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New Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... without tangled air hoses snaking across the shop floor. Slitting with Safety Ashe Converting equipment, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK; +44 1473 710912; ashe.co.uk Company offers a barrier surround and gates ...

Seeking a Converting Superhero

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... and using kryptonite would be a possibility. Barrier films play an important role in flexible packaging today. People want films that provide higher barriers, have improved clarity, and are stronger. ...

One Stop Shop

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2005, ... and high-barrier metallized forms; pouches; inks; chemicals; and even converting equipment and packaging machines. No other flex-pack operation in the world is as widely vertically integrated! In an ...

Materials

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... is a linerboard featuring an exclusive moisture barrier coating. Completely repulpable and 100% recyclable, product reportedly will run smoothly on existing converting equipment. Available in most standard ...

Retort Pouch Causes a Stir

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2005, ... bowls on its flights. Dennis Carespodi, RJR Films, presented an excellent comparison of barrier films coated with both SiOx and AlOx. These were compared to the new "Besela" film coated with modified ...

Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... claimed equivalent to foil in a standoff for barrier properties. In addition, when it comes to price, the metallized construction overpowered its predecessor as a replacement for a more complex and expensive ...

Advances in Coating

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... other areas. Improved coating formulations based on nanotechnology will be available. They will find widespread commercial application to provide products with improved scratch resistance, barrier layer ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... full line of Ceramis transparent SiOx-coated, high-barrier films from Alcan Packaging. Ceramis films are manufactured by the EB evaporation of silicon oxide onto PET, nylon, and OPP substrates, offering ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... of packaging applications. Executive Summary Can You Finally Get Foil Barrier Properties With a Metallized Film? by Dante Ferrari, Celplast Metallized Products Application: Using a new high oxygen ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... film. Curwood’s proprietary system controls the scoring to the proper layers, reportedly ensuring the barrier protection is not compromised. Consumers simply tear and remove the top (hood) of the package ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... from white cavitated to high-barrier metallized films. Variations include designs for high- and extra-high-speed packaging, flower wrapping, and laminations. The company, which serves small and medium-sized ...

A Universal Film for Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... the answer to this question is a resounding no. PE film has certain attributes, but it also has limitations such as heat resistance. PP film offers some benefits over PE, but it does not have good barrier ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... For Flexible Packaging by Robert B. Armstrong, EVAL Americas (USA) The high barrier packaging market in the United States continues to experience strong sustained growth. Ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 1

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... for packaging substrates "that can replace metallized polyester and aluminum foil," he says, "in the high-barrier food packaging applications. Barrier, as a property in packaging, is essential in today’s ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... The MDO (machine-direction orientation) unit is designed for integration with a blown film line. Company says it offers enhancements to PE film, including downgauging with few or no trade-offs in barrier ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... Greenville, SC; 864/288-0128; techbarrier.com Three flexible packaging films are called ideal for food, medical, and consumer product packaging. Techbarrier oriented films are coated with SiOx to achieve ...

thePLACE

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... sessions. The topics of the presentations covered all the areas of interest of the committees of the division including film extrusion, extrusion coating, flexible packaging, hot melts, and high barrier ...

Food & Packaging Enjoy!

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... a coating of a PVDC polymer in the packaging material. “Active packaging” is a major concern in the converting industry today. The term encompasses what used to be called “barrier packaging” as well ...

Battenfeld Gloucester Says MDO Provides Enhancements to PE; OEM Spotlights K Show Offerings

(Archive)

July 05, 2004, ... with few or no trade-offs in barrier or strength; economy (from source reduction/downgauging); and the ability to create microporous structures that can be used in 'breatheable' and other specialty films. ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... packaging barriers Developments in biodegradable films Peelable seal technologies Packaging and converting adhesives Medical packaging Film web handling and winding Resins for film and extrusion ...