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Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.

(Magazine)

September 30, 1995, ... investors. This will probably increase both packaging variety and output. The Cuban firms presently providing plastics packaging - flexible and rigid - include Combinado de Papelos Blanco (paper/polyethylene); ...

Bagmaking operation refuses to stand still

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September 30, 1995, ... by Zeneca and Sun Chemical. Corona treaters are from Enercon and Pillar. Most of the bags produced at Shields are low-density polyethylene, but the lines also run high-density PE, barrier and slip materials ...

Growing popularity of PET drives shortage to crisis level

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, Widely hailed as the "green" resin of the '90s, polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, is now the wunderkind of the converting/packaging industry. Sometimes Widely hailed as the "green" resin of the '90s, polyethylene ...

Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain

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July 31, 1995, ... operation. This includes producing our own low-, medium- and high-density polyethylene film." Ron Markham, vice president and technical director, explains that the company tried film from outside suppliers ...

Adapting flexible system in trim-recovery operations.

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July 31, 1995, ... equipment for trim-removal operations. At present, it is the only one of three extrusion lines equipped with such capabilities. Flexibility a Necessity Line 42 makes polyethylene film used for bags ...

UK packaging markets expected to show growth in plastics, paper

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July 31, 1995, ... that the apparent consumption of plastic packaging products will increase from [pounds]2.84 billion in 1995 to [pounds]3.03 billion in 1996 and will reach [pounds]3.25 billion in 1997. Afterward, polyethylene ...

Two-component adhesive system eliminates mixups

(Magazine)

June 30, 1995, ... uses the product on various films, including polypropylene, polyethylene, metallized and coated films, nylon and polyester. * There is a greatly reduced likelihood of monomer migration because of low ...

Reynolds subsidiary in Spain benefits from technology transfer

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ... Its full range of paper/polyethylene/foil/polyethylene stock is widely used for dehydrated soups and magazine inserts. The firm's attempts at producing polyethylene terephthalate/adhesive/foil/polyethylene ...

Book details Japan's packaging industr

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ... corporation, Grace Japan." "Leading manufacturers of ethylene-vinyl-alcohol-based coextruded multilayer films include: Kurcha Chemical Industry, Sumitomo Bakelite, Mitsubishi Plastics, Dainippon, Ink ...

Costa Rican converter expands Latin market

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April 30, 1995, ... Rica, is Central America's largest flex-pack converter with sales of $25 million. The firm has plants in San Jose and Jinotepe, Nicaragua, and manufactures a wide variety of printed polyethylene film ...

Printer responds to tougher environmental standards

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April 30, 1995, ... environmental problem in early 1993 at its manufacturing facility in Melville, NY. At this facility, Poly-Pak prints corporate names, logos and graphic designs on polyethylene shopping bags. The final ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

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April 30, 1995, ... an alcohol-based process, or by glycolysis, interaction with ethylene glycol. In both cases, the product must be repolymerized to be used again. When ICI Films made the commitment to produce PCR-content ...

Consortium proves quality growth of flexo printing

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April 30, 1995, ... of the FTA. All trials were on a substrate of opaque-white polyethylene supplied by Tredegar Film Products and carried out at the Flexographic Education and Research Center of Fox Valley Technical College ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

(Magazine)

March 31, 1995, ... new technology can be used with numerous resins. Bags are produced with a low-density polyethylene-based structure. Solid-state nonvolatile pieces of material are bonded into the polymer chain at the atomic ...

Company develops line of cost-saving packaging

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March 31, 1995, ... to the adhesion challenges this application presented. The Production Process This demanding application involves the lamination of white and clear linear low-density polyethylene film. The adhesive ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

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March 31, 1995, ... materials. The package is reverse-printed oriented polypropylene/metallized and holographically embossed on oriented polypropylene/heat sealable oriented-polyethylene terephthalate. The holographic ...

Folder produces envelope-type covering

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February 28, 1995, ... to produce an open-sided envelope-type covering that is slipped over the headrest of a dental chair or similar chairs where a covering is required. The pressure embosses and laminates polyethylene to a ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... NY, said. "We're sold out and having a very difficult time keeping up with orders." Among other reasons for the shortage, Wood cites the shortage of ethylene glocol and DMT, which causes a shortage in resin ...

Holograms continue to gain in converting applications.

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February 28, 1995, ... industry are polypropylene, polyethylene, paper and aluminum foil, and they're often combined with a wide range of variations," he said. "To a lesser extent, polyester, polyamide or nylon, polyvinyl chloride, ...

Latin American industry remains untapped market

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... huge fish industry, comes in a strong fourth. There is a strong and growing flex-pack industry in Peru and even a polyethylene extrusion facility in tiny Belize, pop. 185,000, producing film for use as ...