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- 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 ...
- Nippon and Nanobiomatters Launch Composite
- (Substrates)
- April 06, 2012, An EVOH/clay composite marketed under the trade name Soarnol NC Series is said to offer notable improvement in barrier over conventional EVOH OSAKA, JAPAN | Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., ...
- Static Beat | Laminators Present Static Challenges
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 05, 2012, Static control for laminators is complex because static charges can be sealed inside by the laminator. Multilayer products may be engineered to achieve high performance having excellent barrier properties, ...
- On Print | Inkjet for Packaging
- (Flexpack)
- March 20, 2012, ... Therefore, the same inks can be used for a large number of applications, although their chemical composition remains a barrier to food packaging, which is the best market for short run capability. A peculiarity ...
- Exhibitor News and More from NPE2012
- (Substrates)
- March 18, 2012, ... Industries, Valencia, Spain, for the exclusive use of its O2Block barrier additive in EVOH composites. O2Block Barrier is Nanobiomatter’s proprietary clay-based additive said to improve the barrier properties ...
- HP Indigo Widens Flex-Pack & Carton Digital Options
- (Bag Pouch)
- March 12, 2012, ... is a new ILP040 primer for the press’s ILP unit from Michelman, a global developer of water-based barriers and coatings for flexible film packaging, paperboard, and corrugated cartons. The primer is said ...
- Smokin' Hot Cigarette Cartons Are Top Product of the Year
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 08, 2012, ... metallized BOPP also enhances barrier properties. Uflex supplied the substrates, metallized the BOPP and converted the preformed bag based on a design from Multirange. Wrapper Does the Twist Garnering ...
- MOCON’s System Tests Pharma Packaging
- (Inspection/Defect Detection)
- March 04, 2012, ... shelf life. However, modified atmosphere can be compromised by poor packaging seals, material breakdown, weak barrier properties, pinholes, etc. This is why using a precise and sensitive package performance ...