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Freedonia Studies Specialty Films

(Flexpack News)

June 09, 2013, Growth is expected to be driven by high-performance plastic films with barrier properties, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance   CLEVELAND OH | Specialty Films, a new study from The Freedonia ...

Labels | Market Update on IML & Sleeve Technologies

(Label/Tape)

June 03, 2013, ... platform of advanced films with capabilities such as moisture-resistance and barrier properties become available. Print developments Moving into the realms of the practicalities, Amanda Jones of ...

Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 12, 2013, ... and natural sausage casings in that it retains the benefits of both permeable and barrier films. iCel combines the high smoke and water vapor permeability of cellulose casings with optimal mechanical properties ...

Toray Plastics (America) Adds Coating Equipment

(Coating/Laminating News)

May 07, 2013, ... new coating equipment in order to meet customer demand for value-added films with advanced specialty layers.  Company says industrial and packaging films and multilayer and barrier structures that require ...

Enercon Joint Study Shows Benefits of Atmospheric Plasma Treatment

(News | New Products)

May 06, 2013, ... vapor between the filaments in the spunbond structure without compromising the barrier properties. These properties are said to be significant in the medical industry when developing disposable medical ...

Label Market | Challenges & Opportunities in Brazil

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2013, ... by their inherent container barrier protection and tamper-evident properties, and the innovative and complex container geometries that they can accommodate. ROSO (roll-on-shrink-on) and the new reel-fed ...

Bringing Theory into Focus

(Coating/Laminating)

April 04, 2013, ... reduction of air barriers at the application point of a coating head with vacuum systems can encourage adhesion and wettability; and compression and decompression chambers in coating heads can reduce or ...

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ... the snack food aisle, evidencing high gloss, vivid graphics, and barrier properties that eliminate the need for inner bags or hot melt sealing. The consumer will appreciate a pattern-coated silicone release ...

Pakiston-based Tri-Pack Films Installs Atlas Slitter/Rewinder

(News | New Products)

February 11, 2013, ... for coating, laminations, form/fill/seal packaging and side-weld bag applications, with high barrier properties. The company’s film production is destined mainly for use in packaging of consumer goods ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... for improving the mechanical and barrier properties of flexible packaging materials. The second session features Innovations in Traditional Barrier Enhancements for packaging films. And the third session ...

AIMCAL Organizes ICE Europe Conference Program

(Coating/Laminating News)

January 27, 2013, ... control, and barrier properties. The Web Handling track, led by Dr. Dilwyn Jones of Emral Ltd., Yarm, U.K., will provide a tutorial on winding with sessions devoted to roll defects, web tension, nips, ...

Flexible Packaging | Exopack Wins FPA’s Top Award for Kraft’s YES Pack

(Flexpack)

January 21, 2013, ... that helps facilitate consumer usage of the product while maintaining the barrier properties keeping the remaining product fresh. With a simple twist of the package, the consumer has their individual cough ...

Intl. Paper Exploring Green Packaging Options

(Carton Box News)

January 13, 2013, ... to explore the development of products using EarthCoating, a mineralized barrier coating for paperboard products. The company’s coated paperboard division plans to create a line of folding carton and cupstock ...

Chocolate Wrapped in Compostable Packaging Film

(Film)

January 02, 2013, ... from Innovia Films was a perfect fit for us due not only to its environmental attributes but also its excellent barrier properties to keep our organic Fair Trade chocolate in premium condition,” explained ...

McCullagh Coffee Launches Compostable Packs Using Natureflex Film

(Flexpack)

November 28, 2012, ...  NatureFlex films offer advantages for packing and converting such as inherent deadfold and anti-static properties, high gloss, resistance to grease and oil, good barrier to gases, aromas, and mineral ...

ExxonMobil Offers New Films at Pack Expo

(Flexpack)

October 28, 2012, ... 70MET-HB2 OPP film with enhanced barrier properties; Bicor 18MAT-S OPP film said to reduce package weight; OPPalyte 42WOS-RH film said to improve operations in frozen novelty food packaging; and Label-Lyte ...

MonoSol Films Make Edible Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

September 06, 2012, Pouches made with Vivos Edible Delivery Systems films from MonoSol are edible, transparent, and said to offer good oxygen barrier   MERRILLVILLE, IN | MonoSol,, supplier of specialty water-soluble, ...

Coating | The Movement Toward Thinner Films and Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2012, ... layers with individual attributes are combined to make a higher-performing film—a thin layer on one side of the film is used to provide a barrier to oxygen and moisture and protect the product, while another ...

UFLEX Reports New Film Plant

(Flexpack)

July 03, 2012, ... be one of the largest film lines in the world and can turn out 36,000 MT/yr of film. It is supplemented by a plasma-enhanced high-barrier metallizer that can convert 6,000 MT of film/yr. The project, ...

Static Beat | Laminators Present Static Challenges

(Coating/Laminating)

April 05, 2012, Static control for laminators is complex because static charges can be sealed inside by the laminator. Multilayer products may be engineered to achieve high performance having excellent barrier properties, ...