Packaging printing industry

In the packaging printing industry solvents like ethyl acetate, ethanol, ketones, tetrahydrofuran (THF), hexane and toluene are used in printing. The solvent laden air generally contains between 2 and 15 g/m of solvent and, depending on the season, 5-18 g/m of water. 

On a worldwide basis the printing industry ranks as number four in manufacturing employment. Over 4.5 million people ate employed at mote than 350 thousand sites. In the United States, 1993 employment exceeded 1.5 million, an increase of over 180 thousand jobs in the period of 1982—1993. Similar growth in employment is being experienced worldwide. Table 1 shows industry trends in the United States, which ate typical of those worldwide. These do not include revenues from packaging or office copying. 

EC and HEEC appbcations, 5 461t electrographic, 14 329 on food packaging, 18 45-46 ink jet, 14 327 microcontact, 15 192-193 silica in, 22 376-377 steel-plate, 14 329 sublimation thermal-transfer, 9 338 textile, 9 213-222 24 621-622 of wool, 26 397-399 Printing alloys, 14 771, 772t Printing industry, electroless deposition in, 9 701-702... 

Commercially available P.O.46 types are usually quite transparent. They are employed primarily in packaging printing inks, also in offset and metal deco printing. Publication gravure inks, plastics, especially PVC, LDPE, and elastomers, as well as general industrial paints are suitable media for pigment application. P.O.46 is less solvent resistant than P.R.53 1, but it is faster to alkali and acid. In terms of lightfastness, P.O.46 performs poorly 1/3 and 1/25 SD prints equal only step 1 on the Blue Scale. 

Nonstabilized a-Copper Phthalocyanine Blue is utilized in the printing industry, to a certain extent in oil-based binder systems, such as offset printing inks for packaging and metal deco printing. Under standard conditions, P.B.15 is stable to a variety of organic solvents, such as alcohols, esters, ketones, aliphatic hydrocar-... 

The printing ink industry utilizes P.Gr.7 particularly for packaging printing inks. In this area, however, green shades are frequently also produced by combining the less expensive (3-Copper Phthalocyanine Blue with suitable organic yellow pigments. 

Radiation can induce certain desired chemical reactions. It can, for example, be used in the making of plastic, or to graft plastic to other materials. Some polymers whose cross-linkage is induced by radiation can be tailored to shrink when heated—a desirable property in some packaging applications. The wood and printing industries make extensive use of electron-beam radiation to cure surface coatings. 

The demand for paper products is closely related to the economic growth and disposal income. Most paper is consumed by packaging, printing, publishing, and business communications, which are directly tied to business expansions. Similarly, consumption of cardboard and paper shipping containers is tied to the demand for industrial production. 

Hot melts are widely used in the packaging, printing, shoemaking and wood processing industry as well as car manufacture and electronics. 

The nonwoven industry is also large and dynamic, and has been in growth for more than 30 years. We can dimension the industry worldwide based on research from respected organisations, such as PIRA International (Smithers Pira is the worldwide authority on the packaging, paper and print industry supply chains), ED ANA (ED ANA is a leading global association for the nonwovens and related industries) and INDA (INDA is the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry). 

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