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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 ...

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 ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... special operations. Idler Features Allow Higher Speeds Webex Inc., Neenah, WI; 920/729-6666; webexinc.com Ultralight aluminum idlers are said to allow operators to run lighter webs at higher speeds. ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, ... Have Roles Despite plastic film's dominance, paper and aluminum foil still play a key role. The paper packaging segment reflects the maturity characteristic of the paper industry as a whole, although ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... shelf space. Aluminum foil combinations in packaging increase. Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) resins and films introduced in Japan; EVOH films offer several features suited for snack food packaging, ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... aluminum foil, we can go down to six-gauge micron, which is extremely thin," he notes. Kapak now possesses ten registered trademarks and holds 18 patents, all of which are related to pouch applications. ...

Golden Cylinders Go to Gravure's Very Bes

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April 30, 2000, ... were used on the front side and three on the reverse. Foil was supplied by Ormet Aluminum Mill Products, Jackson, TN. Packaging Paperboard The winner for Packaging Paperboard was Shorewood Packaging, ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

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March 31, 2000, ... competition: Sigma Technologies International Inc., Tucson, AZ, for a patent-pending Atmospheric Plasma Treatment System; and BPS Inc., Hudson, NH, for its HTC Control System for aluminum evaporation in ...

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

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December 31, 1999, ...  are a diverse group from both the Americas and Europe. BOPP is secured from Votocel, Vitorel, and Inteplast; PET from Hoescht and DuPont; aluminum foil from CBA and Alcoa; and nylon from Mazaferro. Majo ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... an oxide of silicon or aluminum, that is less than 500 [Angstrom] in thickness. It is produced in a vacuum deposited between [10.sup.-2] to [10.sup.-5] Torr. In essence, the concept is fantastic - coating ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... usually incorporate a range of thicknesses and materials but generally include and start at .5- through 2-mil polyester/.35- through 2-mil aluminum foil. A five-roll transfer system accomplishes metering ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

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August 31, 1996, ... from both sides, and this allows easy loading and unloading of the substrate. It also allows for easier maintenance of the crucibles and the aluminum wire feeders. Alubec also purchased a separate crucible ...

Dutch converter retakes his company

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July 31, 1996, ... to VAW Aluminum AG, the huge German company that is involved in all areas of packaging, from flexibles to closures. As an integral part of its holding company, VAW-Europack, Bolding was assigned the sole ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... drinks. The pouch structure, custom-designed for a new product, is critical to the frozen slushy consistency important to daiquiris and margaritas. The aluminum foil and plastic films combination had ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

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February 29, 1996, ... t of opportunities with substrates that aren't films, such as nonwovens, textile-related, and paper. By taking a broader view, and considering what the properties of aluminum and other metals could do thermal ...

Islamic marketing opportunities opening up for converters.

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November 30, 1995, ... potential use of an "halal-approved" seal means that aluminum foil is rolled using only synthetic lubricants. Waxes utilized from tallow would be forbidden. No animal glues can be used. All plasticizers ...

Czech converter pursues new free-market direction

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August 31, 1995, ... aluminum foil converting plant of Kovohute Bridlicna. With bauxite coming from Russian Siberia, Kovohute rolls, anneals, coats, prints, laminates and embosses foil for a wide variety of industries throughout ...

Growing popularity of PET drives shortage to crisis level

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August 31, 1995, ... packaging has led to widespread demand in all areas of food and drug packaging. There is presently a worldwide shortage of PET resin that is probably just as severe as shortages of cellophane or aluminum ...

EC packaging waste directive drives European legislation.

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July 31, 1995, ... within the spectrum of plastic packaging. Deustche Aluminum Verwertung Recycling GmbH provides an acceptance and recycling guarantee for packaging made of or containing aluminum foil. There are acceptance ...

Reynolds subsidiary in Spain benefits from technology transfer

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May 31, 1995, ... advent of INASA, an aluminum rolling mill. At about the same time, INGOSA was also purchased. Originally called Industrias Gromaroz, the latter began operations in 1926 as the exclusive manufacturing franchise ...