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The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... A WASH It has long been accepted practice to apply wash coating to foil/paper laminates to prepare the aluminum surface for acceptance and bonding of printing inks. These “was coatings,” as they have ...

Metallized Packaging Advancements From Terphane

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2020, ... and after the product’s use. Globally, metallized flexible plastic packaging is replacing traditional aluminum-foil packaging and rigid containers. In both Europe and South America, this trend is ahead ...

State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... as a significant industry in the 1950s, nearly 70 years ago. Today, by combining the best qualities of paper, plastic film and aluminum foil, flexible packaging can deliver a broader range of protective ...

Multi-Solution Approach Key to Achieving Sustainability Goals

(Extrusion Coating)

February 24, 2020, ... enabling a suitable replacement to Aluminum foil for improved recyclability. Using Less Materials Converters can also reach sustainability goals by reducing materials used in packaging. Using fewer ...

Dow Presents New ADCOTE™ L76-500 High-Solids Adhesive for High-Speed Metal Lamination

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2019, ... such as laminates with metallized films, aluminum foil, OPA, PET, barrier films, as well as triplex and quadruplex compositions with PE and cPP. Showing good wettability on most demanding films and excellent ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

May 23, 2019, ... products. Announcements continue: one of these is a sustainable sealing foil made of aluminum. In another case, at the CosmeticBusiness show 2019, organizers say sustainability is "omni-present," as reported ...

ShieldSense™ RFID Blocking Material: Avery Dennison

(News | New Products)

April 21, 2019, ... aluminum foil material that allows retailers to maximize the effectiveness of RFID-enabled inventory systems by isolating waves within specific environments. When applied to surfaces such as walls and ...

GOEBEL IMS Presents its Innovative Slitting and Winding Solutions at ICE USA

(Upcoming Conference News)

April 02, 2019, ... into finished rolls of different widths and diameters. The machines can process a variety of films (bi- oriented, barrier blown films, cast films) and laminates (aluminum foils and/ or paper) used in the ...

AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... Films Business (Noida, India). Available in metallized (F-PCR/M) or clear aluminum-oxide-coated (F-PCR/A structures, the film represents a 75 percent reduction in carbon footprint versus virgin BOPET grades. ...

GOEBEL IMS Presents its Slitting and Winding Solutions at ICE Europe

(Flexpack)

January 28, 2019, GOEBEL IMS plans to present its portfolio of innovative machines for high-quality converting of film, paper and aluminum foil at ICE Europe. GOEBEL IMS, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of ...

Web Tension Control Fundamentals

(News | New Products)

January 24, 2019, ... be avoided as they add mass to the dancer arm.  Dancer system mass can be kept to a minimum by using aluminum components in the rotating arm structure and rolls.  Ultralight rollers with dual bearing stub ...

Advancements of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in the Flexible Packaging Market

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... doi:10.1201/b17388-10 Flexible Packaging Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Raw Material (Paper, Aluminum Foil, Plastics, Bioplastics), By Application (F&B, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics), And ...

Some Thoughts on the Pressure-Sensitive Industry

(Sticking With It)

November 25, 2018, ... of a foil tape on a heating duct when being replaced it would be easier to reuse the aluminum in the duct.  Another type of smart adhesive might be one that has some pressure sensitive properties allowing ...

U.S. Flexible Packaging Sales Expected to Hit $31.9 Billion

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... the products and processes of the industry that would become known as flexible packaging. By combining the best qualities of paper, plastic film, and aluminum foil, flexible packaging delivers a broad ...

Now Plastics Introduces 60 to 90 Percent PCR PET Films

(New Products)

November 07, 2018, New post-consumer recycled PET film offers reduced environmental impact and lower costs. EAST LONGMEADOW, MA | Now Plastics, one of the largest suppliers of films and aluminum foil, is now offering ...

Constantia Flexibles Introduces Packaging Solutions for Greater Sustainability

(News | New Products)

November 04, 2018, ... for salad dressings as well as coffee beans. EcoCover: 50 percent reduction in carbon footprint When replacing one million standard aluminum lids with EcoCover, savings can be achieved equal the amount ...

FPA Partners with PACK EXPO International

(News | New Products)

September 12, 2018, ... billion in annual sales in the U.S. and is the second largest and one of the fastest growing segments of the packaging industry. Flexible packaging is produced from paper, plastic, film, aluminum foil, ...

E-Commerce Comes to Cast and Cure™ Films

(News | New Products)

September 09, 2018, ... aluminum and more. Cast and Cure patterns can be applied using both sheet-fed and web-fed (flexo and gravure) equipment and can run on most existing cold foil machinery. Unlike foil applications, Cast ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... to be a solid piece of aluminum, but it’s actually metallized film/11-point paperboard/metallized film, which marries Hazen Ultracure and Hazen 3DReflector CARD technologies. The laminate is ultraviolet-printable ...

Transcontinental Acquires Multifilm Packaging

(Flexpack)

March 11, 2018, ... an integrated manufacturing process and its processes include cast film extrusion, metallization, and demetallization, as well as aluminum foil printing. “The acquisition of Multifilm Packaging Corporation ...