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There's a Duck in My Duct

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, Duck tape generally is a clear plastic film using an equally clear polyacrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive. It has use in packaging and protective applications. Duct tape frequently is a gray cloth-like ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... the season through music. MACtac supplied the self-adhesive construction for the approximately 2.1 billion stamps printed and formatted as panes and booklets of 20. MACtac also supplied the self-adhesive ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ...  Adhesive Cures by UV or EB Rad-Cure Corp., Fairfield, NJ;973/808-1002; radcure.com Rad-Kote KX6003B UV-light-curable laminating adhesive is designed to bond PE film to corrugated boxes. Can be applied ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, News from: Avery Dennison, Glue Dots Intl., Gorilla Label, Seal-It Inc., Tyco Adhesives, and WS Packaging Group. Narrow Web Converting Industry New WS Packaging Group Acquires Gorilla Label ALGOMA, ...

Materials

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, New from: CPFilms Inc., FLEXcon Co. Inc., Iggesund Paperboard, International Paper, Jetrion LLC, MACtac, National Adhesives, Seaman Paper Co., and Transilwrap Co. Inc. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... data and statistical information. Can measure coated paper as well as foils and films. Suited for packaging, adhesive tapes, labels, plastic, and carrier bags. Sense Luminescence Even with Color Shifts ...

Auto Industry Applications Drive P-S Tape Markets

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... it is fair to say nearly all auto industry usage is characterized by added-value features — provided either via the tape or foam laminate's construction (particularly the adhesive's properties) or, at a ...

A Global Focus on the Market

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... to industry players at all levels — particularly in self-adhesive label stock applications, which represent 55% of global demand. Currently, three issues continue to affect the self-adhesive label stock ...

New Market Study on Asia

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... in the world, both for release liner and self-adhesive materials. While North America continues to dominate the world release liner market, and North America and Europe together make up 74% of global demand, ...

Spotlight on the North American Market

(Disposables)

September 30, 2003, ... Watson Assoc., takes a closer look at "local" market trends. The North American market for release liners for all types of applications remains buoyant, with an annual growth rate of 3%-5% overall. Self-adhesive ...

Brckner Enters Growing Russian Film Market with Novatek Install

(News | New Products)

September 09, 2003, ... produce metallized film, high-shrinkage tobacco film, adhesive tapes, and "numerous other opaque, plain, and co-extruded films [in order to satisfy] the growing demand of packaging material in Russia." ...

Tag & Label Industry Timeline

(Tapes)

August 27, 2003, ... label industry. Here are some important dates: 1845 Rubber-based p-s adhesives developed for surgical/medical cloth tapes. (Source: Klein, B. 1994. They Built an Industry. Lima, OH: Fairway Press.) ...

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 ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... IP5500 translucent adhesive is designed for mounting graphic images. It consists of a thin, semi-transparent plastic film coated on both sides with an aggressive acrylic PSA. Co. says the adhesive allows ...

BASF Opens World's Fastest Coating Plan

(News | New Products)

May 22, 2003, BASF announces the launch of its newly modernized center for pressure sensitive adhesives at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY—BASF announces the launch of its newly modernized ...

PSTC Seminar Aimed at 'Mastery' of Adhesion Scienc

(News | New Products)

April 10, 2003, ... at its upcoming conference next month. According to PSTC, faculty will lecture on such topics as: adhesives, substrates, liners, test methods, coating techniques, and converting. "Attendees of PSA 102 ...

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 ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ...  The 48-in. (1,220-mm) 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 ...

Black Clawson Converting Machinery, Inc., Is New Company

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2003, ... packaging (food and healthcare products); adhesive-coated tapes and labels (pressure sensitive and release coatings); pre-coated convenience products; imaging products; plastic films for consumer and industrial ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, New materials from: ADM Tronics Unlimited, Cargill Dow, Clariant Intl., Contract Converting, DuPont, Klöckner Pentaplast , Tesa Tape, Toray Plastics, and Weyerhaeuser Fine Paper. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, ...