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Patent Pending

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ... During demetallization, the metal layer is not removed from the substrate metal, but rather the demetallizing agent reacts chemically with the metallic layer to create a transparent window. Since the metal ...

What Is Cationic UV Technology?

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... depend on the generation of photo-induced decomposition of photoinitiators that produce fragments that contain an unpaired electron — a free radical. Such unpaired electron species are “hot” and chemically ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ...  Prevent Calcium Carbonate Buildup National Adhesives, unit of National Starch and Chemical Co., Bridgewater, NJ; 800/797-4992; nationalstarch.com Ridi-Cal polymer is said to provide a low-cost, efficient ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... and chemical storage facility support the coater. The new division's mission is to “provide products or services where customers need cost-effective coatings to improve such properties as printability, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... to work well with conventional offset, screen, flexo, and thermal transfer printing methods. Reportedly offers strong resistance to water, chemicals, oils, grease, and heat (temperature range is -60 to ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... pouch label applications, optiFLEX RESEAL resealable PP films are said to be ideal for use in personal care, household and chemical, and food applications. Films are coated with a new removable acrylic ...

Materials

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, ... Co. Inc., Franklin Pk., IL; 847/678-1800; transilwrap.com Trans-Kote PGS and PGS-UV thermal laminating films have been primed chemically for post-lamination printability; for embossing, foil, and hot ...

Film Supplier Klockner Pentaplast Acquires Greenway Plastics, Slated to Open Brazil PVC Plant

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2003, ... co. president Michael Tubridy, "allowing us to better serve the broad barrier requirements of our customers. The oxygen barrier, chemical resistance, and sealability of BAREX film offers a unique combination ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... Nordmeccanica, NPES, Packaging Strategies, Pira Intl., Rexam Healthcare Flexibles, RIT, Smurfit-Stone, Stora Enso, Sun Chemical, TAPPI, Valéron Strength Films, Valmet (Rotomec), and W&H. Covering the ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... The print-receptive and thermally stabilized PET film reportedly provides a high degree of adhesion to both UV and solvent-based hardcoats and graphic inks and is said to have a superior scratch- and chemical-resistant ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, Application: Examining and comparing high barrier polymers and structures provides guidelines for matching film performance with application. PEER-REVIEWED TECHNICAL PAPER: Following is an expanded summary ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... and remove the rolling oil. Besides these tasks, the main purpose of annealing is to generate a surface that has good and even wettability with high chemical resistance and provides reliable adhesion ...

Materials

(Materials)

August 31, 2003, ... or yellow, and retain high optical clarity, mfr. reports. Also said to be easy to handle during manufacturing. PSAs Stay On, Remove as Needed National Adhesives, unit of National Starch and Chemical ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... VOC destruction efficiencies of 99%+. Systems are described as ideal for low-VOC concentration applications in which a catalyst cannot be used because of catalyst-destroying chemicals in the solvent mixture. ...

Ink Jet PigmentsThe Land of the Small

(Materials)

July 31, 2003, ... and chemicals. Some lightfast dyes can be produced from pigments. For instance, copper phthalocyanine pigment, which is lightfast and water resistant, can be modified chemically to make it soluble to ...

Materials

(Materials)

July 31, 2003, New materials from: ADM Tronics Unlimited, Eastman Chemical, Environmental Inks and Coatings, Flint Ink, G7 Productivity Systems, H.B. Fuller Co., Milliken Chemical, National Adhesives, Powder Coating ...

Active Packaging Product Update

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, New products available related to active packaging. Products from: G7 Productivity Systems, Milliken Chemical, Power Coating Institute, Toray Plastics (America), and Uvitec Printing Ink. Antimicrobial ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... the most satisfactory total applied cost. Differently sized containers often get different treatments: In-mold is ideal for industrial sizes of chemicals, for example, where the household equivalents probably ...

A New Enhanced Polyethylene for Extrusion Coating and Laminating

(The Place)

July 31, 2003, Application: Using metallocene catalyst technology provides an enhanced polyethylene with excellent heat sealing performance in extrusion-coated and extrusion-laminated constructions. PEER-REVIEWED TECHNICAL ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... Magpowr, Roberts PolyPro, Specialty Blades, Stanford Products, Stork Dispensing Systems, Sun Chemical, Tidland, Vigitek Ltd. CMM 2003 may have been smaller than in past years, but focused buyers prove... ...