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Obtaining Barriers When Coating and Printing Flexible Materials

(Bag Pouch)

June 09, 2024, ... or materials with specific properties that may otherwise be absent. Substrates may be valued for the thermal stability, permeability and physical strength and barrier resistance that they provide. Substrates ...

Tosaf Launches UV Barrier for Thin Transparent Food Packaging

(News | New Products)

September 07, 2023, Tosaf's newly developed barrier solution UV9389PE EU ensures that clear packaging films offer a high blocking effect against UV radiation Tosaf's newly developed barrier solution UV9389PE EU ensures ...

How Barrier Properties Impact Your Barbecue and Beyond

(Flexpack)

August 06, 2023, ... required to withstand processing conditions, regulatory requirements and consumer expectations. Understanding the Importance of Barrier Properties While most consumers focus their attention on the ...

Performance Pkg. of NV Launches Additive for Extended Shelf Life

(Flexpack)

October 03, 2016, ... which has a patent pending, will be available to food processors and packagers by early 2017. “AIRSHIELD provides oxygen ‘scavenging’ (the removal of oxygen) and an oxygen barrier all in one product,” ...

Study Looks at Inks, Coatings, Additives

(News Clips Archive)

February 28, 2010, ...  Plastic represents the largest and fastest growing category of packaging substrates using inks, coatings, and additives. Coatings and additives are expected to benefit from increasing barrier requirements, ...

US Packaging Inks, Coatings & Additives Demand to Reach $3 billion in 2013

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2010, ... such as paper and paperboard, metal, and glass. Coatings and additives will benefit from increasing barrier requirements as plastic packaging is developed for a widening array of applications. The growing ...

Cyclic-Olefinic Copolymers as Non-Migrating, Polymeric Slip Additives in LDPE Cast Films

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... in food packaging. As a core layer in laminated or coextruded multilayer films, they provide high moisture barrier and exceptional clarity and stiffness. Following is an expanded summary of a complete ...

In Flexible Packaging, Barriers Are No Obstacles to Success

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2002, Success in business usually comes from finding ways to overcome barriers. But in the flexible packaging business, success is all about barriers, and in some cases, the higher the barrier, the better. Success ...

Antimicrobial Additives and Coatings for Food Packaging

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... provide greater shelf life for packaging. Providing physical protection as well as moisture and oxygen barrier is a given. With today's quality demands, that may not be enough. Packaging engineers are ...

Part Three of a Three-Part Series: Ultrasonic Drying of Biodegradable Molded Recycled Paper

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

September 15, 2024, ... Therefore, a combination of pulp additives and coatings may need to be taken into consideration. The wet coat weight of the barrier coating needs to be in the range of 100-160 gsm wet weight, at 30-40 ...

Ultrasonic Drying of Biodegradable Molded Recycled Paper

(Coating/Laminating)

June 30, 2024, ... additives and the second one was not. Both groups were coated with equal quantities of the Reef biodegradable barrier coatings. Both the additive and the coating were manufactured by Cellucomp (UK) and ...

Flexible Packaging — In a Constant Cycle of Evolution

(Flexpack)

June 16, 2024, ... Barriers While most consumers focus their attention on price, brand and general appearance of the product, we unknowingly bypass the importance of barrier properties packaging films provide. Not only ...

Converter Advanced Registration Discount (CARD) Program Provides Affordable, One Price Registration

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2024, ... films, extrusion coating, high barrier sustainable package designs, incorporating recycling protocols into the design phase, as well as two sessions dedicated to additives. Sustainability priorities also ...

What’s In Your Flexible Packaging?

(Upcoming Conference News)

March 11, 2024, ... minimize environmental impact, the demand for eco-friendly additives is rapidly increasing. Additives are playing an important role for packaging manufacturers, providing barrier protection, shelf-life ...

FlexPack Conference Brand Panel Unwraps Opportunities in Sustainable Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

March 06, 2024, ... coating, high barrier sustainable package designs, incorporating recycling protocols into the design phase, as well as two sessions dedicated to additives. During the panel discussion, “Brand Owner Sustainability ...

TekniPlex Healthcare to Expand Cleanroom Film and Bag Production with New Multilayer Blown Film Line

(News | New Products)

January 21, 2024, ... blown film line exemplifies the company’s strategy to develop higher-order barrier solutions per increased industry demand. For TekniPlex Healthcare, the new multilayer line joins a number of existing ...

Navigating Challenges in Corona Treatment

(Surface Prep)

January 14, 2024, ... of materials to promote adhesion. However, slip agents create a barrier on the surface, inhibiting the effectiveness of corona treatment. Thus, the formulation of the polymer must be taken into consideration ...

Improve Quality by Corona Treating Films Prior to Converting

(News | New Products)

June 25, 2023, ... However, when they migrate to a film’s surface they create a barrier to successful adhesion. What happens if you don’t retreat If you print, coat or laminate a film with a low surface energy you’re ...

Achieving Sustainability: Q&A with Sun Chemical’s Dr. Nikola Juhasz

(Coating/Laminating)

March 12, 2023, ... can achieve their sustainability goals. Barrier coatings and adhesives can enable this transformation by allowing film layers to be removed without loss of critical functional properties. For example, ...

Understanding Dyne Decay

(Surface Prep)

March 12, 2023, ... for packaged food items. These require barrier layers that might, for example, require adhesive application for the lamination of a metallised layer. There are so many variables in today’s complex packaging ...