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Labels | Market Update on IML & Sleeve Technologies

(Label/Tape)

June 03, 2013, ... TripleS films for large-area bottle decoration—which is claimed to offer cost and energy savings and easy recycling. Environmental concerns No discussion of plastics-based technologies would be complete ...

Gloucester Engineering Reports Two Successful Years

(Film Mfg.)

May 18, 2013, ... in operation around the globe and more than 50 years of service to the plastics and converting industries.  “We know many customers were concerned about our future back in 2010 when the company was forced ...

Foam Labels | Cool Intentions

(Label/Tape)

May 06, 2013, ... customarily used for microwavable packaging and finds a “cooler” application in the cold beverage market. Founded in 1980 by process engineer George Braddon, Commodore Plastics, Bloomfield, NY, began ...

What do Kerite, UMASS-Lowell, Malloy, Womer and Glycon Have in Common?

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

January 17, 2013, ... at Lowell.  It was an elegant event, displaying a very nice center for technology at what I and many consider to be the premiere plastics education center in the USA.  It was good to see new equipment, ...

ProSystems Integration Expands Operation

(Controls News)

January 06, 2013, ... the company provides state of the art customized control systems for a variety of industries that include extrusion, blown film, plastics, converting, paper, packaging, and blow molding. “This move allows ...

Sigma Buys New Gloucester Film Line

(Film Mfg.)

December 19, 2012, Can produce up to nine rolls of stretch film at a time GLOUCESTER, MA | Gloucester Engineering Co. Inc. (GEC) has announced that Sigma Plastics Group of Lyndhurst, NJ, has purchased a new GEC 9-up ...

ExxonMobil to Exhibit at Arabplast

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2012, ... 11th Arab International Plastics & Rubber Industry Trade Show & Conference in Dubai, UAE, January 7–10. On display will be Exceed metallocene polyethylene (mPE) resins, said to offer excellent performance ...

Coating Matters | Understanding Rheology

(Coating/Laminating)

October 01, 2012, ... or flow, you are describing a rheological force. In plastics, everything boils down to mayonnaise and Silly Putty. While Silly Putty is more fun to play with, let’s examine mayonnaise first, because ...

All About Screws

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

August 26, 2012, I had the opportunity to meet with the folks at Glycon Corp. (The old Great Lakes Feedscrews) in Tecumseh, Michigan.  They are an old and respected manufacturer of plastics and rubber screws, with ...

Reducing Sealing Failure

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 09, 2012, ... here is the link: http://continuinged.uml.edu/plastics/extrusion_coating_technology.htm I will be in Kuala Lampur next week for a few weeks.  If I have internet access, I will blog while I am there. ...

Parkinson Lists NPE Offerings

(Extrusion Coating)

March 30, 2012, ... numerous products and technologies at its exhibit at NPE 2012, being held in Orlando, FL, April 2–5. The company will show its latest winding, slitting, and melt filtration product offerings for the plastics ...

EDI Names Extrudex Its Agent in France

(Extrusion Coating)

December 08, 2011, ... sheet, extrusion coating, and slot die coating. “Extrudex has more than a quarter-century of experience as a supplier of primary and auxiliary equipment to the plastics and converting industries and ...

Things have settled down

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 07, 2011, ... to the industry and it is an honor to be associated with this team. Your questions and comments are welcome. I will be discussing a wide variety of topics in the plastics/polymers/extrusion/film making ...

NDC Diversifies into Metals Business

(Controls News)

August 11, 2011, ... a leading manufacturer of web gauging equipment for the plastics, rubber, nonwoven, and extrusion-coated businesses, acquires the Alleur, Belgium-based IRM Group, manufacturers of high-technology measuring ...

FlexSol Packaging Grows with W&H Blown Film Line

(Flexpack News)

July 28, 2011, The Nashville, TN, facility of FlexSol Packaging, a wholly-owned div. of Lyndhurst, NJ-based Sigma Plastics Group, will accommodate growth with the installation of a high-output, five-layer VAREX line ...

Blown Stretch Film Line To Boost Growth for Sigma

(Flexpack News)

July 10, 2011, Sigma Stretch Film has purchased a three-layer Davis-Standard blown film line for its Shelbyville, KY, facility to support business growth. Planned for a mid-2011 installation BRIDGEWATER, NJ | Sigma Stretch ...

Update on World BOPET Market Trends

(Flexpack News)

July 07, 2011, ... flexible packaging converters, and major end users and brand owners. Financial institutions, it is suggested, may also find the report useful for identifying opportunities in the oriented plastics industry. ...

Capacity Needed

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... Plasticos Especializadoes de Monterrey S.A. (Plemsa) to purchase a Titan ER610 compact slitter from Atlas Converting Equipment. Armando Vazquez Castillo, director of the Plemsa Plastics Div., saw the unit ...

Atlas Sells Titan Compact Slitter to Mexico-Based Plemsa

(Slit News)

April 19, 2011, ... director of the Plemsa Plastics Div. “We have other older Titan SR Series slitters which have been running well for the last 10–15 years, so we knew that reliability of the new Titan machine would not ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... nearly 30 years of experience in the plastics and paper industries. He has authored more than 30 technical papers and articles. His most recent work includes the publishing of a new book titled Plastic ...