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Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportMedical/Healthcare Use

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... or gamma radiation), FDA approval, and sometimes a thermo-formable capability. Film liners can satisfy many of these requirements. Many of the liners used are silicone coated, but other options are polyethylene-coated ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... to contain mist within a reduced area, and operators spend little time in these areas. Walls, ceiling, and floor of the enclosure rapidly become coated with silicone, so this approach does not solve the ...

Differential Rewinding: Part One

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... “squeeze-ably soft” the roll is. More squeeze-able rolls, like many paper or thick adhesive-coated products, may compensate for caliper variations through changing roll density. Less squeeze-able rolls, ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... papers (mostly coated grades) at 40%. With capacity use in North America at around 65%, the heavy investments made by labelstock manufacturers in the 1990s have not been maintained, and pressures on ...

Materials

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... the mfr. reports. Suited for both extrusion and adhesive laminations, film is designed for converting on both sides. Barrier material may be surface printed, buried in lamination, extrusion-coated, or ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... rotary screen head. High quality graphics can be surface- or reverse-printed on a wide variety of topcoated films, says co., adding that the ink's quick leveling allows for high-speed production. Compatible ...

New Opportunities for Converting Technology

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... and are technically feasible, but their commercialization has been delayed because of high costs. All these products have similar structures in that they consist of a support coated with active layers ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... For lamination to film facestocks, PE-coated krafts represent an alternative to film. Coating and Converting Issues As new silicone technologies, coating enhancements, and converting standards develop, ...

Retired PFFC Editor Authors Web Handling Guide

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2002, ... issues; coated web issues; laminated web issues; clear film issues; winding tension profile issues; and lay-on roller issues. "A guide for troubleshooting web handling problems and a glossary of terms for ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... to cracking and rub, scuffs, and abrasions. Blister Card Packaging Board Offers Many Benefits International Paper, Memphis, TN; 888/815-4837; ipbleachedboard.com Everest Seal-Pak is a patented, extrusion-coated ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... a high-gloss UV varnish (OPV) on coated and matte coated p-s label paper. The guide contains 48 flexo packaging colors printed on two different Raflatac p-s substrates, a 60# gloss and 60# matte coated. ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... or bottom coding. Matte Topcoated PE Film Offers Versatile Printability FLEXcon Co., Spencer, MA; 508/885-8200; flexcon.com COMPUcal EXCEL 21440 matte, topcoated, 2.0-mil, white polyester film is ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... industry developments, such as new films creeping into picture -- polybutylene; polycarbonates; and oriented lightweight HDPE. Also, "PE-extrusion-coated paper is expected to show 33 percent growth over ...

1940s

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... "Vapor Phase Inhibitor (VPI)," a type of synthetic organic material. Paper coated with VPI and then used to wrap or package steel articles is said to be able to prevent corrosion even though no coatings ...

Materials

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... NY; 718/497-5200; 800/394-9310; basicadhesives.com Water-borne foil laminating adhesives include acrylic, casein SBR, and Neoprene technologies. Said to feature excellent bond strength on coated and uncoated ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... WI, has hired Armando Gallegos as western regional sales manager for packaging film. Stora Enso North America, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, has promoted John Gillen to senior VP, coated mechanical papers, ...

1950s

(News | New Products)

August 27, 2002, ... Co., (3M) premiers double-coated “Scotch” tape, a thin, transparent cellophane tape for splicing page “invisibly and permanently.” February 1951 On February 8, the National Production Authority issued ...

1970 - 1973

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2002, ... S2137-15AP resins have been coated onto Kraft paper, paperboard, and aluminum foil." October 1972 Converters report good profit margins for first half of 1972: "Package Products Inc., Charlotte, NC, ...

New Products and Structures Propel Growth of Nonwovens

(Disposables)

July 31, 2002, ... sales & marketing, nonwovens, Paper Converting Machine Co., Green Bay, WI. “We will see a greater variety of coated, printed, and embossed substrates.” Major consumer products companies are focusing ...

DOVIDs: Functional Beauty

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... coatings applied to polymer or paper webs. Then the webs are vacuum coated, usually with aluminum, to reveal the diffractive optical device. Markets and Uses In 2000, world demand for security devices ...