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Demographic Demands

(Flexpack)

February 29, 2008, ... growth based on performance and weight reduction advantages over other flexible (i.e., paper and foil) and rigid materials. While polyethylene will remain the dominant film, polypropylene (PP) is expected ...

Plying the Trade

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... polyethylene bags. In 1985, the addition of new partners gave the firm a foothold in the laminated products market. An infusion of skilled technical professionals plus state-of-the-art equipment saw Ultra ...

Melamine Revisited

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... oriented polypropylene (BOPP), polyethylene terephthalate, oriented polyamide, and polylactic acid. Pump downtimes and cooling periods are lower than those experienced in traditional vacuum coating, so ...

Roll Winding Dynamics

(Web Handling)

January 31, 2008, ... making them useful for packaging many food items; when used as a multi-layer structure, they have an affinity with ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and ethylene-methyl acrylate (EMA) co-polymers, and enhance ...

Dow Increases Prices on Polyglycols

(News | New Products)

January 24, 2008, ... has increased the North American off-list prices of certain Carbowax and Carbowax Sentry polyethylene glycols (PEGs) and other polyglycol products, effective January 1, 2008. Price increases for select ...

Custom Coating Solutions

(News | New Products)

January 21, 2008, Nukote’s new pilot coating line provides a platform for developing solutions and optimizing product performance for commercial use. The line can accommodate solvent, aqueous, and hot-melt coatings using ...

Making the Cut

(Archive)

November 30, 2007, ... cartridges. Kodak had contracted a die-cutting firm to produce flat, high-density polyethylene (PE) liners to protect film that lies in X-ray trays. But 15%-20% of the liners received were defective, ...

The place

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... valve switches the fill/dispense function of each cylinder set. Polyethylene Co-extruded Blown Film: Layer Arrangements For Optimum Optics And Stiffness by Lou Mele and Wen Lin, NOVA Chemicals APPLICATION: ...

Release Liner Special Report, Part 1

(Tapes)

October 31, 2007, ... 9.9%/yr. In the label stock market, there is much emphasis on the quality and functionality of film liners, but paper-based liners%—calendered krafts, including glassine, clay coated, polyethylene coated, ...

Release Liner Special Report, Part 2

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... silicone mixing plant. High-speed coating of all types of paper release base is possible from 30 gm2 to 200 gm2 (krafts, polyethylene coated, clay coated, coated one side, and C2S), with equal or ...

Dow Sells Ethafoam Business to Sealed Air

(Archive)

October 02, 2007, ... place in the fourth quarter of 2007, subject to certain regulatory approvals. Sealed Air will acquire global rights to certain assets relating to the Dow Ethafoam polyethylene foam product lines, including ...

A Mixed Bag

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2007, ... provider of as little as 3,000–5,000 bags/run. The new machine has been particularly useful in producing short-run polyethylene (PE) retail bags for trade shows and numerous bookstores nationwide. Operator ...

China & India: Flex-Pack Leaders?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2007, ... lead toys to diethylene glycol in toothpaste, there has been universal outrage over the seemingly poor quality control of Chinese products. This is in direct contrast to what I’ve been hearing at worldwide ...

Taking Charge

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, To control film production for its tamper-evident products, Nelmar Security Packaging adds a W&H polyethylene extruder. Security Packaging Nelmar Security Packaging Systems is committed to protecting ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... almost like normal LDPE in coating lines. The unique attributes of linear structured metallocene catalyst polyethylene materials are well known. In extrusion coating, their use has not been as fast ...

A Smarter Future for Labels

(Tapes)

August 31, 2007, ... least can stop the products from deteriorating before use. Labels, for example, that are oxygen- or ethylene-scavenging; moisture- or odor-absorbing; and those that are freshness, microbial growth, or ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ... low-density extrusion coating grade with a melt index of about 8 and density of about 0.917. This work measured the level of surface oxidation on polyethylene extrudate by the following method. The ...

From Pouch to Pooch

(Flexpack)

June 30, 2007, ... with a reservoir for purified, vitamin-enriched water at the bottom and a drinking bowl at the top. The pouch, a three-layer, polyester/foil/linear low-density polyethylene (PE) lamination, is being manufactured ...

In the Zone

(Flexpack)

June 30, 2007, ... things around even more quickly.” With that equipment, the company manufactures everything from custom-printed plastic bags and rollstock to plastic pouch packaging. Substrates include low-density polyethylene ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... techniques are available to characterize seal peel mechanisms to various consumer cup substrates made with polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), high impact polystyrene (HIPS), high density polyethylene ...