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Tension Control

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March 31, 2001, ... Bond Started as a captive carton maker for Reynolds Wrap brand aluminum foil, the plant continues to produce brand name and private label foodwrap cartons for its parent company (which concluded its merger ...

Hot Melt Committee Holds Annual Symposium

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March 31, 2001, ... talk on “Cross-linking Of Acid Functional Styrenic Block Copolymer With Aluminum Acetalacetonate.” Nestor Hansen of Goodyear Chemical will cover “The Use Of Statistically Designed Experiments To Optimize ...

Barrier Properties of EVOH at Low Temperatures and Various Humidity

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March 31, 2001, ... 38, and 44 mol% ethylene content at 15-30 microns. Extruded films were immediately placed in aluminum bags to avoid absorption of moisture until measured for water absorption and OTR. OTR measurement ...

Materials

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March 30, 2001, ... such as hot chocolate and soup mix bags. This metallized, non-sealable film comprises an aluminum-coated surface with a bonding layer, an OPP core, and a treated bonding layer. It is said to have excellent ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... laboratory. The dancer includes low-inertia extruded aluminum and graphite composite rollers for ultra-low-tension applications. As a result, the laboratory now can run rolls to 36 in. dia and web widths ...

Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

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February 28, 2001, ... from aluminum foil, PET, PVC, and PE. The stock holds developing fluid, which is difficult to contain because of its alkalinity. The firm is sole supplier to Polaroid Europe of the “pod foil” for the developer ...

Converting Industry News

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January 31, 2001, ... on the reverse side with aluminum foil for barrier properties and freshness. Lawson Mardon ran the job in one pass on an eight-station Cerutti gravure press, using opaque and transparent inks. Warner Lambert ...

There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities

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January 31, 2001, ... films as the components of the laminate that will form the package and then does not use 100% ink coverage. The final example involves the use of aluminum foil or a metallized substrate as part of a ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, New from: Boschert LLC, Compliance Packaging Industries Inc., Contech, Great Northern Corp., Industry Tech, IST America, KYMC/Barnes Services Inc., Magnetic Technologies Ltd., Matik North America, Nordson ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ... aluminum foil, nonwovens, and coated fabrics. Innovation is not a one-time thing at TCI. "It comes from all the employees in the normal course of operations," Moody says. "When someone has an innovative ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... allow drive to be electrically isolated from power for servicing while motor runs in bypass mode on power line. All-Aluminum Airshafts Are Lightweight Goldenrod Corp., Prospect, CT; 203/758-0100; goldrod.com ...

The Case Against Oxidation as a Primary Factor for Bonding Acid Copolymers to Foil

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November 30, 2000, ... that has directly copolymerized with ethylene in the polymer chain. The acid groups provide adhesion sites for bonding to polar substrates such as aluminum foil, paper, and various primed surfaces.  ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... roasters to specify a very thin layer of aluminum (down to 6 microns or approximately 25 ga) for barrier. Kapak says this allows cost savings without sacrificing performance—particularly beneficial in ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2000, ... of different thicknesses, says mfr. Constructed of rugged, aircraft-grade aluminum, unit offers two die stations, one with a registration adjustment that allows the dies to be registered with one another. ...

Reporter Clips

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October 31, 2000, ... wine growers, providing customization capabilities and an extensive range of materials. The capsules are made from extruded PVC, seamed PVC, aluminum, or polylamination. The Sofacap product line offers ...

Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving

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October 31, 2000, ...  Oppalyte 35mU842, replaced a paper/aluminum structure. Additional materials suppliers include Radici Films, Dow Chemicals, Coates Lorilleux, Montell France, and EC Eldocheme. With rapid service an ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ... Topics included the addition of calcium carbonate to boost polyethylene film and coating performance, nanoparticulate aluminum oxide as an enhancer of inkjet media, new technology in automatic dies and ...

Battle of the Materials Is on for Blister Packaging Market

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September 30, 2000, ...  In the area of cold forming, all aluminum foil blisters offer superb barrier protection to both moisture and oxygen. One drawback has been that cold forming produces large, shallow cavities requiring ...

The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth

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August 31, 2000, ... that recently observed its thirtieth anniversary. Vacumet has never strayed from its core business: depositing evaporated aluminum on a film substrate. Furthermore, it has achieved significant growth ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

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August 31, 2000, ... Nesquik cocoa powder was an OPPack winner. Nestle Foods (Slovakia) had been using a PET/aluminum foil/PE laminate to package its cocoa powder. By using Mobil Plastics' newly developed high-barrier OPP ...