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(Print)

October 17, 2012, ... and waste. Ideally suited for high-mix, low-volume applications that require a large number of label varieties. ExxonMobil (Booth E-8114) will exhibit Metallyte high barrier film with significant reductions ...

Sustainability | BASF, Mariners Debut Compostable Snack Bags

(Bag Pouch)

October 03, 2012, ... have been one of the biggest barriers preventing us from getting to our goal,” said Jenkins. “Flexible packaging made with BASF biopolymers could represent the holy grail of greening for our waste stream.” ...

Rapidly Expanding Flexpack Converter Details Equipment Plans

(Flexpack News)

October 02, 2012, ... Nylon, EVOH, Nucrel, and Surlyn barrier films, which are all produced in line with ISO22000/HACCP quality and food safety management systems. The ER610 is available in two standard widths—1350 and 1650 ...

The Conference at PACK EXPO | Educate, Innovate, and Advance

(Print)

September 19, 2012, ... a.m. Session Number: M25 Track: Focus on the Future – Trends and Innovations Session Title: Labels and Barriers and Trends, Oh My! Speaker: Pat Reynolds, VP/Editor-in-Chief, Packaging World Magazine ...

MonoSol Films Make Edible Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

September 06, 2012, Pouches made with Vivos Edible Delivery Systems films from MonoSol are edible, transparent, and said to offer good oxygen barrier   MERRILLVILLE, IN | MonoSol,, supplier of specialty water-soluble, ...

WS Packaging Expands into Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

August 29, 2012, With flexible packaging now part of its line, WS Packaging will offer barrier, sealability, and more for a wide range of products   GREEN BAY, WI | Printer and label converter WS Packaging Group ...

Accredo Packaging Places Large Order with W&H

(Flexpack)

August 29, 2012, ... extrusion equipment from Windmoeller & Hoelscher. Commercialized in 2009, Accredo specializes in the manufacture of coextruded barrier films, towel & tissue overwrap film, shrink-bundling film, laminated, ...

AWA’s IMLCON and IMDCON Coming Up

(Label/Tape)

August 07, 2012, ...  • How thin-wall and barrier applications for IML are now justifying the use of the technology in many new product areas—Jes Gram, Gram Technology • Direct-to-product inkjet and its likely future in ...

Coating | The Movement Toward Thinner Films and Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2012, ... layers with individual attributes are combined to make a higher-performing film—a thin layer on one side of the film is used to provide a barrier to oxygen and moisture and protect the product, while another ...

TLMI Paper Covers PET Thermoform Recycling

(Green)

July 21, 2012, ... this area. TLMI president Frank Sablone, says, “Retailers and grocers are in the process of setting up systems and protocols that address the recyclability of these containers. One of the current barriers ...

Coating Matters | Free Span Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

July 16, 2012, ... the reverse bend in the substrate, the fluid barrier, and the new reaction to process set points, there is a lot to learn if you are used to running a slot die against a chrome roll. But keep in mind the ...

Polymer Industries Adds Davis-Standard Sheet System

(Film Mfg.)

July 09, 2012, ... features an 8-in. (200mm) Thermatic air-cooled extruder, DSB barrier screw with cavity transfer mixer, temperature control panel, screen changer package, and 165-in. (4,191mm) EX-M-PLAR III sheet rollstand ...

UFLEX Reports New Film Plant

(Flexpack)

July 03, 2012, ... be one of the largest film lines in the world and can turn out 36,000 MT/yr of film. It is supplemented by a plasma-enhanced high-barrier metallizer that can convert 6,000 MT of film/yr. The project, ...

Mamata Demonstrates Pouchmaker for Unsupported Films at Open House

(Bag Pouch)

July 02, 2012, ... shifting to sustainable pouches. In response, the company has moved to develop equipment that can run unsupported, unlaminated coextruded films (barrier structure/straight polyethylene) that can be recycled. ...

On Print | Low Migration UV-Cure Inkjet Inks

(Flexpack)

May 21, 2012, ... from the ink layer to the backside of the film The first depends on both the chemical and the film—for example polyester is a much better barrier than polyethylene. The second depends partly upon correct ...

Ampac Pouches Are FPA Winners

(Bag Pouch)

May 21, 2012, ... a Silver award for Packaging Excellence and Technical Innovation for the Easysnap Sachet Pouch, a single-handed dispensing pouch using a sachet format. Manufactured from two high-barrier films—a flexible ...

Extrusion Coating the Subject of Upcoming Course

(Coating/Laminating)

May 15, 2012, ...  Raw Materials: Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Adhesive, barrier, and high-temperature resins Substrates: Paper; paperboard; foil; film; nonwovens Processing: Startup and shutdown; solidification and ...

DuPont Awards | Packaging that Reduces Food Waste Captures Top Prize

(Carton Box)

May 09, 2012, ... in the contact layer of the barrier package. Traditional vacuum-packaged meat is “purple,” deemed distasteful by many consumers who equate color with freshness. FreshCase packaging also extends shelf life ...

Addex System Aids Bubble Control

(Thickness Gauging)

April 27, 2012, ... bubble diameters.” Company also has a new IR-based sensor that allows for critical online thickness measurement of barrier materials such as nylon and EVOH within mulitlayer structures for food packaging. ...

Ten Years of Success for FILMtech

(Flexpack)

April 24, 2012, After a decade of producing metallized and barrier films, FILMtech looks ahead to more success, more growth, and more diversification   BEAN STATION, TN | FILMtech, a manufacturer of metallized and ...