Corona and Atmospheric Plasma Customer Stories

About the only thing not growing at ATL is the grass. And even that's only a temporary condition as the dust settles on the company's recent plant expansion.

Learn how Green Bay Packaging's Folding Carton Division (De Pere, WI) installation of a new atmospheric plasma surface treater improved product quality, increased productivity and reduced production costs.

"We did look at the corona system as an option, ...but we’re making a long-term investment, and we look to be on the technical leading edge. All of the people who have tried [the plasma system] said, 'Wow, this is good.'" Mike Percy Global Technical Leader Victrex APTIV™ Films

For Crayex Corporation, surface treating wasn't always so easy. Before switching to Enercon bare-roll corona treaters, Crayex personnel had to climb 40-ft-high blown-film towers to replace covered treater rolls that burned out frequently.

Baxter Healthcare is reaping rewards after revamping their intravenous tubing devices' packaging strategy. The switch from preprinted material to in-line printing has reduced costs and improved flexibility.

Chase & Sons' Webster, MA, was recently featured in Paper Film and Foil Converter Magazine. The company is in the middle of an extensive facility and capabilities expansion for their high-speed, solventless, 100% solids laminating line.

In 1997 Bill Arndt and Mike Nowak decided to start their own business under the name Coating Excellence International (CEI). The Wrightstown, Wisconsin firm has averaged an astounding 82 percent annual sales growth over the last six years.

Scapa North America's purchase of Great Lakes Technologies in Syracuse, New York is an impressive addition to their well established line of specialty pressure-sensitive adhesive films, tapes, and compounds.

To ensure those bonds are as strong as possible, Golden Eagle Extrusions purchased two high definition corona treaters from Enercon. One is mounted at the primary unwind, and the other is mounted on the secondary unwind. The treaters are designed specifically to integrate with the Nordmeccanica laminator both electrically and mechanically.

Snack-food flexible packaging converter, Prestige-Pak, adds two Enercon universal roll corona treaters to ensure lamination strength and  to improve dyne levels.

One of the most important components Wausau Coated Products builds into its converting lines is corona treating. Its livelihood and profitability are tied to the performance of the corona treaters, so when these systems started breaking down and causing problems, Stogbauer knew something had to be done fast.

The power of surface treating has made an impression on Boldig. "I'm really impressed with the improvement in adhesion these compact systems provide. In fact, we tested the system for a few other applications in our facility."

The Dow Polyolefins and Elastomers (PO&E) Technical Service and Development Group recently invested heavily in its laboratory capabilities via a new extrusion coating and lamination line. Located at the group's R&D headquarters in Freeport, TX this multi-million dollar line, supplied by Black Clawson Converting Machinery LLC (Fulton, NY), enables Dow engineers to develop and evaluate new resin technologies, as well as provide fast resolution of day-to-day technical issues for customers.

Eagle Film Extruders, Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI) goes to great lengths to produce the "flattest" film possible. As an ISO 9001:2000 certified company it only uses prime grade resins and state-of-the-art equipment to create consistent, flat film.

PT. Panverta Cakrakencana was running out of options. Three years ago the company installed a new line for producing cast polypropylene. The line worked well except for a problematic corona treater.

Equistar Chemicals LP, a $5.9 billion chemical company formed in 1997, is one of the world's largest producers of ethylene, propylene, and polyethylene resins, with more than 3,000 employees and 16 manufacturing facilities along the US Gulf Coast and in the Midwest.

What does an already-successful converter do when Opportunity knocks? If healthcare customers are at the door, and they're asking for high-barrier packaging capability that you don't have enough of, you'd better get it. And that's exactly what Amcor Flexibles Madison, WI did.

Eco-conscious carton maker Evergo Packaging found a way to switch from solvent- to water-based adhesives. Learn how Evergo increased overall productivity with Enercon's Dyne-A-Mite IT.

Haney PRC serves as a comprehensive industry resource after the design process all the way to the full print run. In order to provide its customers with the most innovative and high quality prototypes and mock-ups, the Haney brothers have invested in an impressive collection of printing technology.

At a time when many companies are pulling back on capital spending, Kendall Packaging is seeking out systems and equipment consistent with its mission (to be guided at all times by the needs of its customers); contribute to productivity enhancement; and strengthen its competitive position.

How do you earn the trust of a company for label runs in the millions? How can you confidently promise to deliver the job in a matter of a couple of days? Ask Lofton Label's Production Manager Mike Gaughan and he'll tell you its not only a matter of trust, it's a matter of quality.

From meeting environmental regulations to reducing operational costs solventless laminating has many advantages. If you're not sure if solventless laminating is right for your operation then you should bring your questions to the Rohm and Haas team at their Midwest Pilot Coating Facility in Ringwood, IL.

Hella Australia Pty Ltd designs and manufactures automotive lighting equipment, plastic moldings and accessories for the most sophisticated new cars in the world. Throughout their facility is state-of-the-art technology used to supply interior and exterior lighting including: headlamps, reflectors, lenses, and auxiliary lamps.

Solar Communications of Naperville, IL, is featured in a recent edition of Converting Magazine. Their combined addition of wide-web flexographic printing with  proprietary film demetallization capabilities is enabling them to  rapidly expand its production horizons into the world of  flexible-packaging converting.

A proprietary laminating process developed by Optimanufacturing of Green Bay, Wisconsin, allows the company to produce the CDfender®, a new product designed to protect the surface of compact discs (CDs).

In this case, toothbrushes purchased from China were to be converted in the Ranir LLC's Grand Rapids Michigan plant. The polypropylene toothbrushes resist ink adhesion so the Ranir engineering team set-out to specify an integrated...

Haney PRC serves as a comprehensive industry resource after the design process all the way to the full print run. In order to provide its customers with the most innovative and high quality prototypes and mock-ups, brothers Dan and Matt Haney have invested in an impressive collection of printing technology.One of the company's breakthroughs has come through its use of Enercon's corona treating system on its HP Indigo digital web press.

Corona treating on a solvent line? Welcome to conventional thinking overturned. Conventional thinking directs many to think that pretreated material doesn't require additional inline treatment when using solvent-based printing. However, printers like Tufco in Green Bay Wisconsin are impressed with the results they see from their lines with Enercon corona treaters