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Clean Coating

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2006, ...  Coating processes often use materials that generate odors and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Using high-temperature thermal oxidation, InteliCoat's RTO system typically destroys 99% of VOCs and, therefore, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

July 09, 2006, ... is a requirement. If a machine is already in operation, encased areas of the machine are particularly difficult to access. This further compounds the problem. In addition, all traditional ways of alignment ...

New Products

(Magazine)

July 09, 2006, ...  Drewrad 150 UV-curable resin provides flexible curing times without the use of photoinitiators. Said to have very low levels of extractable compounds upon UV cure and to provide excellent performance ...

Sun Chemical Introduces Flexible Packaging Printing Process

(Archive)

June 14, 2006, PRESS RELEASE GIRONA, SPAIN—Sun Chemical's WetFlex printing process is designed to improve print quality and efficiency for flexible packaging using a new generation energy curable ink technology. ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... nonfood packaging applications. Readily removes organic and inorganic compounds in the presence of water. Anilox Rolls are Long Lasting Apex Europe, Hapert, The Netherlands; +31 (0) 497 36 11 11; ...

NPE Conference Discusses Cost Savings

(Archive)

May 10, 2006, A conference at NPE 2006 will discuss the says plastics processors can use commercial purging compounds to lower costs, reduce scrap, and cut downtime. PRESS RELEASE With the rising prices of raw materials, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... billion in 2004. According to “Radiation Curing, VI,” UV systems account for about 85% of the total dollar value, and the balance is split between EB and visible light compounds. By the year 2009, volume ...

About Cold Seal Adhesives

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... They often have no volatile organic compounds, or perhaps a very small amount. In use, a film of cold seal adhesive is applied on each of the substrates that will bond together. The adhesive goes through ...

The RFID Buzz Gets Louder

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2005, ... packaging involves obtaining data on all aspects of the supply chain. Suppose a supplier of polymer makes a batch of material. It goes to an adhesive manufacturer who compounds it into an adhesive, which ...

Testing for Toxins in Packaging

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin). The CONEG model bill sets forth concentration levels for the above-named toxic compounds. Now these compounds may not be present in concentrations ...

Without Boundaries

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... films for this project is some very specialized equipment, including corona treaters from Pillar Technologies and specialty rubber rolls and compounds from ABBA Rubber that help reduce static. Specialty ...

Degussa Raises Prices

(Archive)

June 29, 2005, ... and specialty product lines. QUAB cationizing reagents are quaternary ammonium compounds designed to impart a positive charge onto natural and synthetic polymer substrates. Their primary use is in the ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... industry and by rapid growth in demand for certain water-soluble films, specifically fast-dissolving oral strips that contain breath-freshening, nutritional, or medical compounds. Light control, safety ...

US Specialty Film Demand Expected to Increase

(Archive)

April 20, 2005, ... freshening, nutritional, or medical compounds. Light control, safety and security, and barrier packaging films will also record gains at or above the average through 2009. Decorative and breathable films ...

Film Opens New Markets

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) generated by the solvents used for priming. This, in turn, eliminates not only the need for special venting equipment required to meet EPA regulations but also the ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... from headspace the volatile compounds, separate them by GC, identify them by MS, and speculate which of many compounds might cause the odor. Experience has shown that a much more effective approach to ...

Technical Facility

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... Dr. Jürgen Breil, head of division — process technology and R&D. “Most of our customers are resin producers or film producers who test resins, blends, compounds, and new film structures. But often customers ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... Compounds Suited for Medical Cyro Industries, Rockaway, NJ, USA; 800/631-5384; cyro.com Cyrolite and XT polymer acrylic-based, multipolymer compounds are both transparent ...

New Materials for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... at particular wavelengths and fluorescent and phosphorescent compounds that emit visible light when irradiated by UV. The combination of dyeing, printing, and organic and vacuum coating is said to provide ...

Stora Enso Boards Div. Predicts Paperboard Cups to Take Slice of Snack Packaging Market

(News | New Products)

March 28, 2004, ... coated with thin layers of various polymer compounds in order to provide optimal barrier, sealing and printability properties. Traditionally, cupstock has been used for the production of beverage containers, ...