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Web Exclusive: Cradles don't rock
Cleveland Plastic Films (CPF) was shipping rolls of film across North America using stacked plastic cradles, but sometimes the cradles would shift and open up. To solve the problem, CPF worked closely with engineers at Rollguard...
Bobst Announces Positive Results from K 2007
The Business Area, Flexible Materials of Bobst Group presented its latest technologies for converting plastic film and other flexible materials at K 2007 Intl. Plastics Trade Fair...
National Adhesives Raises Adhesive Prices
National Adhesives, a business unit of National Starch and Chemical Co., is implementing a price increase in North America on all its liquid and hot melt adhesives, effective January 2, 2008...
Dow Increases Prices on Polyglycols
Dow Chemical Co. announces that its Polyglycols and Surfactants business has increased the North American off-list prices...
Hierarchy of Value: Part II
Last month’s column offered a value model as a way of visualizing the value of a product or service based on price/performance ratio...
Interfilm Acquires Brushfoil
Interfilm Holdings, a distributor of industrial films, has acquired the business and assets of Brushfoil LLC, a manufacturer of brushed films and papers....
BE to Showcase AquaFrost Line at K 2007
Visitors to Brampton Engineering’s (BE) booth (17A22) at K 2007 will see AquaFrost film samples demonstrating the clarity and softness of the film. ...
Book with Colines for K 2007
Colines will display Colines Stretch film for manual use at K 2007. Just prior to the show, it will launch a product-specific Web site, colines-stretch.it, where visitors can book a visit to the company's stand at the show to be sure to see the line. ...
Up to the Task
From labels to lidstock, substrates that offer improved performance make living in a “material world” a good thing for consumers. ...
Peelable PLA for Fresh Produce
Amcor Flexibles has been granted the exclusive sales license from Rockwell Solutions Ltd. to market its Sustainable Peelable PLA film for the global fresh produce market. ...
Product Protection
Manufacturers of perishable products are well aware that a later “sell by” date on a package can affect a customer’s decision to purchase one brand instead of another. New OPP films offer extended shelf life, and their compatibility with foods made without trans fats creates additional opportunities....
Online Adhesive Solutions Center Supports Flex-Pack Users
Rohm and Haas will offer an online resource for the flexible packaging industry that discusses adhesive facts, recommends proper uses, and highlights performance benefits. ...
Flint Group Increases Prices
Flint Group's North American Packaging and Sheetfed Div. has increased prices on all packaging and commercial inks. ...
What's Next for China?
The massive buildup of BOPP film capacity in China affected everyone in the supply chain, but the export figures may surprise you....
A Look at Flame Retardants
For this discussion, flame retardants are additives for adhesives or coatings that make an adhesive or coating resistant to catching fire. This may be an oversimplification, since catching fire can have different meanings....
Water-Based Chemical Products Brochure
ADM Tronics has released a new brochure that covers its entire line of aqueous chemical products. ...
Sun Chemical Increases Prices
Sun Chemical will increase prices 4%-6% on all packaging inks in North America, effective January 1, 2007. ...
Ink Mileage: Measure & Manage
In we reviewed ink transfer. With this basic understanding, we can move on to actual numbers on the basis of that which can be measured can be managed. Skeptics abound who believe there are too many variables to get useful data. Others think this is an opportunity to isolate and minimize process variation and thus improve productivity and reduce waste....
Two’s Better than One
Atlantis Plastic adds second W&H extrusion line to continue its growth strategy in films....
Managing the Ink Films
Last month we discussed ink composition in relation to various printing methods. Now we’ll look at basic differences in ink delivery....
Challengers Press On
The annual label competition hosted by the Tag & Label Mfrs. Institute proves there’s more than one way to produce a winning label. ...
Sun Chemical Named as Exclusive Distributor for NAMSA
Applications in Intelligent Chromatics (AiC), a div. of Sun Chemical, and NAMSA have announced a marketing agreement in which AiC will be the exclusive distributor of NAMSA's Sterilization Indicating Inks. ...
TAPPI's PLACE Conference Coming in September
The TAPPI PLACE conference will take place September 17-21, 2006, and will showcase innovations in materials, equipment, and processes in the flexible packaging and converting industry....
MetalFX Receives Awards
MetalFX has been Highly Commended in the “Best Industry Supplier” category of the Printing World Awards. ...
BASF to Increase Prices
BASF raises prices on straight acrylic and styrene-acrylic latex products, as well as Styrolux and Styroclear styrene-butadiene copolymers. ...
