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Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ...  Proofer with UV Aids Pilot Plant KWH Plast, a Finnish manufacturer of calendered and coextruded plastic foils and films, has a pilot plant that provides the company with the ability to develop specialized ...

Without Boundaries

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August 30, 2005, ... the Vietnam War, Lamart was awarded a major contract from the government to laminate silk fabric to film for a container bag used for mortar shell propellant. The company also worked on flame-retardant ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... low heat diffusivity such as paper, board, or films. The resins give a shorter seal time that means faster packaging and processing on filling machines. A lower seal temperature allows sealing of thinner ...

New Products

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... of flexible packaging laminates, including BOPP, PET, PE, LDPE, OPA, cast films, PP, aluminum foil, and paper. Includes two corona treaters, one before and one after the laminating station. Available for ...

The Terminology of Testing

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... example to consider. If we apply a heat-seal coating to a polyester film, we are depositing a specific amount of the material onto the film. The coating weight might be high or low, but what do those terms ...

Celebrating a Legacy

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... Reardon, principal, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. Color Control of Flexo-Printed Film; Bill Pope, Rochester Inst. of Technology (RIT) The State of Printing and Converting in the US; Frank Romano, RIT  ...

Converting Industry News

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July 30, 2005, ... in the label industry. This could further drive the industry to look at film products. Paper label stock producers have in some degree been protected from major loss of business to film label stocks ...

New Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... machine called ideal for a wide range of PE and PP films. Provides quick changeover from one type of bag to another and is available in widths of 800, 1,000, and 1,200 mm. Tape is a Protective Film  ...

Reporter Clips

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June 29, 2005, ...  Gallus—gallus.org Adhesive Film Aids Mounting WINDSOR, CT—Scapa North America offers Dublfilm S313-76, a double-coated p-s adhesive film with dimensional stability and strength for high-end mounting ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... beam processors using thin film dosimetry techniques, and analysis of new flame treatment technology for surface modification and adhesion promotion. Providing practical information to the converting and ...

Seeking a Converting Superhero

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... and using kryptonite would be a possibility. Barrier films play an important role in flexible packaging today. People want films that provide higher barriers, have improved clarity, and are stronger. ...

New Products

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June 29, 2005, ... specifically to equipment configuration. Suited for cast film, sheet-feed, or coating and laminating. ERP Software Via Internet Collaborative Studio, Chicago, IL; 312/546-4778; intraflex.net IntraFlex ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, New products from: Brushfoil, Spinnaker Coating, Uvitec Printing Ink, Sun Chemical, Bayer Films Americas, Rayven, Kurz Transfer Products, Klöckner Pentaplast of America, and Toray Plastics (America). ...

One Stop Shop

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2005, ... to flexible packaging, the company manufactures high quality PET chips/resins; biaxially oriented polyester films; biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films; cast PP films in plain, chemically coated, ...

You're Too Tense

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... factor with converters trying to appeal to broader audiences by branching into decorative foils and plastic packaging. Certain films and foils will require greater levels of precision, says Doug Brockelbank, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, News from: Pliant Corp., Ceramis, Poly Print, Godiva Chocolatier, Tyco Plastics, CPFilms, Freedonia Group, CMM, CPP Expo, Comexi, Black Clawson, Universal Converting Equipment, PPA, SVC, SGIA, and Bobst. ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... two-day flexible packaging and labeling education program hosted by the Films Business of ExxonMobil Chemical, Rochester, NY, reports its has graduated its 9,000th student since the program began in 1985. ...

Give Customer What He Wants

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... film with an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coated on it means exactly that. The PP film must be the proper gauge and not slightly less or more. The PSA must be that specified and not a version ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... laminating performance in the packaging of moist and/or oily foods as well as dry food packaging. Film for Medical Uses Scapa North America, Windsor, CT; 860/688-8000; scapamedical.com Bioflex ...

Introduction to Roll Handling

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April 29, 2005, ... of material are transported and oriented prior to and after web processing. Film, paper, foil, textiles, and nonwovens are manufactured and wound on a core for further web processing or shipment to converters ...