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The Fundamentals of Being a True Leader

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... the DuPont Innovation Award and was a strong proponent of Dom Perino's in-line printing and laminating designs, which his company extensively modified. Grover developed printed, shrinkable lidding films ...

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. ...

Flex Pack Loses Industry Vet Visionary: Grover L. Foote

(News | New Products)

September 23, 2003, ...  In 1996, Grover founded Packaging Partners Ltd, which continues to prosper today, and at that time he began working closely with Paper, Film & Foil Converter magazine, acting as technical advisor to ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... that was very thick (15 nm) at the edges with a thinner (5 nm) oxide in the middle — both perfectly wettable. Ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) films with 6% acrylic acid were melt coated onto this foil in a ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, ... than the entering web's strain. If the speed change is greater than the entering web strain, the negative draw will cause slackness. For papers or high modulus films, a significant diameter change is 0.1% ...

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, ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ...  Supplier News Unique Cast Film Line Operating in China Macro Engineering reports it shipped, in June 2003, a “one-of-a-kind” seven-layer, 2.4-m-wide cast barrier film line to a Chinese manufacturer ...

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, ...

An American Success: Unifoil Honors 25-Year Company Vet Joseph Funicelli

(News | New Products)

August 24, 2003, ... Unifoil Corporation into an innovative, award-winning company that produces eye-catching foils, films and holographic materials for prestigious consumer goods manufacturers. "Joe Funicelli is Unifoil ...

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.  ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... static and dynamic tactile pressure. Includes patented, thin-film array sensors, intuitive software, and interface electronics. Said to be a crucial component in identifying nip balance problems. Software ...

Active Packaging Product Update

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... Stable at High Temps AlphaSan is a silver-based antimicrobial product for use in a number of materials, including films. Product inhibits the growth of bacteria and mold and has received the full slate ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... cartons and flexible film pouches, which require no additional overprinting or labeling. Then there's the entire spectrum of labeling options. Today's leading label technology — both for prime labels ...

European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... came from the European countries but also included North American, South American, and Asiatic locales. The meeting provided the latest trends, applications, and technologies for the film extrusion ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... eliminates the use of analog press controls. Available in web widths of 11, 14.5, 17, and 21 in. Electronic drives enable the customer to print and convert substrates ranging from 15-micron film to carton ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... and RotoPure Ultra gravure laminating inks are high-performance, solvent-based systems designed to print on a wide range of film substrates and structures. Both use co.'s proprietary polymer technologies, ...

Rexam Intros Bulk Drug Packaging

(News | New Products)

June 30, 2003, ... facilities that are cGMP accredited with respect to quality systems, complete traceability, change control, SOPs, and pharmaceutical grade housekeeping," he adds. All film extrusion and foil laminating ...

WH Introduces New Extrusion Technology Developments; 450 Attend Open House

(News | New Products)

June 02, 2003, ... According to the converting equipment industry supplier, 450 visitors, representing the industry worldwide, attended the two-day event, at which four different specification Varex blown film lines and ...

Materials

(Materials)

May 31, 2003, ... Inc. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers Barrier Shines in Metallized Films Flex America Inc., Fort Lee, NJ; 201/969-8333; flexfilm.com Metallized films are said to be engineered to a high degree ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... report, thin films are much more sensitive to surface contamination, and particles as small as 5 microns can cause major problems on a 50-micron coating. The Teknek equipment reportedly has the ability ...