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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 ...

New Products

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April 29, 2005, ... Oxygen Barrier Zimmer Industries, Hawthorne, NJ; 800/225-0108; zimmerindustriesinc.com Microperforating a single ply of material and laminating it to a nonperforated ply creates allows the economical ...

US Specialty Film Demand Expected to Increase

(Archive)

April 20, 2005, ... freshening, nutritional, or medical compounds. Light control, safety and security, and barrier packaging films will also record gains at or above the average through 2009. Decorative and breathable films ...

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

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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 ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

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March 30, 2005, ... ultrasound such as through air coupling therefore seems impossible due to the differences in acoustic impedance between air and test media. After many years of struggle, this barrier has been broken through ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

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February 27, 2005, Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries. A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY How To Apply An Oxygen Barrier Primer With A Roll Coater  ...

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 ...

Complex & Capable

(Flexpack)

January 30, 2005, ... PET/adhesive/foil/adhesive/PE, various peel-seal using PET and new barrier films. Production manager Miguel Garcia noted, "We expect to produce more complex materials that are value-added, that is, barrier ...

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 ...

Film Trends Focus of of Plastic Packaging Conference

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January 23, 2005, ... of Flexible Packaging." The first two days will focus on advancements in barrier and packaging materials, film testing and inspection, easy-open packaging, printing, and food processing. Day three will ...

Ampac Packaging Acquires Flexicon

(Flexpack)

January 16, 2005, Ampac Packaging, a producer of high-performance film structures for bags and food packaging—ranging from monolayers to nine-layer coextruded barrier films—has acquired Flexicon, a manufacturer of high-performance, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... in barrier and packaging materials, film testing and inspection, easy-open packaging, printing, and food processing. Day three will be dedicated to pharmaceutical packaging applications. The target ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... come from EVA, although from a smaller base, due to greater barrier requirements in food markets. PVC and PVDC films are expected to exhibit the slowest increases. For more information contact Freedonia ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... coextruded formulations and a variety of presentations, from white cavitated to high-barrier metallized films. Also provides design variations for high- and extra-high-speed packaging, flower wrapping, ...

Who Likes Film?

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December 30, 2004, ... tear resistance, and gas barrier performance. Process people like films because…wait. Do process people like films? Web Lines Customers like films because they are cool. Films can be clear, thin, shiny, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 2

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... barrier packaging. There is a huge demand. But there are always pressures to become more efficient and more competitive. Metallizers are wider and faster than ever and evaporation rates need to keep pace. ...