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- Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 1996, ... of laminated films - particularly with the growing popularity of water-based inks, coatings, and adhesives. The surface energy of a solid polymer cannot be measured directly because solids typically ...
- MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 1996, ... impression can result in hundreds of feet of defective film." He adds that the unique surface characteristics of the StarTech core also permits repeated removal and positioning of adhesive tapes. "If there ...
- Green Bay gears up for specialty labels
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 1996, ... for curing. The second coating station applies a water-based, pressure-sensitive adhesive, using the reverse gravure method. Both coating stations use a fountainless/enclosed applicator featuring an internal ...
- Paper characteristics: starting the job right
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 1996, ... and ultimate impact of a finished printed product, the base stock often plays the most critical role. The choice of such variables as adhesives, inks, and coatings depends in large part of the type of ...
- AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 1996, ... graphics, a 2-mil brushed polyester, a pressure-sensitive adhesive, and release liner. It uses a "revolutionary" manufacturing process to contrast the black print and semi-transparent blue logo against ...
- Hot melt applications continue to grow
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 1995, ... state of flux, how well and how quickly organizations adapt to change is more than a choice; it is a matter of survival. Manufacturers of hot melt adhesives and application equipment have quietly been ...
- Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 1995, ... Standard Melinex 813 is a pretreated PET film offering improved surface adhesion for inks and adhesive laminations. It's favored by many food packagers and converters over other films both PET and non-PET, ...
- Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 1995, ... to the landfills in one year. The package was switched from a paper wrapper and folding box to 48-gauge polyester, flexo-reverse printed and adhesive laminated to a 1.5-mil white low-density polyethylene ...
- Printing system offers quality performance
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 1995, A solventborne rotogravure printing-ink system that provides ultralow retained solvents when adhesive or extrusion-laminating treated and on polyvinylidene-chloride A solventborne rotogravure printing-ink ...
- French plastic bag imports continue to outpace exports.
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 1995, ... A Swiss company has been supplying machines specially designed for production of laminated packaging materials, using solventless, 100%-solids adhesives. Polytype AG's, Fribourg, Switzerland, latest ...
- Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 1995, ... accelerators - has developed into a large industry, and the technically demanding radiation-cured coatings, inks and adhesives sector has grown into a profitable specialty business for suppliers of formulated ...
- Controlling costs challenge label stock, liner suppliers
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 1994, ... for the no-label look because adhesive wetout is critically important," he said. "In the secondary-label market, I see only electronically-imaged labels, showing significant growth. We expect to see a ...
