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Davis-Standard’s Aftermarket Services Deliver Convenience and Improved Performance at K2019

(News | New Products)

August 29, 2019, During K2019, Davis-Standard will promote its full menu of global aftermarket and technical services. During K2019, Davis-Standard will promote its full menu of global aftermarket and technical services, ...

Alco Seeks Out Vetaphone For New Corona System

(News | New Products)

July 16, 2019, When Puerto Rican converter Alco High-Tech Plastics needed a new Corona system for the extrusion side of its business in 2018, it turned to Danish manufacturer Vetaphone.  When Puerto Rican converter ...

Conference Brings Breathable Films Stakeholders to Berlin

(Trends/Management)

November 26, 2018, Organized by specialist plastics industry consultancy AMI, the conference takes place in Berlin, February 27-28, 2019. BERLIN, GERMANY | Responding to the growing markets of breathable films across ...

U.S. Flexible Packaging Sales Expected to Hit $31.9 Billion

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... plastics packaging. Flexible packaging’s solid long-term strength, coupled with flexible packaging replacing other packaging formats, resulted in the growth of flexibles from 17 percent in 2000 to the ...

FPA Publishes 2018 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2018, ... corrugated paper and just ahead of bottles and miscellaneous rigid plastics packaging. Flexible packaging’s solid long-term strength, coupled with flexible packaging replacing other packaging formats, ...

W&H Announces Sales to Sigma Companies

(Flexpack)

May 20, 2018, Three members of the Sigma Plastics Group have ordered equipment from Windmoeller & Hoelscher, including OPTIMEX FFS & VAREX II lines LINCOLN, RI | Windmoeller & Hoelscher reports the Sigma Plastics ...

Maxcess to Debut Rolls Group at NPE

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2018, ... umbrella to the plastics industry.  “NPE is a great opportunity for our precision roll brands of Webex, Valley Roller, Menges Roller and Componex to connect with our plastics processing customers, including ...

Toray Aiding CPG Companies in Mexico

(Flexpack)

April 25, 2018, The company says its line of films and type of customer service are suited to Mexico’s specific flexible packaging needs NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) says its films and services are ...

Poly Ploys | Why Wine 'Cries

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 26, 2018, ... library. It is a work that will never be outdone. I'll never look at a glass of wine the same. Tom Bezigian holds a B.S. in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts–Lowell. He has been ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, Coated films that can replace foil as a barrier layer caught the attention of converters in our annual roundup of new products. Coated films that can replace foil as a barrier layer caught the attention ...

AMI Reports on Polymer Demand in Asia

(Flexpack)

November 20, 2017, ... in its global polymer demand series, Polymer Demand in Asia. AMI says that in terms of the consumption of polymers, Asia has long been regarded as the powerhouse of plastics processing and accounted for ...

A 4-Shift, Around-the-Clock Schedule EVERYONE Will Love—REVISITED

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 13, 2017, ... from the schedule proposed below are larger firms with continuous operations, such as paper mills, plastics extrusion and molding facilities, metal foundries, refineries, etc., that cannot be easily shut ...

Toray Films Touted as Foil Replacements

(Flexpack)

October 23, 2017, The company’s MET OPP and MET PET films are said to offer converters confidence during uncertainty in the foil market NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports that uncertainty about the ...

AIMCAL Announces Short Course Option

(Coating/Laminating)

August 23, 2017, Short courses at the start of the R2R Conference will welcome those attending the full conference, or those wishing to attend only the short courses only FORT MILL, SC | The Association of International ...

AIMCAL Posts Agenda for R2R Conference

(Coating/Laminating)

August 06, 2017, ... schedule, a joint effort by committees from AIMCAL and the Society of Plastics Engineers, features nearly 100 sessions organized in tracks focused on the latest advances in R2R technologies, plus networking ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 3

(Flexpack)

August 02, 2017, ... Bill Hellmuth, Gloucester Engineering 8. "Nano-layer - Micro-layer Structural Advances in Shrink Films, Schirmer et al, 2013 SPE International Polyolefins Conference, Houston, Texas, USA 9. http://plasticsengineeringblog.com/2013/01/04/new-technologies-in-stretching-and-touching/ ...

Toray Launches High-Barrier PET Films

(Flexpack)

July 22, 2017, Lumirror MK61HB and PA1HB barrier-coated polyester films are said to provide extended shelf life and a chlorine-free coating formula NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) announces Lumirror ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 2

(Flexpack)

June 05, 2017, ... Houston, Texas, USA 9. http://plasticsengineeringblog.com/2013/01/04/new-technologies-in-stretching-and-touching/ 10. US Patent number 8870561, issued 28 OCT 2014 11. From: Medlock, G. (Kuraray), ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 1

(Flexpack)

May 03, 2017, ... in Shrink Films, Schirmer et al, 2013 SPE International Polyolefins Conference, Houston, Texas, USA 9. http://plasticsengineeringblog.com/2013/01/04/new-technologies-in-stretching-and-touching/ 10. ...

Flexible Packaging | Biodegradables Are From Mars

(Flexpack)

February 06, 2017, ... of bioplastics that was just not available in the market at the time,” explained Rodenburg, “The focus was to use a packaging material that is sustainable and uses second-generation feedstock – one that ...