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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 ...

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.  ...

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, ...

AIMCAL Announces Matteucci Technical Excellence Awards

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2009, ... ALD [Atomic Layer Deposition] of Al2O 3 [Aluminum Oxide] Barrier layers on PET,” and David Levy of Eastman Kodak Co., for “Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition: High-Quality Films on Continuous Substrates,” ...

New Roles for Converters

(Archive)

September 30, 2009, ... effective, high quality, low-cost manufacturing process. One of the major barriers to commercialization of some of these products (solar cells and fuel cells) is that the first-generation products were ...

Partnership for Eco Packaging Launched

(News Clips Archive)

August 31, 2009, Henkel announces a joint agreement with LBP Mfg., Cicero, IL, to combine R&D resources to develop coatings, barriers, laminates, and adhesives BRIDGEWATER, NJ Henkel announces a joint agreement with LBP ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

August 31, 2009, ... PT ADV-7 water-based coating formulation is said to provide a more sustainable, cost-effective option for transparent, high-oxygen and/or moisture barrier food packaging. By reducing the amount of barrier ...

Home Grown

(Coating/Laminating Main)

June 30, 2009, ... resistant matte with a superior velvet finish. Film products converted by Protect-all include clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylenes (PP), polyethylenes (PE), nylons, foils, barrier ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: June 200

(New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... pressure chambers. Reportedly allows user to produce perfectly transparent coatings, free of foam, and the performance of the rear barrier chamber prevents entry of air into the chamber doctor. ▶Polytype ...

Web Exclusive: Flat Die Technologies Emerge as Keys to Innovation in Solar Electric Systems

(Archive)

May 13, 2009, ... layers; PET barrier film; a multi-component PV sandwich; a spacer film; a reflective film; an aluminum foil layer; and an EVA back layer. The PV sandwich would include amorphous silicon semiconductor, ...

H.B. Fuller Acquires Nordic Adhesives Technology

(News Eclips)

April 12, 2009, H.B. Fuller Co. has acquired Nordic Adhesives Technology, Buxtehude, Germany, a developer and manufacturer of high quality polyurethane flexible packaging laminating adhesives. ST. PAUL, MN | H.B. Fuller ...

Studies to Examine Flexo, Packaging Trends

(News Eclips)

February 04, 2009, ... segment through 2012. The global packaging trends study, presently underway with State Street Consultants and slated for release in late summer 2009, will identify drivers and barriers and demographic, ...

Examining Recession Resistance

(Editorial)

January 31, 2009, ... market, particularly for films, with flexible packaging opening more opportunities for metallized barrier coatings. Prices for forest-stewardship-certified papers and boards will continue to rise at the ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... usage. Here the main drivers today are the need for improvements in barrier performance for clear and opaque vacuum-coated films and for the high-impact aesthetics achievable with metallized films. Growth ...

2009 TAPPI PLACE Flexible Packaging Summit Is Set

(News | New Products)

January 29, 2009, ... Summit (Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings and Extrusions) will be held April 28-30, 2009, in Columbus, OH. The event will include the two-day Consumer Packaging Solutions for Barrier Performance ...

TAPPI PLACE Flex-Pack Summit

(News Eclips)

January 07, 2009, ... Summit (Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings and Extrusions) will be held April 28–30, 2009, in Columbus, OH. The event will include the two-day Consumer Packaging Solutions for Barrier Performance ...

Color Control

(Label/Tape)

December 31, 2008, ... beyond the “learning curve” that can be a serious barrier to entry for companies interested in entering the marketplace. “If you talk to the blow molders, there really are a handful of IML printers ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

December 31, 2008, ... suited for high quality, high-performance applications. Toyo Ink Mfg. America | 201-937-7324 | www.tima.toyoink.com PFFC-ASAP 414 Film Biodegrades Ceramis-PLA biodegradable barrier films, made ...

Reduce & Reuse

(Extrusion Coating)

November 30, 2008, ... the best future volume growth. Barrier coatings for gable-top and aseptic packaging have become a major area of focus in the packaging world, creating new impetus in the available coating processes ...