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Focusing on European Flex-Pack

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, ... industry. as well as many changes and additions to flex-pack firms. Kovohute Bridnicia, the huge socialist aluminum foil plant, is now Van LeerObaly, and Rexam has joined the growing list of multinationals ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... eliminating the need for interstation drying or thermal oxidation systems to incinerate VOCs. It does not produce CO2 emissions. Suited for printing and in-line laminating aluminum foil, film, and ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

February 27, 2007, ... the new packaging system, designed and converted by GP, replaces a traditional carton and MW-unfriendly aluminum bowl with a dual-ovenable QwikCrisp Pot Pie Bowl and a patterned MicroFlex-Q patch susceptor ...

A Look at Liquid

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... 6% aluminum by weight. Aseptic packaging was developed in Europe by Tetra Pak in the early 1960s, and this multi-ply packaging system has been expanding rapidly in North America since its introduction ...

Pouch Progress

(Flexpack)

December 31, 2006, ... replacement, which may lead to even greater foodservice penetration. The pouch construction is PET/ONY/aluminum foil/ONY/PP. Developed by Rutgers Univ. and Natick Labs, Natick, MA, and packed by co-packer ...

Films Face Off

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, ... Typically, adhesion is due to chemical bonding of the aluminum metal to the surface on which it is deposited through a covalent bond. The strength of the bond increases with the polarity, or difference ...

2006 RFID What's New

(Archive)

February 28, 2006, ... HF 60 Series was designed for use in rough environments. The resistance of its robust aluminum housing is particularly remarkable for applications in a chain of stores, goods logistic industry or industrial ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... converters to produce aluminum based peel lids by extrusion coating of a single layer. The heat seal/peel resins introduced more than ten years ago replaced the partially seal/peel lacquers widely used ...

New Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... are available in standard 230-W configurations with cast-in iron-chrome aluminum resistance wire heating elements. Glazed ceramic surface is said to protect coil from corrosion and chemical contamination. ...

Power Paper and Graphic Solutions Offer an RFID System

(Archive)

December 18, 2004, ... at extended ranges in hostile RF environments, including metal containers filled with fragrance liquid, aluminum cartons, canned foods, and a variety of liquids, oils, and detergents. PowerID is also reported ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... employs industrial PC technology, AC vector motors, and AC vector digital drive systems to produce operating speeds to 600 mpm on a range of products including PE, PP, PET, aluminum foil, and paper. Union ...

Flex-Pack & Recycling in Japan

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, ... to the fullest extent possible. In addition, manufacturers must label products sold in steel and aluminum cans, PET bottles, and paper and other plastic containers and packaging to promote consumer recycling. ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... water-based primer bonds PE to aluminum foil either by lamination or extrusion. Company says primer uses only light application weights and bonds readily at standard extrusion temperatures. Said to achieve ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... a variety of engine compartment tapes, including heat-shielding aluminum foil/fiberglass fabric composites, flame-retardant polymeric, and fabric composite tapes, as well as other constructions that must ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... adhesives. According to Nordmeccanica, the unit is performance-rated to 500 mpm operating speed on a wide range of substrates, including PE, BOPP, PET, paper, and aluminum foil. Industry Studies  ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... properties; and require no plant investment for lacquering, drying, and air purification. Easily processable sealant resins reportedly provide cost savings over conventional aluminum/lacquer lid systems. ...

CCL Strategic Repositioning Results in Asset Divestment

(News | New Products)

September 03, 2003, ... units in its container division. The businesses that have been sold include CCL's aluminum tube plant, Harrisburg, VA; the laminate tube facility, Swedesboro, NJ; the plastic jar plant, Plattsburgh, NY; ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... vast majority of which are for wet glue labels — and paper laminate structures using aluminum foil and a range of plastic films. The popularity of “no-label look” transparent film labels has led to ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... an aluminum-based ablative layer that washes out in plain tap water to simplify plate processing. Plate is said to deliver sharp halftone resolution and excellent ink transfer and to resist ozone deterioration ...

Tetra Recart Wins EAFA Award Makes Inroads for Retort

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2003, Tetra Pak reports its Tetra Recart, "the first fully retortable carton system," recently was bestowed with an EAFA (European Aluminum Foil Association) Foil Pack of 2002 award. DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—Tetra ...