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Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... cups as well. All these products are considered to be ecologically friendly, replacing traditional paper cups with petroleum-based polyethylene (PE) coatings that are difficult to recycle and destined ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... for foods was the key market for vacuum-coated products. Polypropylene (PP) films take the major share, although polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films are showing stronger growth. There is competition ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... The Cycle4Green initiative — commercially available now — employs a process that creates high quality de-siliconized pulp (DSP) from paper release liner waste. Film release liner — primarily polyethylene ...

Flexographic Printing: Super Setup

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

September 30, 2010, ... houses four flexographic central impression presses, a stack press, two laminators, and four slitters. The company runs polypropylene (PP), biaxially oriented PP, polyethylene, and a little paper from ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... coating, Ceramis, comprises a thin inorganic layer of silicon oxide that has been evaporated in a vacuum environment to substrates like polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented polyamide (OPA) and biaxially ...

Flexo Printing: Smart Press, Even Smarter Buy

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2010, ... preservation. Although EB 1 looks like a laminated bag and boasts similar grease barrier and strength properties, it is 100% recyclable as a polyethylene product. Richard Pileski, sales manager at Hood' ...

C-P Flexible Packaging Boosts Lamination with Davis-Standard Line

(Flexpack)

August 22, 2010, ... comprised of extruded polyethylene between two films including OPP and PET. The films can be clear, printed or metalized. C-P offers extensive flexographic printing including 10-color printing as well ...

Appleton Papers Sells Performance Packaging Division

(Trends/Management)

August 03, 2010, ... a Milwaukee-based private equity firm for $58 million. Appleton Performance Packaging is a leading manufacturer of custom single and multi-layer polyethylene blown films for the flexible packaging market. ...

Static Beat: Corona Treaters & Ionizers Compared

(Static Elimination)

May 31, 2010, ... treatment energy density for a polyethylene film to improve the wettability for printing or for increasing the adhesion of subsequent coatings. The comparable energy density of a static neutralizer ...

Sustainability Is the Buzz at PLACE Conference

(Trends/Management)

May 31, 2010, ... sustainability objectives without compromising performance to sugarcane-based polyethylene and more. PLACE Div. awards were presented to a select group of TAPPI members including: Beth M. Foederer, ...

Sustainability Is the Buzz at PLACE Conference

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2010, ... and its future in consumer packaging markets.  Other “green” topics ranged from how to meet sustainability objectives without compromising performance to sugarcane-based polyethylene and more. The PLACE ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... layers with the ability to protect the print using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or oriented polypropylene (PP) films. Flexible Packaging Defined Flexible packaging uses a combination of materials ...

Gravure Printing: Print Comes To Life

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... printed on polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) LV film using solvent-based inks and heat-activated adhesive on a Rotomec press. “The black type and diagrams are very nice, the vignettes are outstanding, ...

BEST OF SHOW INTERNATIONAL

(Magazine)

March 31, 2010, ... Thailand, makes a grand impression on the judges with its vibrant Nescafé 3-in-1 Espresso Roast bag, which was printed with eight colors on a polyester /linear low-density polyethylene film lamination ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... metallizer, GPI supplied the 100% recycled paperboard substrates for the reverse-printed, metallized Composipac Z-Flute folding carton. DuPont Teijin Films, Hopewell, VA, supplies the 48-ga polyethylene ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... 100% recycled paperboard substrates for the reverse-printed, metallized Composipac Z-Flute folding carton. DuPont Teijin Films, Hopewell, VA, supplies the 48-ga polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film for ...

Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2010, ... to protect the print using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or oriented polypropylene (PP) films. Next page: Flexible Packaging Defined Previous page: Why Pursue Flexible Packaging? Flexible ...

Breaking Boundaries

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... nylon/polyethylene laminated bottom web, which is sealed to coated Tyvek. The package is said to provide improved manufacturing efficiencies twofold. The customer was able to improve sterilization techniques ...

Reduce Gravure Waste

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2010, ... devised for the demonstration a job with different design complexities to be printed on 25 micron polyethylene (PE) film. PE film is reputedly the most difficult substrate to print in gravure because it ...

Paper or Plastic?

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... outlet for release liner in South America, offering particular opportunities for growth in film liner, particular polyethylene and polyproplyene. Specialty linered p-s tapes are also a growth segment, ...