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Second drupa Global Trends Report Issued

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2015, ... while only 7% expect a decline. The results from the worldwide supplier industry were also positive: 51% forecast an improvement and only 8% a decline. The results of the individual performance measures ...

NPE 2015 Wrap-up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 31, 2015, ... Maffei displayed an interesting horizontal cast sheet with multiple rolls, smaller than traditional calendar stacks, that promote heat transfer and thus more uniform physical properties, clarity, camber, ...

PRIMIR Issues Agenda for Summer Meeting

(News | New Products)

March 28, 2015, ... demand analyst, of Freedonia Custom Research. Each will share his current perspective on the evolving US flexography marketplace, including market sizing and forecast data through 2020, market and process ...

TLMI Reports Events and Goals for 2015

(Label/Tape)

March 22, 2015, ... Biannual Index & Trend Report. Published in June and December, the report features industry forecasts and projections for each of the narrow web end-use sectors in addition to tracking TLMI converter members’ ...

AIMCAL Awards | Golf Balls & Ceramic Balls Are Game Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 18, 2015, ... of Paras Ghee (clarified butter) from VRS Foods Ltd., Ghaziabad, India. The film is surface-printed rotogravure and coated with a Cast and Cure formula that offers outstanding aesthetics that permit embellishment ...

Coating Matters | Construction Materials for Coating Equipment

(Coating/Laminating)

March 18, 2015, ... Matters | Construction Materials for Coating Equipment," click on his podcast below:  construction-materials-voice Mark Miller helps you identify the right material selection for tooling that will ...

Conflicting Flow in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 15, 2015, Coating flow forces battling for control.  If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his blog, titled "Conflicting Flow in Coating," click on his podcast below: conflicting-flow-coating-voice ...

AWA Issues Annual Release Liner Report

(Label/Tape)

March 14, 2015, ... in terms of current and forecast future status. According to AWA, release liner is a key enabler for applying labels and tapes, protecting the seals on envelopes, hygiene, and consumer wound care products, ...

Coating Matters | Membrane Process Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

March 10, 2015, ... Matters | Membrane Process Technology," click on his podcast below: membrane-process-tech-voice Here are a few theories to guide your decision making for achieving the thin coatings needed for filtration. ...

Spooner Industries Welcomes VIPs

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2015, ... exports that Spooner is enjoying was another topic that interested the visitors. Of the £30m forecasted turnover, 70% of this total will be for export sales to countries including China, Saudi Arabia, ...

Reducing Surface Contamination

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 05, 2015, ... to ensure a quality finished product. Whether the process being used is blown film, cast film, cast sheet, extrusion coating, extrusion lamination, adhesive coating, or adhesive laminating... all processes ...

Porous Substrates

(Coating/Laminating)

February 25, 2015, ... technique and understanding the wetting behavior of the fluid. If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his blog, titled "Porous Substrates," click on his podcast below: porous-substrates-voice ...

PPC Spring Meeting to Address Risk Taking

(Carton Box)

February 24, 2015, ... cultures. Alan Beaulieu, economist and president of ITR Economics, will forecast economic growth and increased levels of demand through 2016. He’ll address oil prices, the outlook for top markets, interest ...

E-Books

(Uncategorized)

February 21, 2015, ... for tensioned web over slot die coating techniques to maintain coating efficiencies while coating filtration products with no pinhole defects and full web coverage. Both coating and casting can be accomplished ...

Essentra Completes Acquisition of Clondalkin SPD

(News | New Products)

February 16, 2015, ... packaging market, to Essentra as well as boosting its existing presence across Europe. The pharmaceutical and beauty packaging sector was estimated at $50bn in 2011 and is forecast to reach $79bn by ...

ExxonMobil Adds to Polymers Line

(Materials)

February 15, 2015, ... of its portfolio of Vistamaxx performance polymers. Vistamaxx 3588FL used pure in the sealing layer is said to provide outstanding sealing performance in cast polypropylene (cPP) films and heat-sealable ...

Barrier Resins | Properties, Processing & Handling of EVOH, Pt. 1

(Flexpack)

February 01, 2015, ...  Coextrusion blow molding Monolayer blown and cast film extrusion Monoinjection and coinjection molding of containers, fitments, and other parts Multilayer blown and cast film extrusion Powder ...

Freedonia Study Predicts Future of Plastic Films

(News | New Products)

January 31, 2015, ... as it is replaced by LLDPE in some segments and reaches market maturity in many of its primary markets.” According to the study, above-average growth is forecast for polypropylene film, driven by its ...

Does This Roll Contain Quality Web?

(Web Handling)

January 29, 2015, Measuring roll hardness is also like trying to figure out what is in a wrapped package. You are trying to guess what is in the wound roll's package without opening it. I was listening to a podcast about ...

Malaysian Plastics Industry Update: January 2015

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

January 29, 2015, ... blown film, cast film, extrusion coating & laminating, and printing. In the US, only the biggest companies might have these technologies under one roof, whereas in Malaysia, it is quite common. The technological ...