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Thinking Inside and Outside the Coating Box

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... insurmountable but need to be taken into account. Paper and paperboard on its own is permeable to water, water vapor, fatty esters, oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Poor barrier resistance make the ...

TAPPI European PLACE Conference Offers Valuable Educational and Networking Opportunities

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 26, 2022, ... barriers; circulatory issues; extrusion coating; and paper and film-based solutions. There’s even a special Advanced Coatings Exchange session that showcases research from VTT, Rise AB and Aquapak. Start ...

Sun Chemical to Highlight the “Power of Sustainable Packaging” at PACK EXPO International 2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 26, 2022, ... Shelf Life and Make Packaging Pop Sun Chemical booth visitors will also learn about a variety of coatings that can enhance their packaging. In addition, SunBar (Aerobloc) oxygen barrier coatings can ...

The “5R” Framework: An Approach Designed to Reduce Packaging Waste

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2022, ... enabling overall packaging lightweighting, through protective and barrier coatings, as well as barrier adhesives technologies. Reduce can also refer to minimizing or eliminating waste at converter facilities ...

Stop Pulp and Paper Industry Circuit Board Corrosion

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August 17, 2022, ...  The compound prevents corrosion and electrolysis when applied to systems. The micro barrier that it forms on components is so complete that an electrical charge cannot be passed from the metal into water. ...

Keynote Speaker Announced for TAPPI’s 18th Biennial European PLACE Conference

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August 07, 2022, ... program focuses on recycling and sustainability; barriers; sealing performance; converting improvements; extrusion coating; paper and film-based solutions; and incudes a session on advanced coatings. LopeBet ...

Achieving Quality and Controlling Costs for Silicone Release Coaters

(News | New Products)

July 31, 2022, ... properties or barriers are not compromised is crucial. Rigaku EDXRF (energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence) technology provides non-destructive coating or composition analysis for web applications. It ...

Michelman Invests in Circular Economy Market Expertise

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February 24, 2022, ... barrier and functional coatings for paper and film make it possible to develop recyclable, repulpable, and industrially compostable packaging. Explained Rick Michelman, the company's President and CEO, ...

Enabling Solutions for Sustainable Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 13, 2022, ... improve package functionality, utility, and performance in use. Their Michem® Flex brand of sustainable, water-based technologies includes primers, barrier coatings, topcoats, and specialized heat seal ...

HOW TO: Episode 5 of the Nordmeccanica series

(Coating/Laminating)

November 30, 2021, ... . Credentials to access the website will also allow to attend the “Episode 5” November event. During this episode we will showcase the latest in terms of barrier enhancement for flexible packaging and ...

Sufresca Accelerates Its Green Solution to Reduce Waste and Plastic

(News | New Products)

November 19, 2021, ... acts as a partial barrier that allows for optimal gas exchange. This slows down the post-harvest maturation and ripening processes and subsequent degradation and decay. It also solves the problems that ...

Looking for Custom Converting Solutions?

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

October 10, 2021, ... targets. New pouch formats often require combining several different resin grades to achieve desired barrier properties, toughness, sealing characteristics and clarity. Multi-layer film extrusion capabilities ...

Best Practices: Corona Treating Pretreated Films Prior to Converting

(Flexpack)

August 01, 2021, ... are needed in the film’s ultimate use, such as flexible packaging applications. In either case, these additives will ultimately migrate to the film’s surface and create a barrier to successful adhesion. ...

Sappi Rockwell Solutions Launches a Sustainable, Coated Lidding Film Ahead of the Proposed UK Plastic Packaging Tax

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2021, ... good oxygen and moisture vapour transmission rate barriers to increase product shelf-life. Moreover, the Starlid GPE-CL seals to all types of food packaging trays, including PP, paperboard and all PET ...

Value-Added Processes: Coating, Laminating and Metallizing

(Coating)

June 06, 2021, ... coating machinery is built for versatility for adding different polymers to the primary web as a moisture barrier, vapor barrier, or has a strengthening agent. Davis-Standard’s coating platforms are known ...

Mondi Packages Potatoes in Award-Winning Paper Bag with Sustainex Bio-Based Coating

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May 04, 2021, ... kraft paper to ensure strength in handling while providing barrier properties to keep the produce fresh. The bag has multiple sustainability features: a corn starch-based netting for a small cut-out ...

Teknos and Brightplus Cooperate to Develop Bio-Based and Biodegradable Solutions for Food Packaging

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April 07, 2021, ... the amount of waste. The new barrier coating developed by Teknos and Brightplus is bio-based and biodegradable and can be used to replace the traditional fossil-based plastic film.  “By replacing the ...

Michelman Joins the International Molded Fiber Association (IMFA) to Help Advance Fiber-Based Packaging in a Circular Economy

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March 11, 2021, ...  “We want to help transition the industry into more sustainable packaging. Our barrier coatings help improve fiber-based packaging’s functionality and performance while managing its end-of-life,” said ...

Mondi Celebrates Eight Wins at the 2021 WorldStar Packaging Awards

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January 11, 2021, ... efficient and now 100% recyclable design, it offers safer and more reliable shipping, easier handling and better economics. PerFORMing PerFORMing is a thermoformable paper-based packaging with a barrier ...

Comexi Joins CEFLEX And Reaffirms Its Commitment to Sustainability

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October 01, 2020, ... existing materials and maintaining client demands. These solutions were created as a response to the two principal trends of sustainability: the use of mono-materials and the use of paper for low barrier ...