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- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2000, ... a turnaround from the decline in 1998, due primarily to the improving Asian market. Sales and captive use for the major commodity thermoplastic resins (including PE, PP, PS, and PVC) grew by 7.3% in ...
- Battle of the Materials Is on for Blister Packaging Market
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2000, Long dominated by PVC, the bottom web market for pharmaceutical blister packs now is facing increased competition from a variety of new materials. Although Long dominated by PVC, the bottom web market ...
- Reporter Clips
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2000, ... awa-bv.com Sleeve Labels Are the `Icing on the Cake' FARMINGDALE, NY, USA—Seal-It has created decorative, full-sleeve labels for Betty Crocker's "Easy Flow Decorating Icing." The heat-shrink PVC label ...
- FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less
- (Magazine)
- February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...
- Deciphering the complexities of the core/shaft/unwind relationship.
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 1996, ... of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or nylon. Metal cores can be either steel or aluminum. "Each of the different materials possesses different problems with the shafts and chucks," says Myer, "with the primary ...
- Flexo/screen proves to be a winning combination
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 1996, ... Series, according to Brown. "Until Mark Andy came along, the only real piece of equipment we had for running 1.5-mil unsupported polyvinyl chloride [PVC] film was our central-impression flexo presse ...
- Growing popularity of PET drives shortage to crisis level
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 1995, ... materials such as PS, PP, PVC and aluminum foil and hastily substitute PET. H.J. Heinz modified its now pioneering "Gamma" bottle (PP/EVOH/PP) in favor of PET/EVOH/PET. In the ultimate form of technical ...
