the precise registration that is expected from TrojanLabel presses. This printing solution can easily be expanded to include a wide array of product packaging, offering the ability to produce the exact number of custom-printed packages needed.
The ultra-thin, white gloss PET film was specifically developed to be receptive to AstroNova’s water-based inkjet inks. The inner transparent sealing layer of the film protects food products from coming into contact with the outer layer. The water-based inks used are food-friendly, odorless and free of reactive chemistries, making them a safee alternative. The inks are in compliance with several US, European and Japanese standards.
The solution is ideal for printing flow pack pouches that are used to pack easily-damaged content such as confectionary, crisps or fragile products. Diverse applications in the field of individualized products for hotels, cosmetics, advertising materials, contract packagers, industry, chemistry and retail.
“Our new solution to digitally print on flexible packaging materials provides AstroNova Product Identification with an excellent new growth opportunity within the food market and beyond,” says AstroNova president and CEO Greg Woods. “We look forward to demonstrating this breakthrough technology, as well as our expansive product lineup from our QuickLabel and TrojanLabel.”
Designed to work coheisvely with TrojanLabel presses, this new digital, narrow-format solution can be used in either a standalone printing mode or inline with standard packaging equipment for a complete “print and pack” process. The combination of the ink and lamination offers a food-friendly packaging solution that allows users to seal in both horizontal and vertical form fill and seal machines using low temperatures for high-speed sealing.
Going digital will allow flexible packaging printers to produce short- to mid-level packaging runs on demand. This feature includes the ability to print bar codes and variable data, with the precise registration that is expected from TrojanLabel presses. This printing solution can easily be expanded to include a wide array of product packaging, offering the ability to produce the exact number of custom-printed packages needed.
The ultra-thin, white gloss PET film was specifically developed to be receptive to AstroNova’s water-based inkjet inks. The inner transparent sealing layer of the film protects food products from coming into contact with the outer layer. The water-based inks used are food-friendly, odorless and free of reactive chemistries, making them a safee alternative. The inks are in compliance with several US, European and Japanese standards.
The solution is ideal for printing flow pack pouches that are used to pack easily-damaged content such as confectionary, crisps or fragile products. Diverse applications in the field of individualized products for hotels, cosmetics, advertising materials, contract packagers, industry, chemistry and retail.
