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OPP Film Peru Enters US Market with "Great" BOPP Product

(Archive)

October 21, 2004, OPP Film Peru, "with the mission of delivering superior BOPP [biaxially oriented polypropylene] products and service excellence," reports it now offers its products and services to United States-based converters. ...

Packaging for the World

(Flexpack)

September 29, 2004, ... the Santiago plant, there is a fully equipped prepress department with two Ohio engravers. Substrate suppliers include Sigdopack and Votocel (biaxially oriented polypropylene); Terphane and Toray (polyester); ...

Lasers Beam

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... cost per watt. Also important has been the development of lasers with an output wavelength of 10.2 microns, which delivers up to a 3x increase in cutting speed for thin biaxially oriented polypropylene ...

People & Places

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... representatives. Jay Hanson assumes the position of product manager for biaxially oriented film at Extrusion Dies Industries (EDI), Chippewa Falls, WI, while Kelly Harings-Mrozinski becomes customer ...

A Touch Above

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... a variety of substrates and offers a comprehensive range of biaxially oriented polypropylene label stock using a transfer coating process. Film suppliers include ExxonMobil and UCB. At the core of Raflatac' ...

Breakin' Bounds in Barrier Films

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ...  education.” Voght suggests other changes impacting the barrier film market are coextrusions using a polar barrier layer (i.e., ethylene vinyl alcohol), which is being done with biaxially oriented P ...

Italy

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... (OPP) variations available. Italy is the nation that pioneered biaxially oriented PP film production, and the film is widely used for a variety of products. Other leading Italian flex-pack converters include ...

AIMCAL Awards, Page 2, PFFC, March 2004

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2004, ... and converter. Structure comprises biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate/polyethylene. Transparent inks complement the holographic effect. First-time pouch use requires the consumer to break a ...

The Family Breadwinner

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ... serving as substrate supplier, designer, metallizer, and converter. Structure comprises biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate/polyethylene. Transparent inks complement the holographic effect. First-time ...

Synthetic Paper: The Real Deal

(Materials)

January 31, 2004, ... agrees. “Converters need to consider print and surface quality and dimensional stability when choosing a synthetic paper. A synthetic that is biaxially oriented is very stable and predictable, which minimizes ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ...  Option Offered for Linear Drives Amacoil, Aston, PA; 610/485-8300; amacoil.com Company offers an extra bearing option for its rolling ring linear drives that is said to double the axial thrust capacity ...

Mixing It Up

(Archive)

November 30, 2003, ... typically use axial flow impellers, while high shear applications are best accomplished with the use of radial or radial-axial flow combination impellers. Figure 4 shows a typical axial flow impeller while ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ...  Shaft Collars Withstand Heavy Loads Stafford Mfg. Corp., Woburn, MA; 978/657-8000; 800/695-5551; staffordmfg.com PowerRing non-marring, high-capacity shaft collars provide about 3x the axial load-carrying ...

Just Rolling Along

(Archive)

September 30, 2003, ... maintain. Depending on the make and model, rolling ring drive assemblies can deliver up to 800 lb of axial thrust. Travel length may be up to 16 ft at speeds ranging to 13 ft/sec. Typical accuracy is ...

BOPP Film: How Real Is the China Threat?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2003, Plans to increase BOPP capacity in China have industry players worried. Plans to increase BOPP capacity in China have industry players worried. The (US) $6 billion world BOPP film industry has experienced ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... hot water bath or an infrared or air heated oven. The tube now at the appropriate temperature is then re-inflated and biaxially oriented. The amount of inflation or blow up ratio controls the TD orientation. ...

Brckner Enters Growing Russian Film Market with Novatek Install

(News | New Products)

September 09, 2003, Brückner reports it has decided to enter the Russian BO (biaxially oriented) film market, adding it is the "very first" to do so. According to the co., it has contracted with Moscow-based OAO Novatek for ...

PCI World BOPP Study Reveals China Impact Maybe Not as Dramatic as Some Fear

(News | New Products)

June 05, 2003, ... on the world supply/demand balance of planned capacity increases in China may not be as dramatic as some fear. According to PCI, China currently has around 900,000 tonnes of capacity to produce biaxially ...

Avery Dennison Adds SynCarta BOPP to Fasson Rapid-Roll Line

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2003, ...  enhanced its Fasson Rapid-Roll product line with SynCarta synthetic media. According to the manufacturer of pressure-sensitive technology and self-adhesive solutions, these biaxially oriented polypropylen ...

Converting Activity Strong in Middle East and Turkey

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... by Humco (Texas). In the film market, Dubai Poly Film is a high-grade supplier of BOPP (biaxially oriented polypropylene) film to a worldwide list of converters. Operation began in 1999 with state-of-the-art ...