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- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2004, ... film. The film then is vacuum-metallized behind the inks and extrusion-laminated to paperboard. Korex president Bob Ditmar says there is a trend in private label packaging toward more upscale graphics. ...
- What Is Cationic UV Technology?
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2004, ... lie in the inherent differences in the raw materials and the chemistry of the reactions. Whereas UV free radical chemistry brings unsaturated monomers together, and in doing so often will show film shrinkage, ...
- Success Personified
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2004, ... are trying to come up with a more cost-effective package, and that section really appears to handle the film, [especially] light film very well,” Joseph describes. “When I saw it run at the show, it was ...
- Learning the Lingo
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2004, ... is a technical consultant in all aspects of the web coating process. His expertise is in the coating and drying of thin films, coating process development and scale-up, polyester base development, film ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2003, ... of Achieving LDPE Coating Adhesion to Clay-Coated Board,” “Removal of Hot-Melt Adhesives with Through-Flow Cleaners,” “Antifog Additives for Extruded Film,” “Global Trends And Developments In Converting,” ...
- Products and Materials
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2003, ... small-format printers and converters can UV print or coat on all substrates including coated stock, plastic film, and foil. Said to fold and wrap immediately with no ink offsetting. Brake Upgrade Brings ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2003, ... metallizers in the field as well as its own. Said to provide significant improvement in both oxygen and water barriers, system also reportedly allows some previously unmetallizable films to be metallized. ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2003, ... South Commonwealth Laminating and Coating Inc., Martinsville, VA, has chosen Black Clawson Converting Machinery to manufacture, install, and start up a tandem film coating and laminating line. The line, ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2003, ... image analysis technology. Co. says quantitative, objective decisions can be made in every step of the flexo process — from proof to film to plate to print — all using a single instrument, anytime, anywhere, ...
- Materials
- (Materials)
- July 31, 2003, ... line/solid copy with 600-800 line aniloxes. Reportedly, inks show improved product and chemical resistance over conventional flexo inks and have excellent adhesion to many paper and film substrates. ...
- A Slippery Answer to Web Scratching
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2003, What percent slippage in idler roller speed relative to web speed is required to create scratches? Answer #1: Zero percent slip. Scratches are a form What percent slippage in idler roller speed relative ...
- At NPE 2003 SPI Promotes Petition to Offset the "China Factor
- (News | New Products)
- June 24, 2003, ... as other perspectives about China, will be featured in depth in an upcoming article in PFFC. Be sure to check out pffc-online.com—and of course, the print version of Paper, Film & Foil Converter— every ...
- Fit for Use
- (Materials)
- April 30, 2003, ... can be made to have the same range of properties as cellulose as demonstrated in the melt spinning of fiber sheets to make Tyvek or by extrusion to make blown, cast, and oriented films. This range of substrate ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2003, ... UCB is acquiring the activity for US$500 million, in addition to a US$10 million exclusivity fee. UCB will integrate the new business into its Chemicals and Films businesses, forming a new business ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2003, ... Film and Foil Web Handling Guide. Publisher CRC Press reports the book was “written to assist anyone who works with webs directly or indirectly.” Topics include roller alignment; web tensioning; slitters; ...
- Filtration Transformation
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2003, ... become experienced at many different aspects of coating thin to thick films.” He says this has enabled the company to learn what works well and, of course, what doesn't. “While there are many obstacles ...
- Materials
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2003, ... and has the fewest additives and raw ingredients possible. Also described as a fast-setting, stay-open process series that performs well on a vast array of presses. Shrink Film Product of New Technology ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2002, ... Thin-film barrier coatings, blister packages, laser imaging, slitting, and surface treatment were a few of the many topics in the vacuum web coating sessions. Vendor sessions and a tabletop exhibit /reception ...
- Opportunities in Academia
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2002, ... metering and transfer of thin fluid films; finite-element modeling of drying stresses to analyze starry-night coating defects in graphic films; and optimizing the coalescence, leveling, and film-formation ...
- Made You Look
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2002, ... screens made with DuPont CDI direct-to-plate technology. The clarity of the clear film around the beetles provides a strippable matrix without compromising the detail in the insect legs. Suppliers include ...