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First Glance

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... and reduced energy costs by lowering storage temperatures. The white cellophane is manufactured from renewable wood pulp and coated to provide a high barrier to moisture and gases. It provides a strong ...

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 ...

Celplast Metallized Products Named Exclusive NA Distributor of Alcan's Ceramis Film Product

(Archive)

November 01, 2004, ... Celplast Metallized Products reports it is Alcan Packaging’s exclusive North American agent/distributor for the entire line of Ceramis films. According to Celplast, these transparent SiOx coated high-barrier ...

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 ...

Technical Facility

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... types, such as multilayer high-barrier and low-sealing films, as well as specialty raw materials. It is reported to be the only pilot lab facility in the world with simultaneous stretching technology. ...

OPP Film Peru Enters US Market with "Great" BOPP Product

(Archive)

October 21, 2004, ... will fill the gap left by big corporations that won't allow themselves to attend to smaller needs." According to OPP Film Peru, from white cavitated to high-barrier, metallized films, it has developed ...

Lasers Beam

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... is a common film structure used in food packaging where the PP outer layer provides for package strength and printing, and the inner PE layer provides a barrier to extend shelf life. Large increases in ...

W&H to Highlight TOPAS System at Pack Expo

(Flexpack)

September 21, 2004, ... and unprinted tubing made from polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) as mono or barrier films as well as film laminates. PRESS RELEASE LINCOLN, RI, USA — Windmoeller & Hoelscher reports it will highlight ...

Materials

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... which extremely high strength and impact resistance is required. Can be produced in UV-resistant polyester and polyether grades. Layer Adds Barrier to Films Ticona, Summit, NJ, USA; 800/526-4960; ticona.com ...

Italy

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ...  barrier material products, including retort pouch technology, are positive contributions. Safta SpA's pouchmaking ability and coextrusion films are highly regarded, as are all the many oriented polypropylen ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... comprises 30 technical sessions of which eleven relate directly to flexible packaging. The titles of these sessions are as follows: Biodegradable Films Medical Packaging Barrier Primer Packaging ...

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 ...

Less (Thinner) Film, More Uses

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, ... the chamber.” Bartholomay's customers want thin films to be more functional. “It could be adding barrier, or allowing heat-sealability, or allowing it to be used as a resealable lidding stock. We have ...

Removing Packaging Odors

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... and EVOH film composites provide a high degree of oxygen barrier. However, today's demand for extended shelf life and fresher products are pushing the envelope to reduce the oxygen and oxidation process. ...

New Materials for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... Film Analysis, San Jose, CA; 408/238-6351; tfainc.com Laboratory offers Rutherford Backscattering analysis, Hydrogen Forward Scattering analysis, and Channeling analysis. Areas of specialty include barrier ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... a five-layer feedblock with AutoGauge die from Cloeren that allows production of barrier film using polyamide or EVOH as the barrier layer, PP or PE as skin layers, and suitable tie layers. CPP throughput ...

Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... oxygen barrier into multi-layer flexible packaging structures. By affording protection from oxygen, a package can inhibit spoilage and extend shelf life of its contents. Our laboratory developed an aqueous ...

Unique Issues of Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... quality graphics with functional packaging characteristics. Moisture and oxygen barrier plus package protection could be designed into the construction. Laminating inks suitable for these structures ...