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AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... Award The winner was a 90 percent post-consumer-recycled (PCR) content biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) barrier film from Flex Films (USA) Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY), a subsidiary of Uflex Limited’s ...

Will it Process?

(Extrusion Coating)

December 11, 2018, ... casting and uni-axially or bi-axially orientating the polymers. Blown and cast films have low levels of molecular orientation and are for the most part highly extensible, offering good tear and impact ...

High-End Paper Production: Coating System Uses Pneumatic Control

(Print)

November 04, 2018, ... the paper web. The AV03 controls not only cylinders and pumps, but also single solenoid axial valves to open and close the respective channels on the ink containers. Furthermore, shut-off valves and pressure ...

Toray Plastics Features BOPP Packaging Films at Pack Expo

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2018, ... of biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films at Pack Expo International 2018, booth N-6275. And, its portfolio of white-pigmented BOPP films. These new films are designed to prevent packages from ...

Innovia Films to Focus on High Barrier

(Flexpack)

May 23, 2018, ... efforts on high-barrier materials, thanks to substantial investment in new assets. Reportedly, the assets will allow the company to produce a range of new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) products ...

Flex Films Says BOPET Is Soft & Strong

(Flexpack)

April 08, 2018, FLEXPET F-STF biaxially oriented polyethylene film is reported to provide a soft luxurious surface as well as high durability ELIZABETHTOWN, KY | Flex Films, the global film manufacturing arm of Uflex, ...

Provident Offers Scanning Microscope

(News | New Products)

April 02, 2018, ... wall width Cell depth Cell angles The camera unit is equipped with two light sources: Coaxial light is directed straight down onto the surface of the material and reflected back up the same path ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ...  OVER THE TOP Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI, earned a Product Excellence Award for its Torayfan Over-The-Mountain Portfolio of biaxially oriented polypropylene (OPP) films. Available ...

Montalvo Launches Line of Core Chucks

(News | New Products)

March 17, 2018, Axial Activated Core Chucks, part of company’s Defender Series, are said to be rugged and cost-effective GORHAM, ME | Montalvo, international specialists in web tension control, announces its newest ...

CCL Acquires Treofan Americas

(Flexpack)

March 09, 2018, ... rights to the Treofan name. Treofan Americas is a producer of biaxially oriented polypropylene film based in Zacapu, Mexico, with capacity of 60,000 tons for specialty applications in consumer packaging ...

Miki Pulley Bushings Provide Solid Connection

(Controls)

March 05, 2018, ... says they eliminate the need for tapered shafts, locknuts, or other locking devices which are slow and difficult to install accurately. Providing excellent axial and radial runout, Posi-Locks have a maximum ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, ... foundation of these films is company’s proprietary PET, reportedly known for its excellent thermal stability and modified print surface. The biaxial orientation and barrier coating of the new films are ...

Flex Films Launches Twist Wrap Film

(Flexpack)

August 29, 2017, ... engineered FLEPET (FLEXPET F-WTG-AS.) F-WTG-AS low-opacity, good-gloss white anti-static twist wrap polyester film. This bi-axially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) film is suited for candy ...

Toray Launches High-Barrier PET Films

(Flexpack)

July 22, 2017, ... proprietary PET, reportedly known for its excellent thermal stability and modified print surface. The biaxial orientation and barrier coating of the new films are conducted in-line in one, streamlined ...

Treofan to Add New BOPP Line in Mexico

(Flexpack)

June 20, 2017, ... of specialty biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films, is investing USD 45m in a new five-layer, 10.4-m orientation line at its Americas plant in Zacapu, Mexico. The new asset, due to begin operation ...

Innovia Films Launches BOPP Film

(Flexpack)

June 03, 2017, Propafilm REF coextruded BOPP film reportedly offers high speeds and a wide sealing range WIGTON, CUMBRIA, UK | Innovia Films announces Propafilm REF, its latest high-speed biaxially oriented polypropylene ...

Cosmo Films Plans New BOPET Line

(Flexpack)

April 18, 2017, ... types of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and cast polypropylene (CPP) films, reports plans to install a new production line for speciality polyester (biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate) ...

AIMCAL Awards | Film's Sharkskin-Like Properties Control Bacteri

(Coating/Laminating)

April 06, 2017, ... Sulson Overseas Pvt., New Delhi, India. Bag features include a front, back, and bottom of matte-finished biaxially oriented polypropylene/metallized polyethylene terephthalate (mPET)/clear PE with gussets ...

Treofan Signs Contract for Separator Films

(Flexpack)

April 03, 2017, ... says Dr. Franz Josef Kruger, head of the TreoPore Business Unit at Treofan. “The biaxial stretching of the film ensures very even mechanical and electrical properties, significantly improving operational ...

Jindal Films Europe Announces New BOPP Line

(Flexpack)

March 07, 2017, ... biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films, reports it will increase extrusion capabilities at its Virton site in Belgium. This expansion represents the next phase of a broad reinvestment strategy that ...