Pack Expo attendees will have the opportunity to learn about three significant technology innovations:

1) The EASY-PAC® System with Pro Control:  Show attendees will have a remarkable opportunity to see a live working demo of EASY-PAC®, the package sealing system integrated with ProContol, Henkel’s patented monitoring and control system.   This revolutionary combination of technologies allows packagers to optimize their systems as never before while achieving sustainable benefits of using less adhesive, reducing scrap, improving throughput and driving energy savings. 

EASY-PAC® is a state-of-the-art integrated system consisting of a hot melt tank, adhesive, an integrated auto feed system and a dispense system.  Effective with a patented 200o F adhesive, the EASY-PAC® system utilizes the lowest-application-temperature adhesive on the market, often resulting in using up to 40 percent less glue.  Featuring cutting-edge dispense equipment, integrated auto-feed, and a low-temperature, char-free hot melt,
EASY-PAC® is the world’s lowest cost-in-use packaging sealing system.

The ProControl monitoring and control system monitors specifically how much glue is used, quantifying glue usage on a per-case basis.  With the ProControl system, users can set upper and lower control limits on adhesive dispense – and stay within those limits.  ProControl also allows users to see before and after results when an adhesive formulation, amount or dispensing method is changed.  Most importantly, ProControl allows users to document sustainability claims associated with the changes.

For more information, visit www.henkelna.com/packagingandpaper, or call 866-266-5565.

2) Liofol® Laminating Adhesives:  Featuring improved solventless Smart Cure technology for flexible packaging, Liofol® laminating adhesives are now even easier, safer, faster and green. These reactive polyurethane adhesives promote a cleaner environment, improve operational safety, cut energy requirements, and enable cost-efficient application while reducing materials and waste.  In addition, Smart Cure laminating adhesives from Liofol® are superior to current fast cure technology because they cure faster, providing greater migration compliance to food safety regulations. 

Henkel professionals will showcase the proven advantages of Liofol® laminating adhesives:

Safer:  New Smart Cure technology has been tested using cutting edge analytical techniques under the most rigorous conditions.  Packagers benefit from a technology that exceeds food safety regulations, enables slitting after only a few hours and speeds compliance for food safety.

Easier:  Liofol® adhesives allow longer pot life, lower application temperature and easier clean-up.

Faster: New Smart Cure technology supports higher productivity with a faster cure rate, faster zipper insertion, application at the highest possible line speeds and improved production efficiencies.

For more information, visit www.henkelna.com/Liofol , or call 800-4-LIOFOL (1-800-454-6365).

3) MiraFoil ® coatings:  With numerous applications underway, MiraFoil® coatings have proven to be greener, faster, and more versatile than foil board laminating and hot foil stamping.  MiraFoil® coatings are a fully-recyclable, UV-curable alternative that is equally brilliant to foil.  In addition, versatile MiraFoil® coatings can be applied to precise areas, reducing waste and saving time and energy through process efficiencies.

Ideal for folding cartons, labels, direct mail and other packaging and printing applications, MiraFoil® coatings deliver significant, sustainable benefits:

• Elimination of off-line lamination or foil stamping;
• Elimination of warehousing and lead-time required with laminated foil stocks;
• Trapping and spot precision capabilities that deliver the detail of foil stamping without the wasted time and material;
• Application ability on metallic areas selectively as needed and at print speed;
• Over-print capability that supports added creativity with process colors;
• Foil-on-demand capability that reduces converting steps;
• Full brilliance and opacity in a single pass, reducing energy use and time;
• Excellent press stability and easy application;
• Environmentally friendly, 100% recyclable.

MiraFoil® coatings have demonstrated design success in offset, flexo and screen printing applications.  They protect designs from in-use failures such as rub-off, cracking, peeling, warp and poor ink adhesion that are common with foil board, foil stamping and silver inks.  And the runability of MiraFoil® on coated paper, paperboard, or print-treated plastic film makes these coatings the environmentally friendly, process-enhancing choice for press operators worldwide.

To illustrate the exact effects of MiraFoil coating on 1,176 metallic colors, Henkel Corporation will be offering attendees The MiraFoil® Color Selection Guide. 

For more information, visit www.henkelna.com/mirafoil , or call 1-800-797-4992.