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Dow Ups Price for Specialty Olefin Film

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February 04, 2003, Dow Chemical Co. reports, effective February 15, 2003, it will increase selling prices of its Integral, Trenchcoat, Covelle, and LDF specialty olefin films by US$0.05 per lb., as contracts permit. MIDLAND, ...

3M Garners Security Technology Award for TamperGard Film

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December 09, 2002, 3M reports its TamperGard security film recently garnered recognition for this year's Outstanding Achievement in Tamper Evidence at the Product and Image Security Convention (PISEC). The international conference ...

Eastar Copolyester Film Certified by Environmental Institute

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November 19, 2002, ... and Asia. Eastman adds the fims also are being developed for use as agricultural films that can be tilled directly back into the soil, where it will biodegrade without any residual effect on plants or ...

New Sourcebook Covers Metallized Papers and Films

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October 31, 2002, Metallized Papers & Films: World Sourcebook 2002 has been published by AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. Exclusively sponsored by the Association of Industrial Metallized Papers & Films: World Sourcebook 2002 ...

Bemis Finishes Walki Films Buy

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October 03, 2002, Bemis Company, global converter of flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive materials, reports the completion of the purchase of Walki Films from UPM-Kymmene. MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA—Bemis Company reports ...

Valmet Awarded $5 MIL (US) Dubai Polyfilm Contract

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September 26, 2002, Valmet Converting reports a recent order (for a range of converting equipment) in excess of $5 million (US) was received from Dubai Polyfilm, United Arab Emirates. BEDFORD, U.K.—Valmet Converting reports ...

Standing the Test of Time with Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER

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August 31, 2002, ... what we know today as PFFC or Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER. Throughout its numerous name changes and well into the 1980s, PFFC was the “bible” of the industry with little competition to parallel its news ...

Flex-Pack Giant Bemis to Buy DuPont Shrink Film Biz

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June 19, 2002, DuPont reports it has reached an agreement to sell its global Clysar shrink film business and manufacturing assets to Bemis Company, Inc. WILMINGTON, DE, USA—DuPont reports it has reached an agreement ...

PET Film: Mitsubishi Increases Price

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June 04, 2002, GREER, SC, USAMitsubishi Polyester Film LLC (Americas) says it's increasing the price for all grades of Mitsubishi PET film in its North and Latin American GREER, SC, USA—Mitsubishi Polyester Film LLC (Americas) ...

Applied Films: German Operations One

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May 21, 2002, Applied Films Corp. reports on March 1, 2002, the company celebrated the production commencement of its first chamber of its vacuum web coating system in its new manufacturing facility in Alzenau, Germany ...

Would You Eat That? Some Readers Say No to Edible Film

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February 28, 2002, ... recent column in this series discussed edible wraps. It described a new edible film made at the Agricultural Research Service of the US Dept. of Agriculture in Albany, CA. What did this wrapper contact ...

How Do You Measure Ink Film Thickness? Count the Ways

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January 31, 2002, ... of ink. Lithography is estimated to deposit an ink film of approximately 1-2 microns, whereas flexography's deposit is estimated at 2-3 microns. Rotogravure can have a wide range from 1-20 microns, depending ...

NEX Films to Be Available via Internet Ordering

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January 29, 2002, New England Extrusion (NEX) will soon accept blown film online orders, reports the film manufacturer. Upgrades to the Nex Web site, which will enable users to order materials over the Internet, currently ...

Avery Dennison Launches Engineered Films Web Site

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January 29, 2002, The Engineered Films Division of Avery Dennison has launched a web site dedicated to servicing new and current customers and to providing valuable product, market, and personnel information. CONCORD, OH, ...

Dealing with Ink Adhesion on High-Slip Films

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December 31, 2001, One of the most common problems with printing high-slip films is poor ink adhesion. Such films have low surface energies, and the levels of slip additives One of the most common problems with printing ...

Will We Soon be Eating the Film Along with the Food?

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November 30, 2001, The May issue of TECHNOLOGY REVIEW had a brief article with the heading Edible Wraps. It described a new edible film made at the Agricultural Research The May issue of TECHNOLOGY REVIEW had a brief article ...

Bekaert Buys MSC Specialty Films and ISF

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September 30, 2001, KORTRIJK, BELGIUM The Bekaert Group has acquired the Specialty Films business of Material Sciences Corp. (MSC) for USD $122 million. The acquisition includes KORTRIJK, BELGIUM The Bekaert Group has acquired ...

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

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September 30, 2001, Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes are coated with an adhesive and slit into customer-sized rolls. Low-strength films do not have sharply Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes ...

UCB Films Invests in Valmet Atlas Slitter and Millions for Belgium BOPP Plant

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August 28, 2001, UCB films is taking slitting to another level with its new state-of-the-art slitting facility and a Valmet slitter, says the companyl; it's invested €2.6 million ($2.37 million US) into its BOPP production ...

SUBSTRATES REPORT: From Resins to Finished Product - Oil, Gas, Resin, Film

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June 30, 2001, The recent round of price hikes in energy coupled with a weak US economy has many people in the film and packaging industry scratching their heads looking The recent round of price hikes in energy coupled ...