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- Converting Industry News
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- September 30, 2007, ... film manufacturing capabilities a key part of [our] fully integrated supply chain, we are able to supply Covalence directly with a more competitively priced product,” says John Getz, Victrex global commercial ...
- FIRST GLANCE
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2007, ... consumers a 360-deg view of the product without compromising security. Blister is available in RPET or PVC; stiffener card is made from recycled material; paperboard exterior cards are virgin or recycled ...
- CONVERTER CLIPS
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2007, ... Media Demonstration Ctr. (PMDC) is located. Attendees were impressed with the one-stop-shop approach Heidelberg now offers. Admittedly, it felt a little odd to break bread with the competitive groups ...
- New Products
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2007, ... with all of company’s fluids and most other petroleum-based heat transfer fluids. PFFC-ASAP 428 Accurate Slits with Servo Control ALS Ltd., Northamptonshire, UK; +44 (0) 1933 225 755; als.ltd.uk ...
- the PLACE
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2007, ... hold a 53% share of barrier films. Forecasted growth for PVdC-coated PET films is a healthy 9% per year driven primarily by new applications including lidstock for prepared foods, retort applications, ...
- First Glance
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2007, ... with various grades of PET materials for high-end thermoformed blisters. Reportedly, performance benefits include esthetics, tamper resistance, and productivity. In addition, company says films weigh in ...
- First Glance
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2007, A CLEAR WINNER Amcor Flexibles Baricol, Gloucester, UK, announces Baripet FL 45 high-barrier lidding film for smoothwall aluminum foil containers. The A CLEAR WINNER Amcor Flexibles Baricol, Gloucester, ...
- the PLACE
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2007, ... films. Adhesive lamination combines different substrates such as OPET, Al foil, and PE film, into multi-layer structures to achieve a range of end-use performance requirements. These end-use requirements ...
- Focusing on European Flex-Pack
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2007, ... and France. Bahadir Ozer, Ispak, Turkey, offered data on both the aluminum foil and flex-pack industries in Turkey. With many flex-pack converters and outstanding production in both OPP and PET, Turkey ...
- East Beats West
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2007, ... India, and Russia. The world flexible packaging market will continue to be very competitive, which will be a key factor in driving further consolidation. Globalization of the major customers’ production ...
- WHAT'S NE
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2007, ... for food packaging applications. Adhesives are said to provide good bonding to a variety of substrates, including PET, BOPP, LDPE, metallized films, aluminum foil, and paper. These are one-part adhesives ...
- the PLACE
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2007, ... for many industries including produce. Produce companies understand the benefit of using such a sustainable packaging film and find that this packaging provides marketing leverage where petroleum-based ...
- the PLACE
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2006, ... costs and demanding customers with their own competitive pressures who are unwilling or unable to pay higher prices. Unfortunately, desperate times often call for desperate measures—many converters are ...
- First Glance
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2006, Packaging innovation from: Graphic Packaging Intl., Intl. Tray Pads & Packaging, and Gilbreth Packaging. Products Icy Conditions LifeWave wanted an eye-catching package with a barrier against early ...
- What's Ne
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2006, ... begins to flow in 30 sec, company says. PFFC-ASAP 401 Pet Food Film is Flexible, Strong Alcan Packaging, Chicago, IL; 773/ 399-8000; alcanpackaging.com Bulldog high-performance pet food packaging ...
- Why Flex-Pack Keeps Growing
- (Flexpack)
- October 31, 2006, ... children’s schools) easily. Pet food appears often in flexible packaging now, and various non-food items such as plant food and garden supplies, to name but two applications, are making their appearance ...
- If China Were Not To Blame
- (PLC Probe)
- August 31, 2006, ... Governments with all their taxation and all those regulations certainly contribute to some of the difficulties. Competitors make good targets to blame, sometimes because their novel ideas for packaging ...
- What's Ne
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2006, ... alternative to blended LDPE and LLDPE. PFFC-ASAP 501 Dry, Crystallize PET Resin Novatec, Baltimore, MD; 410/789-4811; www.novatec.com An IR system for PET resin combines drying and crystallizing ...
- Films Face Off
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2006, What factors should you consider when choosing packaging films? Learn how OPET, OPP, and OPA compare in terms of downgauging, barrier, and density. Packaging Films When selecting a packaging film, converters ...
- BASF Increases Prices
- (Archive)
- June 05, 2006, BASF increases prices for its coating and polymer immediates in North America. PRESS RELEASE FLORHAM PARK, NJ—Effective July 1, 2006, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its list and off-list ...