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BF Consulting Is In Business

(Coating/Laminating)

March 10, 2014, ... on extrusion coating processes since about 1990. He is willing to assist with processes and product sourcing for extrusion coating and cast film processes, as well as interpretation of polymer characterization ...

Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ... What?" click on his podcast below: mark-miller-done-coating I am not a curing expert. Now that we have that out of the way, I would like to discuss why curing is important. Just like coating technology ...

Holography | Industry Developments Give Packagers an Edge

(Trends/Management)

February 12, 2014, ... hologram will not continue to evolve as packaging designers continue to see the benefits unfold before their eyes and comfortable with a technology that has a lot to offer. Ian Lancaster is general secretary ...

Show Preview | Graphics of the Americas 2014

(Trade Shows)

January 30, 2014, ... International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects the 2014 Latin American GDP at 3.1%. In its annual forecast of the printing industry in Latin America, GOA estimates Mexican printing growth in 2014 at 2%, assuming ...

PCI Issues Report on Flex-Pack in North America

(Flexpack)

January 19, 2014, ... provides a comprehensive assessment of historic trends and the current state of the market and also includes forecasts of how PCI expects the market to develop over the next five years in the US, Canada, ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, ... of Product Development," click on his podcast below: three-stages-of-product-development Process development is taking a product concept through three stages of development: lab scale pilot scale ...

IHMA Praises New UK Banknotes with Holograms

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2014, ... notes. “Holography is an effective weapon in the battle to thwart banknote counterfeiters and fraudsters,” says Ian Lancaster, IHMA’s general secretary, “and it has evolved to become an important feature ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, ... Coating," click on his podcast below: intermittent-coating The world has gone patch coating crazy! Batteries, pharmaceuticals, even adhesives. The interest in reducing waste and providing functional ...

Cortec Produces Multimetal Corrosion Protection Paper

(Paper)

November 12, 2013, ... insert strips for recessed areas in large packages, and as sheet liners or separators between products. Typical applications are: metal producing, metal forging and die casting, metalworking, finished ...

Herma Material Suited for Wine Labels

(Label/Tape News)

November 05, 2013, Addition to the HERMAexquisite line is a cast-coated, high-gloss paper said to provide good print quality and wet opacity   FILDERSTADT, GERMANY | Herma announces an addition to the HERMAexquisite ...

Nordson Introduces Polymer Processing Systems Group

(Flexpack News)

October 28, 2013, ...  • Nordson XALOY, New Castle, PA, manufactures components and melt delivery systems for injection molding and extrusion machinery, including barrels, high performance screws, pre-assembled plasticating ...

PCI Reports BOPP Demand Is Returning to the West

(Flexpack News)

October 09, 2013, ... packers, and the maturity of the market. Growth in European markets at 1%/annum, and offsetting declines in West European BOPP film demand, has come from the greater use of cast polypropylene (CPP) film ...

On Print | Impact of 3-D Printing on the Converting Industry

(On Print)

September 26, 2013, ... oven is sufficient for the process. For UV-cured, there are many monomer families, to which a useful range of standard thermoforming and casting polymers have been matched. With multihead printers, several ...

Multilayer Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

September 23, 2013, ... click on his podcast below: multilayer-coating What do you do when you want to have more than one functional layer on a given substrate? Oh yeah, and you want to lay each layer down at the same time… ...

Macro Engineering & Technology Redesigns Extruder

(Flexpack News)

September 21, 2013, ... extruders into all multilayer, blown film, cast film, and biaxially-oriented shrink film lines. The compact extruders are said to be particularly well suited for bi-oriented film lines for sausage casing ...

NDC Products Aid Ion Battery Web Gauging Applications

(Coating/Laminating News)

September 07, 2013, ... entire process, beginning with the wet cast film and after the first biax stretch. The FG710S can be configured to measure the coextrusion components of multilayer film products. Company’s Gap Exclusion ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... films and sheets in a simple and economical manner. Laboratory extrusion is equipped with  a twin screw unit for the production of necessary cast films followed by examination. Chemical and film laboratory ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... films and sheets in a simple and economical manner. Laboratory extrusion is equipped with  a twin screw unit for the production of necessary cast films followed by examination. Chemical and film laboratory ...

Coating Matters | TWOSD

(Coating/Laminating)

August 19, 2013, ... on his podcast below: coating-matters-twosd What?!? Don’t you love acronyms? I personally get along with TLAs (three-letter acronyms), but FLAs? It is a bit much. TWOSD, or Tensioned Web Over Slot ...

Macro Redesigns CenterPack Coex Die

(Film Mfg.)

August 12, 2013, ... 4:1) while reducing residence and purging time by 40%–50%. With these upgrades, the new CenterPack die is now capable of processing both blown and cast film grade resins without any interlayer clarity ...