Southwest Plastics Introduces “Designer Edged Boards” w/ Modern Style Laminated Edges

Southwest Plastic Binding Company, a St. Louis, MO based manufacturer and distributor of document finishing products is please to add Designer Edge Boards to their wide format supplies. It's the perfect progression for the customer wanting a professionally mounted print without the hassle of framing. Designer Edge Boards are designed to work with heated roller laminators and wide format pouch laminators such as "The Phoenix" and ProSeal systems. The process is simple. Place your print on the hea...

ARRESTED FOR USING A POUCH LAMINATOR !!! How could it be?

A Barrington man accused of manufacturing fake driver's licenses pleaded not guilty Thursday in Lake County Circuit Court. Sam Rzepnicki, 21, is charged with manufacturing fraudulent driver's licenses and possession of driver's license-making materials. Assistant State's Attorney Mary Stanton said police acting on a tip served a search warrant on Rzepnicki's residence in the 500 block of East Main Street on Nov. 17. Stanton said police found multiple fake licenses, 100 sheets of laminating pa...

Transilwrap’s introduces new three-dimensional products

Press release from the issuing company STRONGSVILLE, Ohio - Transilwrap Company, Inc., a leading supplier of manufactured and distributed plastic films and sheets to the print and graphic arts markets, has entered into a co-operative arrangement with Azuna, LLC to be the exclusive supplier of Azuna's patented second-generation 3-D print technology. This line of recyclable clear polypropylene creates eye-catching visuals for point-of-purchase, packaging, signage, publishing inserts, direct...

Transilwrap Acquires Quest Films

Acquisition broadens Transilwraps products for printing, other industries Originally by Jenni Spinner -- Graphic Arts Online, November 23, 2009 Transilwrap Company Inc., has announced that it has acquired Quest Films Inc. of Woodstock, IL. This acquisition represents Transilwrap's long-term commitment to superior quality, customer service and product innovation through industry consolidation and partnership. "Quest Films has been a highly respected competitor of Transilwrap for over 10 yea...

Blowout Sale 2009 !!

GBC’s New Lineup for 2009-2010

GBC showcases their lineup of new products at Print 09. 2064 CT Wide Format Roll Laminator - CC1700 Electric Color Coil Inserter - HeatSeal Sprint H950 Therm-A-Bind 500T Photo Book Solution.

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PRINT 09 Exhibit Sales Increase

{Article from Graphics Arts Online} Reston, VA—The Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) has announced an increase in exhibit sales for PRINT 09 in the past six weeks, with an astounding 80 exhibitors added to the show since mid-June. Together, these exhibitors add 14,000 additional sq. ft. of exhibit space to the year’s largest and most comprehensive global graphic communications exhibition and conference. PRINT 09 will take place September 11 – 16, 2009, in Chicago’s expansive McCormick Place. ...

Caring for your School Laminator

The only regular maintenance that is usually required for school laminators is periodic cleanings of the heat rollers. Even if you are very careful to not allow the adhesive side of the laminating film to come in contact with your laminator rollers, there will still be some adhesive deposited onto the rollers along the edge of the film. Properly aligning your film on the laminator will help to reduce these deposits but will not completely eliminate them. Cleaning these deposits off the laminator...

Where’s coating and laminating headed?

{Article by Mark Spaulding from Converting Magazine Aug 12, 2009} My July Viewpoint posed three questions; one being "What does the demise of Kodachrome film mean for converting...and coating and laminating in particular?" Along the way, I also asked how many new products will be invented solely because coating and laminating make them possible? Here's a response from Ed Cohen, principal with Fountain Hills, AZ-based Ed Cohen Consulting, an AIMCAL technical advisor/bloggist, and a man with...