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The Bag Cycle

(Bag Pouch)

July 31, 2009, ... demonstrated the fastest zipper wicketer, which has the capability to produce string zipper polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene bags at speeds to 250 cycles/min. The machine processed 1.4-mil (36-micron) ...

Home Grown

(Coating/Laminating Main)

June 30, 2009, ... resistant matte with a superior velvet finish. Film products converted by Protect-all include clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylenes (PP), polyethylenes (PE), nylons, foils, barrier ...

Crime Stoppers

(Archive)

June 30, 2009, ... Products' Trustseal technology can be incorporated into tax stamps and tear tape using special foils. Transparent oriented polypropylene wrap with optical security elements can be used alone or in conjunction ...

Cut to Save

(Label/Tape Main)

April 30, 2009, ... from MATHO Maschinenbau GmbH. Self-Adhesive Material Skanem makes self-adhesive labels using a variety of printing processes in combination with cold and hot foil stamping. Polyethylene and polypropylene ...

Plasma Power

(Archive)

April 30, 2009, ... Technologies Polymer TypeAdvancing Contact Angle Before TreatmentAfter N2 Vacuum PlasmaAfter N2 Atmospheric PlasmaAfter N2 Chemical CoronaAfter Air Corona Polypropylene 110 deg 48 deg ...

Stop Tribocharging Your Products

(Static Elimination)

April 30, 2009, ... example, a polypropylene film will have negative charge after touching an aluminum roller. The surface of aluminum has a thin layer of aluminum oxide or alumina. While this layer may be only one or two ...

Solution Acrylic PSA for Transfer Tapes Is Reactive-Resistant

(News Eclips)

April 28, 2009, ... with high-shear and high-heat resistance that provide excellent adhesion to low surface energy materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene. This class of adhesives also is claimed to provide particularly ...

Not Just a Pretty Face

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2009, ... to protect the matte finish. Single-source supplier Uflex designed the package, produced and metallized the substrates, and converted the final structure: matte finish biaxially oriented polypropylene ...

Metallized & Vacuum Coated Products Are Credited for Excellence in the AIMCAL Competition

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2009, ... substrates, and converted the final structure: matte finish biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP)/coextruded polyethylene (PE)/high-barrier plasma-metallized PET/PE. Uflex won a second award for technical ...

The Great Span Length Debate | Part 1

(Web Lines)

February 28, 2009, ... on the webs with which you work. For a 60-in.-wide web, one roller every 60 in. or one every web width seems reasonable. For paper or polypropylene film makers working with widths that can be more than ...

Plastic Film Study

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, ... Polyethylene 8,465 9,105 10,510 1.5 2.9 High-Density Polyethylene 2,013 1,921 2,057 -0.9 1.4 Polypropylene 1,276 1,230 1,455 -0.7 3.4 PVC, Degradable & Other 1,986 1,914 2,108 ...

Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, ...  production capabilities include mono and coextruded cast films; polyolefins and their copolymers, including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), nylon, ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer, ethylene viny ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ...  Metallized film is the most popular medium, with polypropylene (PP) and PET taking 55% and 38% of the market respectively — for applications in clear oxide and other opaque barrier coatings for flexible ...

Meeting the Sustainability Challenge Without Compromising Barrier Performance

(Archive)

January 28, 2009, ... oriented polypropylene (OPP) or foil in the case of high moisture barrier applications. Table I exhibits the various layer elimination opportunities available. Table II shows barrier and sealant properties ...

Eco-Friendly Line of Absorbent Pads

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2009, ... Socks control larger spills and protect drains. The pads will absorb up to 20% more than melt blown polypropylene pads, yet cost less. All are available in a variety of weights and finishes. Product ...

Toray Industries Wins UN Environmental Award

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2009, ... Award was also presented to Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations, and Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of Iceland. Toray Plastics (America), Inc., manufactures polyester and polypropylene ...

Reduce & Reuse

(Extrusion Coating)

November 30, 2008, ... flexible packaging encompass a wide range of substrates. Foils and films — PE, polypropylenes, polyesters, and polylactic acid — have increased their share at the expense of papers. Extrusion-coated ...

Web Exclusive: Slitting Film

(Archive)

November 11, 2008, ... account the extensible nature of many of the materials in question. To run plastic (flexible) materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene at commercially acceptable speeds and to high quality, ...

Tag & Label Awards: Tricks of the Trade

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2008, ... on top-coated, clear polypropylene using 150 lpi screen ruling and rotary cutting. Suppliers include DuPont Cyrel (plates), UPM Raflatac (film), Gerhardt (rotary flexible dies), and RotoMetrics (UniFlex ...

Adding Capacity

(Flexography)

September 30, 2008, ... polypropylene (PP), polyester (PET), saran-coated PET, metallized PP, polyethylene, and coated paper. Slitting is accomplished on a 60-in. Ashe slitter, and 13 bagmaking machines from Hudson-Sharp and ...