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A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ...  Polymeric Nanocomposites Enabled By Controlled Architecture Materials by James M. Nelson, 3M Dyneon LLC, et al. APPLICATION: Controlled architecture materials (CAM) are specialty additives for the ...

Zero Funding for FCN Program?

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February 27, 2006, ... The concern, of course, derives from the fact that Section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) defines food additives as: …any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably ...

Personal Care Items & Packaging

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February 27, 2006, ... special care is necessary in the selection of a laminate to prepare a pouch for packaging shampoo. Various additives such as fragrances can be as difficult to package as ketchup or mustard. Barrier ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... since that is the standard coating in North America. The data collected through this investigation was for an additive and processing aide free resin that was particularly susceptible to melt fracture ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... As the drink cools, the lid changes slowly back to brown, signaling the beverage may be getting too cold to drink. The product uses FDA food-contact-compliant additives. With license agreements in place ...

Protecting Brands

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January 30, 2006, ... Adhesives Coloring and Tinting Agents Overt Visible with naked eye. UV Fluorescents Infrared Additives Marker Dyes Covert Invisible or hidden features detectable with special readers or calibrated ...

Trends & Technical Solutions

(Archive)

December 30, 2005, ... potential. Film variability—Different additives, such as antioxidant, antifungal and anti-blocking agents, can affect anchorage and inhibit cure. Process conditions—Corona versus non-corona. Catalyst—Tin ...

The Secret Strain

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... winding defects, you have to understand the strains and strain changes inside a wound roll. Winding seems like an additive process, like stacking bricks, where each new layer would exert the same load ...

Packaging 2006: What's Ahead

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November 29, 2005, ... array of chemicals, including additives, inks, and dyes. Polymers continue to enjoy an exemption under the approved proposal and intermediates are partially exempted, but the system likely will result ...

New Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... raising film clarity well above that of the base resin, company reports, adding tests show new additive masterbatch makes LLDPE film as much as 65% clearer than the base polymer. Also said to improve gloss ...

Measuring Force

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... by adding slip additive to the ink, such that if the ink doesn’t stick to the tape, the ink doesn’t pull off the film. This of course brings up another feature of adhesion testing, which is: Are we ...

Degussa Raises Prices

(Archive)

June 29, 2005, Degussa raises prices on industrial specialties products in North America and its entire line of QUAB cationizing reagents worldwide. PRESS RELEASE PARSNIPPANY, NJ—Effective June 15, 2005, or as contract ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... tackifiers and additives; lubricants, waxes, and slip modifiers; anti-oxidants and fillers; antiblocking and heat stabilizing agents; solvents and dilients; and water dispersants, pH control materials, ...

Converting Industry News

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June 29, 2005, ... and additives, as well as process training, equipment troubleshooting, and best-practice implementation. National Adhesives is a unit of National Starch and Chemical Co. CAI president Carl R. Tinsley, ...

Food Contact Regs: a Global Look

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... to understand. The subject is highly technical and complex; we provide here only a brief overview. Under Section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), food additives are defined as ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... stocks; and AP inks for on-site ink-dispensing systems. AP inks are basic concentrates which, in combination with specially prepared additives, can be adjusted for a wide range of applications. Laminating ...

Truth or Myth?

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May 30, 2005, ... by using the correct polymers, resins, waxes, and additives. They attempt to formulate low, medium, and high slide angle coatings. Truth. We tested the slide angle of board coated with different commercial ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... prevent oxygen entry into the package.To make such packaging, all raw materials and additives that are necessary for the production of packaging are also subject to steady changes in additional development. ...

Materials

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... Additive Offered ADM Tronics Unlimited, Northvale, NJ; 201/767-6040; admtronics.com Staticon 452 anti-static additive features what is said to be a unique polymeric structure to provide conductive properties ...

A Look at Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... than, say, extrusion where PE melt temperatures are encountered. Heat resistance can be modified by use of crosslinking additives in some formulations. Since laminating inks are "sandwiched" within the ...