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Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, New materials from: ADM Tronics Unlimited, BBA Fiberweb Filtration, Deco-Chem, Flint Ink Corp., Klöckner Pentaplast of America, Monadnock Paper Mills, National Adhesives, Newchem Corp., Ticona, and Water ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... Yupo Corp. America. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... Film Forms Protective Pockets Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Chicago, IL; 866/704-2379; pechineyplasticpackaging.com Multilayer thermoformable ...

Sniffing Out the Sources of Packaging Odors

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, Packaging products consist of substrates, and they can contain adhesives, primers, coatings, or inks. Converting processes involved in package manufacturing Packaging products consist of substrates, and ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, TAPPI's the PLACE div. (polymers, laminations, adhesives, coatings, and extrusions) announces initial plans for 2004 TAPPI conference. Megan Marie Stasak, RIT student, received Ralph A. Klucken Scholarship ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ...  NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI, USA—Coim USA/Novacote Flexpack, a supplier of adhesives and coatings for flexible packaging, announces a new lamination technical center. The 6,000-sq-ft facility will feature ...

PLACE Recognizes Best Entries from Recent Conference

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, Registrants at the 2003 TAPPI PLACE Conference and GLOBAL HOT MELT Symposium completed ballot forms to select winners for the Best Papers, Best Session, and Dragon Djordjevic Award. p>Providing practical ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... healthcare industry, flexible packaging laminations, barrier products, films, adhesives, etc. Other sessions involving panels that addressed topics of current interest to the audience at the conference ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... MACtac, MeadWestvaco, Michelman Inc., National Adhesives, Pechiney, Smurfit-Stone, and Toray Plastics (America). Reflex II hardcoated graphic overlay film has been designed to meet the high-performance ...

Foil Converter Changes Course

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... Film suppliers include DuPont and BPI; Sun Chemical supplies ink. Rohm & Haas provides adhesives, and SAPPI is the paper supplier. A substantial investment has been made in prepress. More than $400,000 ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... resistance. Limitations are a requirement for an adhesive layer to bond with polyolefins and relatively moderate moisture barrier. In biaxially oriented applications, PA6 is typically blended with PA6/66 ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... hydrogen bonds. The true reason in this case is unknown. Stand-up pouches usually use a two-component polyester-polyurethane laminating adhesive. During retorting of filled pouches, water vapor can ...

Materials

(Materials)

July 31, 2003, New materials from: ADM Tronics Unlimited, Eastman Chemical, Environmental Inks and Coatings, Flint Ink, G7 Productivity Systems, H.B. Fuller Co., Milliken Chemical, National Adhesives, Powder Coating ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... and for variable print information — is self-adhesive, but it faces strong competition. Wet glue labeling, the “old man” of the industry, still retains a major market share. It is good for long runs ...

European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... With Innovative Adhesives” was the title of a talk by Hermann Onusseit of Henkel KGAA. He noted that consumers are demanding more and better information about products they buy. A trend therefore exists ...

Brazilian Meeting Attracts Large Audience

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... Packaging and Leda Colto of CETEA. Technical papers at the meeting numbered 18. They covered marketing trends for flexible packaging; barrier resins and technologies used in food packaging; adhesives, ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ...  Coextrusion probably ranks very high as a noteworthy advance in the modern flexible packaging industry. With non-polluting adhesive systems and the use of high-energy-curing adhesive systems, coextrusion ...

Materials

(Materials)

June 29, 2003, New material products from: Advanced Polymers Intl., Avery Dennison, CPChem, Econo Products Inc., H.B. Fuller, Kraton Polymers, Teknor Color Co., Transilwrap Co. Inc., and Wisdom Adhesives. Substrates, ...

FPA Prez Says Flex Pack Faces Challenges and Opportunities

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2003, The realities of the flex pack converter's future were part of FPA president Marla Donahue's presentation at a CMM luncheon sponsored by Bobst Group and Rohm and Haas Adhesives and Sealants, Wednesday, April ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... Ultracoat slot coating die enables mfrs. that apply hot melt adhesives or water- and solvent-based coatings to achieve the increased speed of curtain coating while retaining many of the advantages of standard ...

Guts and Glory

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... Carnevalli; solventless adhesive laminating machinery supplied by Comexi, Uteco, and Nordmeccanica; corona treatment via its several treating stations made by Enercon and Sherman Treaters; and slitting/rewinding ...