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Every Trick in the Book

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... an extended, pressure-sensitive (p-s) film label for USanimals from Usana Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT. The label replaces less durable p-s paper and p-s metallized paper labels and unwraps partially ...

Disc Is the Package

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... up to about a ten-point paperboard as well as labels and all pressure-sensitives,” he adds. Univenture prints with inks supplied by Akzo Nobel and INX Intl. The company buys polypropylene from American ...

BRAND PROTECTION: The Converter's Rol

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... inks change when illuminated by ultraviolet light; chemically sensitive inks change when wiped with an indicator pen or spray. Magnetic Inks: Carry information much like a tape recorder. This information ...

CONVERTER EVENTS - 2002

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, A look at 2002 world-wide events for the converting industry. SELECT A DIFFERENT YEAR? 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 DECEMBER Dec. 10–11: Performance Testing of Transport ...

Diverse Products Meet Many High-End Needs

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... structures. Otherwise, if you want, for example, a color metallized film with a pressure-sensitive and liner, you have to work with several companies, or the company would be sourcing materials from other ...

Helping Bring Home the Bacon

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... some pretty tough customers. Brian Weller has a pretty simple business philosophy: “As long as people continue to eat, we think we're okay.” That's because the pressure-sensitive label company he founded ...

Training 101

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... and pressure-sensitive technology. Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, WI; 920/735-5600; fvtc.edu Technical college hosts flexographic seminars throughout the year on such topics as narrow ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... where they compete with PET films for high-speed application and high clarity in end use. Such unpigmented BOPP films are supplied in the range of about 25–50 micron. BOPP films are thermally sensitive, ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... and recloseability: zippers sliders pressure-sensitive adhesives snap closure laser uses fitment Zippers Take Off Introduced into the market in the late 1980s by firms such as Dole, Nestlé, ...

Russian Flex-Pack Markets Holds Potential

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2002, ... market is heavily fragmented. The largest-volume Russian manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels is Limaton-Kamenka; Konturt and Imagency are other leading p-s manufacturers. Polygrafoformlenie (St. ...

Control of Adhesion and Removal of Heat Sealable Tops on Polymer Containers

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... a bursting peel that requires much higher strength to initiate failure than to propagate. The dramatic decrease in force can cause spillage. The peel strength of adhesive failure is very sensitive to processing ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany, with annual revenues of $400 million. Jackstadt is a manufacturer of PSA (pressure-sensitive adhesive) materials based in Germany. The all-cash transaction is expected to be ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Archive)

December 30, 2001, ... involve hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives with a special focus on UV and EB curing systems, new applications for hot melt products, uses in flexible packaging, information on dispensing systems, and ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... market for processing temperature-sensitive, easily decomposed, or oxidation- prone materials. Said to be ideal for sample drying to determine constant mass in plastics applications or other testing. Operating ...

Oxygen Scavengers Offer Safety and Savings

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... D. Column B shows the cost of the additional EVOH needed to protect a moderately oxygen-sensitive product as opposed to the EVOH needed to protect a food with low oxygen sensitivity. This upcharge is 0.31 ...

Product Develpment Help Is Here, There, Everywhere

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... will have any effect on distorting the edge of the material or pinholing. Materials are very sensitive now, and with thinner gauges you run into those types of issues.” Wolfgang Schaps, director of ...

Image This! Among the Acronyms, Flexo Finds Its Fit

(Magazine)

October 30, 2001, ...  • Continuous photopolymer printing sleeves are (CPPS) expensive to produce • Digital seamless sleeves: coated with a laser-sensitive mask • Least sophisticated technology: “plate-on-sleeve”; ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... gearless flexo press offers a deck design said to eliminate ink contamination of sensitive components and features hybrid plate sleeve mandrels for all sleeve types including solid aluminum. Also features ...

Crosslinking Agents Can Improve Physical Properties

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... acids and crosslink through what appears to be acid-base neutralization. As such, crosslinked products formed from PEI tend to be water-sensitive. Polysiloxanes: Silicon chemistry is the backbone of ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... to obtain partly because some processes object to variations below the threshold of common measurement techniques such as scanners and laboratory bench tests. A wound roll is a very sensitive customer ...