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The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

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April 30, 2001, ... went right to work. “After two or three years, I invented a side-welded bag for packing toilet paper rolls. Previously, manufacturers had been using side-fold bags, which could not be printed on the side. ...

Fido's Food Goes GLOSS

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March 31, 2001, With the help of a Prime UV ultraviolet curing system, Canadian-based Bonar Packaging has given glamour to the plain pet food packaging bags of the past. Pet cuisine is like everything else these days: ...

Barrier Properties of EVOH at Low Temperatures and Various Humidity

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March 31, 2001, ... 38, and 44 mol% ethylene content at 15-30 microns. Extruded films were immediately placed in aluminum bags to avoid absorption of moisture until measured for water absorption and OTR. OTR measurement ...

Converting Industry News

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March 30, 2001, ... PE business to strengthen its position in the specialty packaging industry. The business, which includes such products as industrial stretch film and institutional waste bags/can liners/food bags, has ...

Materials

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March 30, 2001, ... such as hot chocolate and soup mix bags. This metallized, non-sealable film comprises an aluminum-coated surface with a bonding layer, an OPP core, and a treated bonding layer. It is said to have excellent ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... “Genesis is an excellent addition to our group because of the complementary product lines, the high-end flexo printing capability, and the advanced converting of pouches and bags. This transaction highlights ...

Doctor Blades: Making the Most of Mission Critical

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February 28, 2001, ...  And this consistency is very important, notes Allison. “You need to have a very repeatable doctor blade system. Say you have a pile of printed fertilizer bags [displayed for retail]. This particular ...

Converting Industry News

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February 27, 2001, ... five new Hosokawa Alpine American blown film coextrusion lines at its Las Vegas, NV, plant. API is a supplier of high quality grocery and merchandise bags. With manufacturing facilities in New Orleans ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2000, ... film is for bags and sacks, which account for about 40%, and shrink and stretch packaging, which account for about 25% of the PE film market. The study says the European film extrusion industry is expected ...

Flexible Packaging Committee News

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December 31, 2000, ... of form-fill-seal machines could add this new closure device. Another development from the same inventor addressed reclosing of gussetted bags or stand-up pouches with a single piece of molded or folded ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ...  A major source of potential contamination in the past was the metallized bags the converter used for shipping. Sometimes the foil would flake off during shipment or when the packaging was being opened, ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... S. Carter, who founded the company in 1963, will retire. Randall D. Richardson, VP of Nordson's nonwovens systems group, will succeed Carter at EFD. Product Developments Foil Bags Suited for Export ...

Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving

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October 31, 2000, ... bags for bakery products and two for side-weld machines. Finishing is done with 16 slitters. Markets Open Up The Spanish flex-pack market ($550 million) is highly fragmented. About 35 converters operate, ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ...  Polyolefins are "the largest plastic materials in the thermoplastics market" at 60%. They find use in products ranging from packaging applications to trash bags and carpeting. Today, large global suppliers ...

Corona Treaters Adapt to Converting Processes

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September 30, 2000, ... system with metal electrode segments. "If you have a 60-inch-wide web and you're going to slit the web and make it into bags, you have a section that needs to be heat sealed. You don't want to treat that ...

Technology Puts Converter "In-Line" for More Succes

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September 30, 2000, Phoenix Packaging, which made its name with in-line technology for producing popcorn bags, is taking its innovative ways into other areas. Microwave popcorn is a favorite treat of many, and consumers ...

Synthetic Paper from Plastics

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September 30, 2000, ... low cost, and versatile processing possibilities of the polymers. Earlier work has described the process of making synthetic paper from plastics. This includes high loading with fillers. Plastic bags ...

Assessing Real-Life Sealant Performance in Flexible Packaging

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September 30, 2000, ... tack initiation temperatures, and increased seal range for optimum package integrity. Conclusions Testing package integrity of actual bags is essential for distinguishing the final package performance ...

Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

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September 30, 2000, ... bags, are among the first targets for a coextruded polyethylene film that has been developed by new British converter Harrier Packaging. The product, designated PaperFeel, reportedly looks, feels, prints, ...

The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth

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August 31, 2000, ... and coffee bags. We metallize holograms for point-of-purchase displays, cartons for liquor and golf balls, and cosmetics. Holograms are now showing up on flexible packaging as well." Adds Korowicki, ...