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Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2016

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2016, ... ideal for extrusion and adhesive lamination. The low-MST sealant skin on the other side provides superior seal strength and integrity. SealTOUGH can be used in a number of formats, including VFFS, HFFS, ...

PROTON Sensors Feature Small Footprint

(Controls)

November 12, 2016, ... converting, laminating, and coating; extrusion sheet and film; and nonwovens and textiles. Sensors are suitable for applications involving the measurement and control of speed, differential speeds (or ...

DuPont Technology Aids Recycling

(Flexpack)

November 02, 2016, ... difficult or impossible to process such feedstock using standard polymer extrusion or injection technologies. Reportedly, adding Entira EP compatibilizer (typically 3-7 wt%) bridges the PE contaminant ...

Ampacet Announces AntiSkid Technology

(Flexpack)

October 30, 2016, ... proprietary organic anti-skid ingredients, can be used in 2-mil or greater multilayer films, and is suitable for blown and cast film and sheet extrusion processes under normal conditions. “We developed ...

ExxonMobil Adds to Exceed XP Portfolio

(Flexpack)

October 30, 2016, ... and cheese; delicate products including bathroom and kitchen tissues; and irregularly shaped products such as office supplies, stationery items, and air filters. Converters can use existing extrusion equipment, ...

Transcontinental Acquires Flexstar Packaging

(Flexpack)

October 26, 2016, ... enables us to extend our footprint to the West Coast, providing us a coast-to-coast platform to better optimize our production. In addition, it brings us new manufacturing capabilities with film extrusion, ...

Toray Lidding Film Suited for Refrigerated Dairy

(Flexpack)

October 09, 2016, ... robust sealant layer, achieved by means of company’s proprietary extrusion-coated sealant blend. That combination creates a film with a very broad sealing range of between 200 and 350 deg F, and that reportedly ...

IMDA Seminar Is Coming Soon

(News | New Products)

October 04, 2016, ... course for more experienced current participants in the field. The seminar, updated yearly, provides a basic grounding in in-mold labeling and in-mold decorating as well as the fundamentals of extrusion ...

Show Preview | K 2016 To Reveal How Plastics Shape the Future

(Trends/Management)

September 21, 2016, ... and metallizing, coating, extrusion coating and laminating, or printing and laminating. Details of the latest additions to the BOBST range of CI and inline flexo printing, gravure printing, and laminating ...

FKuR Technology Produces Thinner Films

(Flexpack)

August 16, 2016, ... thicknesses of 8 microns are possible. In addition, film manufacturers benefit from high throughputs in extrusion, as well as excellent sealing properties of the material For 50% biobased bags,
 Bio-Flex ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for Baggy Webs

(Web Handling)

August 16, 2016, ... under different winding conditions, preferably lower winding tension. Do any or all of these changes: Wind the rolls when extrusion thickness profile is great (flat). Wind the rolls with lower starting ...

Toray Selected for HP Indigo Pack Ready Program

(Flexpack)

August 07, 2016, ... program as a single-source provider able to offer North American converters and printers the OPP, PET, extrusion-coated OPP and PET, metallized, barrier, and sealant print-web film technologies that meet ...

Updates from TAPPI, SPI & the Industry

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

August 01, 2016, ... polyethylenes (LDPEs). Autoclave polyethylene resins naturally have a combination of molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, and chain branching that lends itself very well to film extrusion operations, ...

AIMCAL and SPE Post Agenda for FlexPackCon

(Coating/Laminating)

July 29, 2016, ... Web Handling, Coextrusion to Improve Barrier Properties, or Web Coating Defect Reduction Techniques. The three afternoon options are Web Slitting Technology, Quality Control Techniques for the Factory ...

Davis-Standard Offers Die Rebuild/Cleaning Services

(News | New Products)

July 25, 2016, ... provide.” The rebuild services will be located within a dedicated area of the facility and staffed by technicians said to offer decades of experience in extrusion and blown film processes. Support is ...

Innovia Focusing on BOPP Business

(Flexpack)

July 24, 2016, ... adds, “We have always been a specialty films business which represents over 80 percent of our sales. In addition to our…bubble extrusion process, one of our core strengths is surface engineering. We are ...

INEOS & MSM Poly Announce MOU for Barex Production Support

(Coating/Laminating)

July 18, 2016, ... in 1982 created and led Kelcourt Plastics, Inc., a leading supplier of custom extrusions to the medical device industry. MSM POLY is working with Tiarco Chemical at their Greenville, SC, facility, which ...

FINAT Announces Recycling Awards

(Label/Tape)

July 10, 2016, ... focussed on the recycling of used PET release liner and jointly set up by label stock producers Avery Dennison and UK plastics processors Polymer Extrusion Technologies (UK) (PETUK). Brothers Drinks ships ...

Common Laminating Techniques & Associated Adhesives

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 10, 2016, ...  Adhesive Examples of Selected Applications Extrusion Lamination LDPE Multilayer/multi-material packaging (combination of plastic or aluminum foil with paper or paperboard→e.g., fruit ...

Toray Plastics (America) Reports Lidding Film

(Flexpack)

July 05, 2016, ... what company says is a clear, clean, fresh-looking package. The film reportedly also has a robust sealant layer, which is achieved by means of company’s proprietary extrusion-coated sealant blend. When ...