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Grupo Phoenix Orders MPS EXL Packaging Press

(Flexpack News)

July 15, 2013, ... throughout the Americas with local manufacturing presence in the USA, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. The company’s plant in Virginia includes extrusion and thermoforming operations. The company’s plant ...

Blocking in a PP/PE Blown Film Structure

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

June 29, 2013, This question comes from Southeast Asia.  A blown film converter recently changed from a  PP /PP (polypropylene) coex blown film structure to a PP/PE (polyethylene) structure and is now experiencing blocking ...

PCI BOPET Report Questions if Capacity is Enough for West

(Flexpack News)

May 20, 2013, ... a review of the commodity bi-oriented polyester (BOPET) thin film market. The report says there has been a significant increase in film extrusion capacity in recent years and more planned for the next ...

Nordmeccanica SpA a Laminating Powerhouse

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 20, 2013, ... the most fascinating is their approach to business. I guess the short story is that Nordmeccanica makes every type of roll to roll laminator except for extrusion lamination.  This includes wet bond and ...

Next Generation Films Expands Lexington, OH, Plant

(Film Mfg.)

May 15, 2013, ... on the Next campus, which will have 12 bays, eight and ten stories tall, for both existing and new blown film equipment. By the end of 2014, Frecka expects to have 12 extrusion lines in operation in the ...

Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 12, 2013, ... (OPP). Furthermore, the structure was downgauged by 21%, eliminating 111 tons (or 245,670 pounds) of material/year and saving 20 tons of CO2 that is directly attributable to the films’ extrusion process. ...

ICE USA 2013 Numbers Add Up to Success

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2013, ... “We were very pleased with the show this year and especially impressed by the high quality of the visitors. We’ve had a lot of good discussions about our new extrusion coating line dsX flex-pack.” Robert ...

Smart Planet’s Non-Toxic Resin Provides Barrier

(Coatings)

April 19, 2013, ... for direct food contact. Reportedly, paperboard materials using the resin can be die-cut, folded, and glued using existing converting machinery, and resin can be extrusion-coated using existing equipment ...

ITW Dynatec's Adhesive Applicator Offers Streak-Free Result

(Adhesive Coating)

April 17, 2013, CrossCoat precision metering slot die provides non-contact application HENDERSONVILLE, TN | ITW Dynatec has introduced CrossCoat, a non-contact, metered slot applicator that produces a precise flow ...

Davis-Standard Upgrades Coating & Pelletizing Lab

(Coating)

February 22, 2013, ... solutions and formulations. Lab’s capabilities include two liquid coating lines (one pilot and one production size); a coextrusion line for cast film and extrusion coating; a coreless stretch film winder; ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... (Polymers, Laminations, Coatings and Extrusions) and its Nanotechnology Div., the association will offer a three-session event. The first session highlights Innovations in Preparing Polymer-Based Nanomaterials ...

What do Kerite, UMASS-Lowell, Malloy, Womer and Glycon Have in Common?

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

January 17, 2013, ... to the text to accomodate additions as necessary].   Jean Vangsness, Lab Manager - Nanomanufacturing Center at UMASS-Lowell,  at the display of the history of extrusion screws, featuring eight ...

Coating Matters | It’s a Turbulent World

(Coating/Laminating)

January 10, 2013, Mark Miller says his discussions explaining fluid coating technology vs. extrusion technology feel like excerpts from Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller' ...

Sigma Buys New Gloucester Film Line

(Film Mfg.)

December 19, 2012, Can produce up to nine rolls of stretch film at a time GLOUCESTER, MA | Gloucester Engineering Co. Inc. (GEC) has announced that Sigma Plastics Group of Lyndhurst, NJ, has purchased a new GEC 9-up ...

Nordson Rebrands Recent Acquisitions

(Extrusion Coating)

December 18, 2012, ... to the Nordson EDI brand name. “Attachment of the Nordson master brand to these acquired companies signifies the highly complementary nature of their products to each other, as EDI’s extrusion dies and ...

What's New with Primers, and a visit to old friend

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 17, 2012, ... him to become an officer on the Extrusion Coating Committee.  For both our sakes, I won't tell when that was, suffice it to say those were the good old days.  Jeff, now President of Mica Corporation, quickly ...

Coating Matters | Understanding Rheology

(Coating/Laminating)

October 01, 2012, ... way we would like. Rheology Is Also Critical in Coextrusion I was told once that anything can be described in terms of beer. I have found this to be true, even in discussing rheology. Unlike polymers, ...

The Conference at PACK EXPO | Educate, Innovate, and Advance

(Print)

September 19, 2012, ...  Session Description: In-mold labeling growth and barrier, new extrusion blow molding grades, the latest initiatives for operational efficiency and other developments piquing the interest of the industry ...

Sigma Plastics Adds Capacity at ISO Poly Films

(Film Mfg.)

August 27, 2012, ... world,” added Alfred Teo, chairman and CEO of the Sigma Plastics Group. With the installation of these two VAREX lines, Sigma Plastics will have more than 26 co-extrusion blown film lines from W&H. In ...

EDI China Has a New Home in Shanghai

(Coating/Laminating)

June 12, 2012, ... (EDI China), a wholly owned sub. of Extrusion Dies Industries, will move to a new location in Shanghai August 1 of this year. The new facility reportedly will expand substantially EDI’s product and service ...