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New Materials Extend Wearability and Blade Life

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September 30, 2001, ...  Solid ceramic blades “absolutely shine,” adds Kivlighan, when slitting thin stretchy film such as LDPE. “As technology has become more sophisticated,” Vanden Heuvel explains, “so has steel manufacturing. ...

Resin Levels Flat, But Some Bright Spots Appear

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September 30, 2001, ... from 1999 figures. This group of resins makes up nearly 70% of the total volume of plastic resins sold to and exported from the US each year. PE total sales grew 1.9% in 2000. LLDPE sales growth of ...

Materials

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June 30, 2001, ... said to provide superior lay-flat properties. Suitable for product ID and differentiating sides or release values. Available in blue, red, green, and custom colors. Offered in polyester, LDPE, HDPE, and ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, New products from: Adwest Technologies, Air Preheater Co., Anguil, Anver Corp., Apex, Ashe Converting Equipment, Ausquip, C.A. Litzler Co., Cloeren, Converter Accessory Corp., Daetwyler, Dec-E-Tech, DFE, ...

When You Say ''Converted Products,'' You've Said It A

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May 31, 2001, ... currently converts: silicone-coated paper, silicone-coated film, PET, high-density polyethylene, LDPE, oriented polypropylene, coextrusions, foils, felt, and more. “We've die-cut a 60-mil acrylic without ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... OPP, metallized OPP, PET, and LLDPE films. “The Green Benefits Of UV/EB Technology” by Elmer Griese of Cork Industries, Inc., will show how UV and EB technology applied to the graphic arts industry offers ...

Materials

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April 30, 2001, ... capability. LLDPE Film is Multifunctional Equistar Chemicals LP, Houston, TX; 713/652-7300; 800/615-8999; equistar.com Plexar PX3227 is a low-cost, high-performance, anhydride-modified LLDPE tie-layer ...

Products

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April 30, 2001, ... Corp., Pawcatuck, CT; 860/599-1010 PE Series dies, said to be ideal for LDPE and LLDPE monolayer applications, can be delivered to customers in 8 wk, rather than the usual 14 — 16. Dies are available ...

High Clarity Linear Low Density Polyethylene for Packaging Applications

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April 30, 2001, ... linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) does not meet these requirements. Film extruders and converters who are comfortable processing standard LLDPE must make modifications to process narrow molecular ...

Extrusion Coating Technology For The Imaging Industry

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March 31, 2001, ... achieve only a portion of the total ink jet market. Ink jet ink Receptive coating sometimes with opacifier Face side low density polyethylene (LDPE) typically with pigment Raw base paper Back side ...

Materials

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March 30, 2001, ... Performance Equistar Chemicals LP, Houston, TX; 713/652-7300 Plexar PX3236 is described as a low-cost, high-performance, anhydride-modified, LLDPE tie-layer resin for use in extruding multilayer blown ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... Accessories, Services Hole Cutter Is Suited to LDPE Park Air Corp., Brockton, MA; 508/584-3440 Ejecto Plus round-hole cutting tool features a patent-applied-for design that uses the latest geometric ...

Specially Designed Metallocene Copolymers for Extrusion Coating

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February 28, 2001, ... acid copolymers and ionomers. This work compared POP with low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) copolymer, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2000, ... polymer market. This sector has seen an average annual demand increase of 4%/yr over the period 1995-1999. The use of conventional LDPE accounts for 55% of the demand, but the use of other grades, especially ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, ... TX; 713/652-4518; equistar.com Petrothene NA214 LDPE resin offers high-speed, lightweight extrusion lamination and coating of flexible packaging, mfr. says. Reportedly can be drawn down to coating weights ...

The Case Against Oxidation as a Primary Factor for Bonding Acid Copolymers to Foil

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November 30, 2000, ... is probably the predominate mechanism for bonding low density polyethylene (LDPE) to foil. A disadvantage of this method is the oxidation of low molecular weight species that impart off-taste and odor ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... film and inner layers of PE/foil/PE/LLDPE. Solutia's Andres Soto says, "We needed something to prevent the migration of moisture onto the roll of film, which is very moisture-sensitive, so we encapsulated ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ...  m-LLDPE for Extrusion Coating Applications." Nicole F. Whiteman of Cargill Dow discussed a new family of thermoplastics derived from processed corn. Her paper on "New Packaging Thermoplastic, Polyactide ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... 1999, and production showed a 6.8% increase over 1998's figures. This group of resins makes up 70% of the total volume of plastic resins sold to and exported from the US each year. LLDPE and PP were ...

Synthetic Paper from Plastics

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September 30, 2000, ... low density polyethylene (LLDPE) with high density polyethylene (HDPE), waste plastic bags, polystyrene (PS), and high impact polystyrene (HIPS) with dolomite (D) and talc (T) fillers. Results All ...