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- Food Packaging and Safety: 9/11 Continues to Resonate
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2002, ... against moisture and oxygen, as well as physical damage. We expect our food to be fresh and without contamination. To this end, packaging engineers constantly develop packaging products that improve product ...
- FPA Honors Both Flexible & Flashy
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2002, ... less than 0.1%. This active scavenging process increases the shelf life of refrigerated pasta by more than 50% and does not require moisture to activate the scavenging process, rendering it equally effective ...
- Coating and Laminating Special Report
- (Archive)
- February 28, 2002, ... of web breaks, excellent die-cutting surface, excellent profile control, and minimal moisture sensitivity. Equally important, the surface smoothness of the polyester film makes it an ideal candidate ...
- Folding Carton Outlook Favorable: Study Says US Will Want More Non-Flexible Food Containers
- (News | New Products)
- January 27, 2002, ... due to its strength, stiffness, and competitive-pricing structure as well as its favorable environmental profile. Improved graphic capabilities and stronger moisture barriers also will aid growth. However, ...
- Control of Adhesion and Removal of Heat Sealable Tops on Polymer Containers
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2001, ... peel is the real challenge. Peelable sealant materials rarely contain a single component or a single layer. A siingle component cannot meet the demands of food packaging — barrier to oxygen and moisture, ...
- European Conference Draws Large Audience
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2001, ... width of a web. A papermaker will also include basis weight and moisture with caliper as a measure of profile. Some say that a web with baggy lanes has a poor profile. Bagginess is a variation of machine ...
- Materials
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2001, ... barrier to moisture and flavor taint and a high degree of puncture resistance, thereby prolonging shelf life, co. reports. Tape Allows Fewer Roll Changes Tesa Tape, Charlotte, NC; 704/554-0707; tesatape.com ...
- Vacumet Makes Metallizing Dreams Come True
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2001, ... customers, each roll is sealed in a moisture-resistant plastic. McGarel recalls a large shipment of wrapped rolls sent to a customer in Europe. “The rolls arrived with sea salt on them. We don't know how ...
- 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 ...
- Materials
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2001, ... growth. Films Offer High Moisture Barrier Klöckner Pentaplast of America, Gordonsville, VA; 540/832-3600 Pentapharm COC coextruded films are said to offer cost-effective, high-moisture-barrier properties ...
- Materials
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2001, ... plain or surface-printed applications on horizontal packaging machines. Said to provide excellent machinability over wide temperature ranges, along with good moisture barrier performance. Other reported ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2001, ... shelf life, the mfr. says. The substrate is engineered with a variety of barriers and laminations that provide strength as well as protection from odor, moisture, grease, and other contaminants. The ...
- Water-Based Ink Adhesion and Web Temperature
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2001, ... case, as the coating coalesces and forms a moisture barrier, the coating entraps the volatile amines, which exist in the form of salts in the ink. Although you can minimize this by placing this sample ...
- Narrow Web New Products
- (Tapes)
- March 31, 2001, ... said to provide strength over the grid and flexibility to fit around the complex curves of the plastic deodorant top. Co. says it provides an excellent barrier that eliminates moisture transmission, which, ...
- Materials
- (Magazine)
- March 30, 2001, ... moisture and oxygen barrier performance, superior metal adhesion, and excellent resistance to flex cracking. Adhesive Stands Up to High Temperatures National Starch & Chemical Co., Monroe, NJ; 800/797-4992; ...
- There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2001, ... moisture, or other contaminants. Other food products must have a packaging material that allows them to breathe. Certain industrial items must use a laminate material that will handle heavy, large, or ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2001, ... technology (NIR) reportedly allows for the drying of inks on substrates without the barrier—a sealed outside layer of ink—formed by IR or warm air drying. According to co., this allows for the moisture ...
- Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2001, ... than a decade, but it could never be brought to commercialization because it has a fatal flaw: Oxygen and moisture will ruin it. Yet, the OLED display is much brighter and sharper than the inorganic light-emitting ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2000, ... windshields. The film must be free of moisture and contaminants to guarantee a defect-free windshield, so it is a challenge to protect this film during shipment of the 2,000-lb rolls to glass manufacturers. ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2000, ... is added, the excess air is extracted, and the shroud is sealed to the base sheet. The foil materials used reportedly are tough in construction for durable handling and have the lowest known moisture vapor ...