Search

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 ...

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?

(Magazine)

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 ...

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 ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

November 30, 2004, ... long chain branched polymers such as LDPE with the stiffness and barrier properties of polypropylene. This combination provides unique opportunities for various applications. This paper discusses the processing ...

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 ...

Extrusion Dies

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... is new business in high-barrier products, which include stand-up food pouches and medical packaging. Besides the roughly $0.50/lb cost of commodity resins such as low-density polyethylene (LDPE), the dominant ...

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. ...

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 ...

Superfund Exempt Liability

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... of the barriers created by Superfund to the cleanup and redevelopment of industrial property. As advertised, the goal of the Brownfields Amendments was to promote the cleanup and reuse of “Brownfields” ...

Eval Co. of America Expanding Resin Production

(Archive)

September 02, 2004, ... the high-performance resin EVAL in 1972, "which has the highest gas impermeability of any plastic (approximately 10,000 times that of polyethylene). This superior gas barrier property makes EVAL highly ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... Sandtracker claims to have cracked the 5¢-per-tag barrier for RFID with a radically different technology that "doesn't need silicon in quite the same way other tags do," according to one of Sandtracker' ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... the "Contiguous Property Owner" exemption and the EPA’s new guidance will remove many of the barriers to the acquisition, redevelopment, and ownership of industrial property by assuring buyers and owners ...

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 ...

Nanotech The Next Big Thing

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... with improved barrier properties, biodetection capabilities, antimicrobial properties, and more. The breadth of nano-technology and the associated public policy debate about governing it will affect the ...

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 ...