Franklin Connections Blog

• Making It Look Easy

  Oct-30-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Jessica Burgund
  

  Imagine starting a new job and walking into your new office on the first day. Do you know who put your office together and made it so immaculate? Do you know who comes in early during the winter months and lays down salt on an icy morning so you don’t slip? Do you know who replenishes the coffee grounds that you so desperately rely on to get you through the day? (...) <read more>

• Events Galore, Business is Thriving

  Oct-23-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Erin Wolford, Flexible Packaging Magazine
  

  September was quite a month for trade shows and conferences in the flexible packaging arena. I attended CPP/Print 13, Pack Expo Las Vegas, and the Flexible Packaging Association Fall Executive Conference. I also paid a visit to two separate companies. All of these visits and meetings with company owners and operators(...) <read more>

• White Paper Explains PSA Basics

  Oct-21-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted In: | Posted By: Abbe Raabe
  

  Since the 1935 introduction of the first self-sticking label, adhesives manufacturers have developed an ever-wider range of pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) to meet specific requirements for a broadening array of applications. Today, the industry offers hundreds of different permanent, removable and repositionable PSAs to coat paper, cellophane, plastic film, foil and fabric, for use in countless end products.(...) <read more>

• Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Gluing Tip

  Oct-16-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Abbe Raabe
  

  To maximize performance of a pressure sensitive adhesive label to any type of plastic, make sure you clean(...) <read more>

• 3D Visualization of Interior Spaces

  Oct-09-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  Imaging how a room will look with a particular cabinetry, paneling or laminate flooring is one of the toughest challenges for interior design clients. The mental preview assembled from swatches and tags of elements, such as veneered panels, mouldings and ceiling panels,(...) <read more>

• Wood Adhesive Gluing Tip

  Oct-07-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Abbe Raabe
  

  To make certain that the glue lines in edge of face glued panels are strong, check for saw marks before gluing.(...) <read more>