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TAPPI Extrusion Coating and Blown/Cast Film Short Course Set for April 19-21, 2004, in St. Louis

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February 19, 2004, TAPPI's 2004 Extrusion Coating and Blown/Cast Film Short Course is slated for April 19 - 21, 2004, at the Millennium Hotel, St. Louis, MO, USA. NORCROSS, GA, USA—TAPPI reports the schedule for its upcoming ...

Coating and Laminating: At the Heart of the Packaging Industry

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January 31, 2004, Despite market pressures, the future is bright for the global coating and laminating industry. Despite market pressures, the future is bright for the global coating and laminating industry. According ...

The PLACE Division of TAPPI Announces Film and Extrusion Coating Short Course

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January 31, 2004, The PLACE Division of TAPPI has announced a short course entitled: 2004 PLACE Film and Extrusion Coating Short Course. It will be April 19-21, 2004, at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The ...

G Prime A Rheological Indicator to Predict the Extrusion Coating Performance of LDPE

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January 31, 2004, Application: A new rheological test method can predict the processing performance of LDPE for extrusion coating. Following is an expanded summary of a complete paper available on the TAPPI web site at ...

AWA Conference in Berlin to Cover Vacuum Coating and Metallizing Industries' WorldwideStatus

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January 01, 2004, AWA Conferences Presents: Vacuum Coating & Metallizing Industry Conference, March 3 - 5, 2004; InterContinental, Berlin, Germany; awa-bv.com. AWA says the venue will provide attendees with an understanding ...

Coating Success

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September 30, 2003, Improve your coating process with ongoing technical efforts. It will bring you ongoing rewards. A successful coating process is relatively easy to define by stating the desired performance requirements ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

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August 31, 2003, ... laboratory oven at 200°C by continuously laying a molten film on the foil as in slow motion extrusion coating. Complete elimination of air entrapment was not possible, but the number and size of bubbles ...

AIMCAL Tech Vacuum Web Coating Meeting Slated for October

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August 28, 2003, Concurrent coating/laminating and vacuum web coating tracks are on the agenda for the 2003 AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference and 17th International Vacuum Web Coating Conference, reports venue organizer ...

A New Enhanced Polyethylene for Extrusion Coating and Laminating

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July 31, 2003, ... PEs were thought equally valuable in extrusion-coated and extrusion-laminated structures, extrusion coating was not initially a focus of development. This was primarily because most extrusion coating equipment ...

An Innovative Approach to Coloring Adhesives & Coatings

(Materials)

June 30, 2003, In the April 2003 issue, this column (Do You Really Want to Color That Adhesive or Coating?) explained that coloring adhesives and coatings often is not In the April 2003 issue, this column (Do You Really ...

Valmet General Develops Compact Web Coating Solutions for RD

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June 29, 2003, ... e-beam, etc.) and standard (evaporation) types of metallzing." The benefit of this recent, new activity in the market will be more rapid improvements in coatings on a wide range of flexible substrates, ...

Barrier Coatings Friendly to Environment Now Available

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May 29, 2003, After 20 months of targeted planning by a newly established team, BASF reports it's offering environmentally compatible barrier coatings for paper packaging; according to the manufacturer, the coatings ...

BASF Opens World's Fastest Coating Plan

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May 22, 2003, ... speed of 1,500 meters [approximately 5,000 feet] per minute—coating plant for aqueous pressure sensitive adhesives and a UV hot melt adhesive plant operating at a speed of up to 700 meters [approximately ...

Black Clawson to Install Coating Line for Window Films Producer

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May 22, 2003, Black Clawson Converting Machinery Inc. reports it will manufacture, install, and start-up a film coating line for Commonwealth Laminating and Coating, Martinsville, VA. FULTON, NY, USA—Black Clawson Converting ...

Do You Really Want to Color That Adhesive or Coating?

(Materials)

March 31, 2003, Anyone who has been in the converting business and uses adhesives and coatings has at some time or another asked (or heard someone else ask) the question, Anyone who has been in the converting business ...

Controlling Color Change in Adhesives and Coatings

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February 28, 2003, The column in this space last month discussed color in adhesives and coatings with emphasis on avoiding color during the manufacture of the products. The column in this space last month discussed color ...

EPA Finalizes Paper and Web Coating MACT

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January 31, 2003, ... in the coating of paper, plastic film, metallic foil, and other web surfaces.” On Dec. 4, 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard ...

Colorful Adhesives and Coatings? Probably Not a Good Idea

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January 31, 2003, ... is black. Some individuals have very strong feelings about their favorite color. A granddaughter absolutely adores pink. A grandson totally despises pink. In the case of adhesives and coatings, the absence ...

SVC Conference to Focus on New Vacuum Coating Developments

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October 10, 2002, The Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) reports its annual technical conference, slated for May 3 thru 8, 2003, San Francisco, CA, USA, is themed "New Developments in Vacuum Coating Technologies" and will include ...

Redefining Plasticizers in Inks and Coatings

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July 30, 2002, ... substances added to plastics or other materials to keep them soft or pliable.” For the purpose of this discussion on ink and coatings, I will modify this definition as follows: “Plasticizers are chemicals ...