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Nordmeccanica, Dow Hold Earth Day Demos

(Coating/Laminating)

June 30, 2010, ... of Portco Packaging, Vancouver, WA. The afternoon session consisted of demonstrating a lamination of a high-barrier structure with no outgassing-related defects, despite the high lamination speed. Adhesive ...

HP Explores Flexpack, Certifies Media Partners

(Yo's Yarns)

June 22, 2010, ... Guy of Michelman, global business manager Flexible Packaging, commented on water-based barrier and functional coatings for flexible film packaging, paperboard, corrugated and folding cartons; and Kirit ...

Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... outer bag, along with a compostable adhesive and inner barrier coating. The result is a bag that uses renewable materials and allows for new disposal options such as composting, which diverts packaging ...

Grip & Grin

(Bag Pouch)

May 31, 2010, Grip & Grin Cryovac Grip & Tear non-barrier bags from Sealed Air, Duncan, SC, provide an easy-open vacuum package for poultry with superior shrink and Grip & Grin Cryovac Grip & Tear non-barrier bags ...

Converting Industry News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

May 31, 2010, ... to develop an environmentally friendly compostable barrier-sealant PLA packaging film that delivers the performance of conventional films. Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Tokyo, Japan, establishes São Paulo-based ...

Metallized BOPP Plant Producing

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports Toray Films Europe has achieved its first commercial volumes of BOPP high-barrier metallized film NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports ...

Drives Retrofit: More Space, Less Power

(Slit)

May 31, 2010, ... as well as barrier films and heat-sealable films used to protect snacks, cheeses, meats, fresh produce, fruit, and candy bars. Rapid expansion of its business, including several strategic acquisitions, ...

Flexpack: Slider Bags

(Flexpack)

May 20, 2010, ... bag with expensive peel-seal film to provide a fill barrier on one side and an easy-peel seal on the other. To help drive costs out of the bag and improve performance for both packagers and consumers, ...

Toray Plastics Announces Commercialization of European Plant

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2010, ... that Toray Films Europe has achieved its first commercial volumes of bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) high-barrier metallized film for packaging applications.   In September 2008, Toray Films ...

Frito-Lay names Toray its Supplier of the Year

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2010, ... compostable barrier-sealant PLA film that delivers the performance of conventional films." Toray Plastics (America) is a leader in the development and manufacture of high-performance sustainable films, ...

A time to celebrate

(Special Reports)

April 30, 2010, ... Vacuum Deposit Barrier Coatings; and Troubleshooting-Process/Adhesion/Vacuum. A 2009 Sustainability Series offered five sessions on what is probably the hottest topic in the industry. Sheppard says webinar ...

A future for photovoltaics

(Metallizing)

April 30, 2010, Some areas of vacuum web coating have progressed in the past decade, others have lagged behind. A hot topic 20 years ago was transparent barrier coatings. Some areas of vacuum web coating have progressed ...

Plants for Pretzels

(First Glance)

April 30, 2010, ... a year of R&D, Clear Lam replaced conventional petroleum-based plastics with material derived primarily from renewable Ingeo PLA from NatureWorks. To create the appropriate oxygen- and moisture-barrier ...

Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 28, 2010, ... anywhere near zero. Let me give a detailed example that I have direct experience with to illustrate my point. Let’s assume the following: A converter has a 5-layer flexible packaging barrier blown film ...

Mocon-Certified Mumbai Testing Lab Earns Independent Certification

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2010, ... under the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard for oxygen and water vapor permeation testing of plastic barrier materials. The government of India has authorized NABL as the accreditation body for testing and ...

Davis-Standard Chinaplas Exhibit To Offer Expert Advise

(News | New Products)

April 08, 2010, ... extrusion capacity without sacrificing output. Other film equipment includes machinery for hygienic, oxygen barrier, optical, medical and CPP films.  Wide fabric coating/laminating machines are engineered ...

Amcor Flexibles Expands Blown Film Capabilities

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2010, ... to develop and manufacture next generation peelable films, oxygen and moisture barrier films, and high-performance forming films,” comments Michael Barr, product manager Americas, Coex & Converted. “In ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... in today's marketplace, the internal barrier materials prevent foreign substances, gases, odors, or chemicals from entering or exiting the package. And, in some cases, manufacturers are putting more effort ...

Board Has Many Green Features

(Carton Box)

March 31, 2010, Earthboard, now engineered for use in food packaging applications, has barrier properties for oils, fatty acids, and moisture. Mineral-based layer is Earthboard, now engineered for use in food packaging ...

Events

(News Clips Archive)

March 31, 2010, APRIL 14 | AIMCAL-PFFC-EMA Webinar on Vacuum Deposit Barrier Coatings, Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators/Paper, Film & Foil Converter/European APRIL 14 | AIMCAL-PFFC-EMA Webinar on ...