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Tekni-Films Barrier Film Suited for Blister Packs

(Flexpack)

May 22, 2018, ... of polyvinylidene chloride (PVdC) coating to a film structure made from layers of polyethylene. Multiple layers can be applied to create different coating thickness weights. As coating weight increases, ...

Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 14, 2018, ... containers. This new de-seamable adhesive helps recyclers improve recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) yield without process changes. Developed in partnership, Sun Chemical and Eastman extensively ...

ExxonMobil Announces Performance Polymer

(Flexpack)

May 06, 2018, ... of packaging materials,” says Alechia Crown, global performance polyethylene new product manager, ExxonMobil. “The processability of this new grade, combined with its toughness, stiffness, and sealing ...

Packaging Trends | Market for Liquid Pouches to Hit $10.5 Billion by 2024

(Bag Pouch)

May 06, 2018, ... strong consumption for spout products owing to serving with ease facility.     Materials & Markets Polyethylene is the widely used packing material and generated more US $2 billion in revenue ...

Constantia Flexibles Acquires Creative Polypack

(Flexpack)

May 01, 2018, ... home to a polyethylene blown film extruder, high-definition flexo printing press, and laminators that will produce high-barrier laminates that can be fully recycled. The extra capacity will come onstream ...

DuPont & ADM Partner on Biobased Pilot Facility

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2018, ... to customers around the globe, and we’re excited about the future of FDME.” One of the first FDME-based polymers under development by DuPont is polytrimethylene furandicarboxyate (PTF), a polyester also ...

AMI Issues Study of Polymer Demand in NAFTA

(Flexpack)

April 23, 2018, ... in construction activity, the plastics industry has been enabled to prosper in the North American market, the study says. Polyethylene, in particular linear low-density grades, have been spearheading the ...

Cortec Celebrates Expansion of Facility

(Flexpack)

April 10, 2018, ... who helped make the project possible.  After the ribbon cutting, visitors took tours of the production facilities where VpCI polyethylene film and bags are made for protecting new metal components and ...

Flex Films Says BOPET Is Soft & Strong

(Flexpack)

April 08, 2018, FLEXPET F-STF biaxially oriented polyethylene film is reported to provide a soft luxurious surface as well as high durability ELIZABETHTOWN, KY | Flex Films, the global film manufacturing arm of Uflex, ...

Sticking With It | Hot Melt PSA Primer

(Coating/Laminating)

March 26, 2018, ... these polymers contain styrene, which adds hardness, and an elastomeric or “rubbery” component. The most commonly used elastomeric monomers are isoprene, butadiene, and ethylene. SBCs are polymerized ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... H (all food types) and registers a primary aromatic amines level of less than 2 parts per billion after a two-day cure at room temperature. It adheres strongly to polyester, polyethylene, cast and oriented ...

Flexible Packaging | PPT Earns Top Prize in FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... waste due to breakage. The package is available in sizes up to 55 pounds capacity, and is made completely with polyethylene making it more readily recyclable without loss of quality. This package also ...

PSSMA Video Touts Recycling of Paper Sacks

(Carton Box)

February 04, 2018, ... It signifies that eligible sacks—those that have been used to package food and food-grade products and do not contain polyethylene liners for moisture resistance—are now accepted by most mills in the same ...

Pregis Invests in Blown Film Testing Lab

(Flexpack)

January 20, 2018, ... resources in place to support them.” The facility produces polyethylene film that is converted into a variety of flexible packaging structures for applications such as food (stand-up pouches, form/fill/seal), ...

Uflex Gives Makeover to UK’s Veetee Rice Packaging

(Flexpack)

December 10, 2017, ... pack with front openability through a Slide to Close (STC) zipper. The front, back and bottom panels of the pack are a 3-ply structure comprising Stackable Polyester/ Metallized Polyester/ Polyethylene ...

Tangent Shear Slitting | Reduce Edge Defects in Shrink Sleeve Film

(Slit)

December 04, 2017, ... quality, plastic film has some unique characteristics. Plastic films begin in a liquid state that is cooled to become the final product, whether that is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented or bi-oriented ...

IIMAK Offers Longer Thermal Transfer Ribbon

(Flexpack)

November 27, 2017, The longer-length NETFlex+ XL near-edge ribbon for flexible packaging is said to aid productivity AMHERST, NY | IIMAK announces the NETFlex+ XL ribbon said to provide the same strong performance as ...

AMI Issues Report on Agricultural Films

(Flexpack)

October 24, 2017, ... already healthy growth over the last ten years. The three types of agricultural films—mulch film, greenhouse film and silage film—represent a major segment of polyethylene usage globally, valued at more ...

Toray Films Touted as Foil Replacements

(Flexpack)

October 23, 2017, ... associate product manager of the Torayfan Polypropylene Film Division, says that several customers were early adopters of MET OPP as a drop-in replacement in paper-polyethylene-foil-polyethylene (PPFP) ...

Medical Patches | Faustel Meets Challenge of Hydrogel Pad Production

(Coating/Laminating)

October 23, 2017, ... curing the hydrogel, cooling the web, and finally adding a another polyethylene web as a top liner before slitting and winding into manageable rolls. Katecho knew this could only be achieved with highly ...