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UCB Films Invests in Valmet Atlas Slitter and Millions for Belgium BOPP Plant

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August 28, 2001, UCB films is taking slitting to another level with its new state-of-the-art slitting facility and a Valmet slitter, says the companyl; it's invested €2.6 million ($2.37 million US) into its BOPP production ...

SUBSTRATES REPORT: From Resins to Finished Product - Oil, Gas, Resin, Film

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June 30, 2001, The recent round of price hikes in energy coupled with a weak US economy has many people in the film and packaging industry scratching their heads looking The recent round of price hikes in energy coupled ...

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

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March 31, 2001, With a supplier alliance and four years of homework, Hammer Lithographic adds sheet-fed BOPP to its operation successfully. With a supplier alliance and four years of homework, Hammer Lithographic adds ...

Cast Film Dies and Auxiliary Equipment

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February 28, 2001, Application: Quality of an extrudate in a cast film system depends on the entire die system because of the synergistic effect of the components. Email the author at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. More information about ...

Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films

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January 31, 2001, Application: Specialty films that require stringent surface morphology specifications, specific surface modification, precise surface coating, or tightly controlled electrical characteristics will benefit ...

Film Extrusion Committee News

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November 30, 2000, Audrey Myers of Black Clawson Converting Machinery, vice chairperson of the Film Extrusion Committee, reports that "the group is busy with four goals. We are working on the technical program for the next ...

Polyester Film Sourcing: Tips to Improve the Bottom Line

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November 30, 2000, Sourcing polyester film for the specific combination of properties you need in the finished product can put your mind at ease and raise profitability. Sourcing polyester film should not be an exercise ...

Polyester Film Supplier Helps Converter Grow

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September 30, 2000, Needing better service and more attention from its polyester supplier (along with good quality, of course), Custom Tapes turned to Filmquest and found its wish list fulfilled. Size does matter. At least ...

Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

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September 30, 2000, ... most evident." New Equipment Runs New Product Harrier has invested in three main items of new production equipment: a Battenfeld Gloucester three-layer blown film coextrusion line; an eight-color Schiavi ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, After more than 20 years of converting paper-based packaging materials, Saugerties Packaging is discovering the benefits of "being flexible"flexible packaging After more than 20 years of converting paper-based ...

It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film

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May 31, 2000, ... with some negative potential due to competing technologies. The unoriented cast and blown nylon film market is expected to remain flat or decline slightly in the near future as coextruded films begin to ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

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May 31, 2000, ... Films is licensed to produce the ALUphane film for Allied Converters only. In 1998 Barrier installed its first seven-layer blown film line on which it runs its multilayered films made with materials ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, With all the hype in recent years about transparent barrier films, one would think that applications could be found almost anywhere in the supermarket. With all the hype in recent years about transparent ...

In-mold labels: film is today's hot development

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June 30, 1996, As recently as 15 years ago, in-mold labeling was not a common technology. A desire to reduce costs was the motive for its development. A successful combination As recently as 15 years ago, in-mold labeling ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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May 31, 1996, In order to provide customers with just what its name promises, MSC Specialty Films needed the right core supplier. Star Paper Tube's new StarTech Div. In order to provide customers with just what its ...

Consider film cores when analyzing costs.

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July 31, 1995, Film cores are rarely considered key components in a total system cost analysis, but using the wrong ones may cost you more than you realize.As film markets Film cores are rarely considered key components ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

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April 30, 1995, When ICI Films decided to develop the first polyester foodpackaging film using post-consumer recycled (PCR) content nearly a year ago, we did so believing When ICI Films decided to develop the first polyester ...

Vinyl film eliminates layer of polyethylene

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February 28, 1995, An Aclar-laminated rigid-vinyl film eliminating the middle layer of polyethylene is available for high-barrier pharmaceutical applications from Klockner An Aclar-laminated rigid-vinyl film eliminating ...

Packaging films edible, water soluble

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February 28, 1995, Completely edible water-soluble packaging films are available from Chris Craft Industrial Products, South Holland, IL.The Monosol LXP-1832 films are cold-water Completely edible water-soluble packaging ...

Films utilize capacity of cast polyethylene

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February 28, 1995, Laminated films designed for packaging of toner cartridges have been introduced by Web Technologies, Oakville, CT.Copy-Pat films are a custom-engineered Laminated films designed for packaging of toner ...