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FLEXcon Expands Eco-Friendly Packaging Product Line

(News | New Products)

August 22, 2021, ... In undecorated form, both products meet or exceed the Association of Plastic Recycler’s HDPE-CG-01, Critical Guidance Protocol for HDPE colored or natural bottles with resin additives, barriers, layers, ...

Best Practices: Corona Treating Pretreated Films Prior to Converting

(Flexpack)

August 01, 2021, ... are already purchasing pretreated films from film extruders. The answer lies in the details of how corona treaters improve surface energy and how time, additives, and contamination work to undermine the ...

ONECode - A new simplified range of solvent-based inks and coatings for European Flexible Packaging converters

(News | New Products)

July 21, 2021, ... and gravure), and ZenCode, a recently launched range of sustainable solutions. Enhancing and complementing the portfolio are overprint varnishes and primers under the NexisCode brand name, and additives ...

COVER: Testing, Inspection & Quality Control

(Flexpack)

May 23, 2021, ... making for easy maintenance. However, this can result in high costs if the printhead needs changing frequently (e.g., regular high-speed operation). CIJ requires inks and additives. It is advisable to ...

The Value of Specialised Experience

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2021, ... Mobil Polymers analysing polymer additives with a whole range of technology including MFR, IR-analysers, NMR-equipment, spectrometers and so on.  Later I joined Exxon Chemicals as a special lab technician ...

Troubleshooting Defects in Extrusion Coating

(Coating)

March 07, 2021, ... can experiment, or, if you have a database, you may find out that slip additives have been tried before and never worked with this resin, the problem is correlated to polymer lot and speed.  That would ...

Coating on Trial

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2020, ... raw material components must be added at levels pre-determined with solution/dispersion properties, pH, particle sizes, purity and additives within proven parameters. The other elements that takes us direct ...

Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, ... meaning it does not exceed a certain percentage in weight. While additives are not expected to play an active part in the composting process, they still undergo strict eco-toxicity and chemical analysis ...

Narrow Web Twists and Turns

(Web Handling)

January 29, 2020, ... laminate adhesive so they must be compatible. Inks must be carefully balanced with controlled amounts of slip additives to ensure optimum bond. Top coating may be up for consideration to improve ink adhesion ...

AMI’S Multilayer Flexible Packaging 2020 Conference

(Upcoming Conference News)

January 22, 2020, ... of film extrusion, resins, additives and adhesives and how these enable brand-owners to reduce environmental impact, yet improve product quality and retain food safety. Delegates will be armed with knowledge ...

Hey Buddy Can You Spare a Dyne?

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... results as well as the migration of surface additives and other contamination on the material surface. This is one of the reasons it is recommended that surface treatment occurs immediately prior to your ...

Kerscher Succeeds Sheppard at AIMCAL

(News | New Products)

January 11, 2020, ... for plastics additives. Other titles at Milliken include national account manager and research and development engineer. He holds an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University (Atlanta, ...

New Wash-Off Adhesive Optimises PET Recycling

(News | New Products)

December 29, 2019, ... become available for a further use. From a purely technical perspective, multiple recycling is restricted only by the accumulation of additives in the PET.” If the material remains in a largely closed ...

AICC Members Learn Corrugator Best Practices

(News | New Products)

November 10, 2019, ... friction, removing heat and preventing corrosion. Then, they reviewed lubricant composition, the refinement process and additives. Klass and Parkin also compared oil to grease, allowing attendees to understand ...

Qdos Pumps Facilitate Maintenance in Minutes

(Carton Box)

November 29, 2018, ... machines with a total capacity of 630,000 tonnes per year. Precision and reliability For modern and efficient paper production, dosing of various chemicals as paper additives or processing aids ...

High-End Paper Production: Coating System Uses Pneumatic Control

(Print)

November 04, 2018, ... By adapting the roller configuration, the tinters can meet a wide variety of substrate requirements, such as surface tensioning, emulsion additives, and viscosity, allowing the new machine to optimally ...

Elplast Zipper Featured on Consumers' Choice Best Product

(Bag Pouch)

April 25, 2018, ... in its category; it does not contain any additives: fat, preservatives, or dyes, only roasted nuts. The very intense roasting aroma is retained in the package by the use of the EL-ZIP Press-to-Close Zipper. ...

Sticking With It | Hot Melt PSA Primer

(Coating/Laminating)

March 26, 2018, ... Additives: pigments, dyes, etc. Hot melts typically are formulated in their molten or liquid form at high temperature. They are then poured into drums or film pouches and allowed to cool and solidify. ...

Sticking With It | PSA Acrylics Primer

(Sticking With It)

February 12, 2018, ... on coating performance. Pure emulsion systems generally do not coat well; to create the final adhesive system, other additives are mixed with the emulsion. These can include additional surfactants, thickeners ...

Mitsubishi Issues Info on Shelf Life Extension

(Flexpack)

November 12, 2017, ... Chemical America, 48% of customers avoid foods with artificial preservatives and 35% avoid foods with artificial flavors. I.e., consumers want fresher foods with fewer additives and more natural nutritional ...