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Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... film, but Brabender explains that treatment levels on pretreated film are not stable. "We treat in-line for uniformity in the lamination process. There are two different coatings used, one for each side. ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... PE extrusion coating process in 1948. 1950s Milprint (and other materials companies) develop reliable, cost-effective adhesives. Thin-layer laminations of multiple materials; combinations ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... advisor Grover Foote. Is there a Gutenberg-style revolutionary invention awaiting converters in the next decade? Materials In the past, much new development work in the adhesives and coatings field ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... with the clear layers on the surface. The company tried monolayer K-Resin SBC but ran into the same problem it had when PP was used: color migration. Coating both sides of the film was required but ...

Converter Can't Seem to Stay Out of Busines

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April 30, 2000, ... RotoMetrics and Atlas; anilox rolls from Arc Intl. and Harper Corp. of America; inks from Environmental Inks & Coatings; coatings from Flint Ink; label stock from Fasson; and board from Westvaco. Growing ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... to wind material onto them. Given their moderate torque and thermal capacities, electromagnetic brakes typically are used on unwinds in web processing equipment such as printing presses, coating machines, ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... The plant also has invested $22 million dollars (Canadian) in capital in the last four years. Bonar in Calgary is now the home to two Black Clawson coextrusion coating lines, two Deacro slitter/rewinders, ...

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

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February 29, 2000, ... And, it has helped improve substrate quality, particularly in the coating area, where static charges can cause "spider webs" on coated materials. Coating equipment is from Faustel. Another Plant Comes ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

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January 31, 2000, ... holiday bags and foil-covered chocolate drops may not be Ferrisgate's forte, "custom converting is," says commercial director Mike Draper. "Our emphasis is coating and laminating, coupled with the additional ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ...  Gee believes the two greatest exponential shifts in technology were from 1992 to 1996, and then again from 1996 until today. "In the early 90s, primarily you had four basic coating barrier materials: ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, With a combined 50 years of experience in the converting industry, William R. Arndt and Michael R. Nowak decided to start their own coating business, With a combined 50 years of experience in the converting ...

Anilox roll advancements raise the quality of flexo

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... in printing plates, inks, coatings, metering systems, and other critical components of the printing process. A sometimes overlooked - though no less critical - factor in flexo's ability to produce high ...

Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, Quantum Chemical Corp. assists converters with product and process improvements on its state-of-the-art extrusion coating line located at the Allen Research Quantum Chemical Corp. assists converters with ...

Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... fax: 847/967-2232. Sun Chemical Corp., Fort Lee, NJ; ph: 201/224-4600; fax: 201/224-4392. Merit Inks & Coatings Co. Inc., Cumming, GA; ph: 770/887-6223; fax: 770/887-6305. Anguil Environmental ...

Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... equipment. The presses laminate, print up to five colors, apply coatings in register, and slit - all in one pass. Both flexography and gravure printing are available. Water-based inks are from Color Converting ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... general manager of Chase & Sons, points out that the switch from solvent-based coating systems was a customer-driven decision. First, he explains, customers are consistently demanding reduced product cost. ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... to allow for the deposition of material other than aluminum. Coating is Crucial Goldman explains the importance of coating prior to metallizing: "We have to start with a substrate that has a very ...

Pressure-sensitive line utilizes all-vector drive system

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... the chance to evaluate it against DC units, and the results make AC look good. Kanzaki Specialty Papers, Ware, MA, recently completed the installation of a coating and laminating line incorporating ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... by ABB Air Preheater Inc. A semi-automatic ink pump/washup system is said to make washup neat and easy and contributes to quick changeover between jobs. Options for future expansion include outboard coating ...