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Get Cleaner PET

(New Products)

March 31, 2010, EvoSeal EVOH sealant film is called an ideal inner ply for laminated barrier films used in regular, stand-up, and zipper pouches in the food industry. EvoSeal EVOH sealant film is called an ideal inner ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... and coating passes, but in addition a metallized film's barrier properties also can be increased, as topcoating immediately after metallizing protects the metallized surface from microscratches and defects ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... barrier properties. A PLA replacement of PP reduces consumption of petrochemical-based film by about 1 million lb/yr, and the Ingeo resin consumes about 50% less fossil fuel than production of PP.  ...

Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2010, ... 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 into simply repackaging ...

TLMI Speaker Shares Tactics & Strategies for Greatest Economic Value

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2010, ... that no longer produce value. Ego is the barrier to letting go. When you let go, you’re better able to deal with change, you can stay more focused than your rival, and intervention and growth are not accidental. ...

Flexible Packaging: Capital Commitments

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... that requires barrier from oxygen, odor, moisture, or oil…we can now enter those markets.” Eco-Efficient Laminations The purchase of a Nordmeccanica Super Simplex SL laminator, made in November 2009, ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... overall thickness or raw materials content. Microlayer technology is said to allow extrusion processors and converters to achieve increases in impact strength, elongation, oxygen and moisture barrier, ...

Tube Film for Many Products

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, Apex 7862 barrier tube film can be formed into an easy-to-seal, easy-to-open, single or sample-use tube package for a wide variety of healthcare, personal Apex 7862 barrier tube film can be formed into ...

Study Looks at Inks, Coatings, Additives

(News Clips Archive)

February 28, 2010, ...  Plastic represents the largest and fastest growing category of packaging substrates using inks, coatings, and additives. Coatings and additives are expected to benefit from increasing barrier requirements, ...

Multiplying Key Coex Layers Improves Properties

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... is said to allow extrusion processors and converters to achieve increases in impact strength, elongation, oxygen and moisture barrier, and other properties. Potential applications range from industrial ...

US Packaging Inks, Coatings & Additives Demand to Reach $3 billion in 2013

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2010, ... such as paper and paperboard, metal, and glass. Coatings and additives will benefit from increasing barrier requirements as plastic packaging is developed for a widening array of applications. The growing ...

Bagmaking: Cleaning Up on F/F/S

(Substrates)

January 31, 2010, ... oxygen-barrier substrates. The substrates produced are both durable and 100% recyclable. Plastixx operates 72-in. Varex blown film lines from Windmoeller & Hoelscher (W&H) and also has eight-color printing ...

Nonwovens Converting: H1N1 Antidote

(Substrates)

January 31, 2010, ... this unique film is said to provide an exceptional combination of barrier properties and breathability. The film is easily laminated with a wide variety of substrates using several methods. At Kappler, ...

TAPPI Conference In India a Success

(News Clips Archive)

December 31, 2009, ... papers covering topics from the status and potential of flexible packing in India and how to enter the US flexible packaging market to extrusion coating process improvements and advances in barrier films ...

Hot Melt Needs No Primary Coat

(Narrow Web)

December 31, 2009, ... the performance of products for “semi-freezer” applications. Reportedly demonstrates an exceptionally low penetration behavior on basic paper without a primary coat, a barrier, or top coating. This results ...

Converter Industry Events

(News Clips Archive)

December 31, 2009, ... industry calendar, visit www.pffc-online.com. Celplast Metallized Products, Toronto, ON, Canada, is the exclusive distributor of Camvac's Camclear line of AIOX-coated clear barrier PET films, said ...

Reduce Blown Film Scrap

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, ... for barrier layer films used to extend shelf life of meat and cheese products or protect medical instruments from contaminants. Reportedly helps users reduce resin and scrap, lower operating costs, and ...

TAPPI Conference in India Deemed a Success

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2009, ... of flexible packing in India and how to enter the US flexible packaging market to extrusion coating process improvements and advances in barrier films technology. The first of its kind in over 12 years, ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... like opacity, improved adhesion, color, and various barrier properties (see Figure 2). In blown film processing, resins and additives are blended, heat is added to the mixture, and the material is extruded ...

Film Is Compostable

(New Products)

November 30, 2009, NatureFlex NK compostable film is said to offer biodegradability, compostability, and a moisture barrier approaching that of coextruded OPP. Film is a NatureFlex NK compostable film is said to offer biodegradability, ...