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A Communication of the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, Effects of converting operations on the barrier levels of metallized films and first principles cause of melt fracture LLDPE. Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries… ...

Slitting New Product Digest

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... stability, and increase cut quality. Holder/blade is used for shear slitting materials, including paper, coated papers, fine printing papers, foils, paperboard, chrome-coated, polycoated, all films, and ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, News from: Rollprint Packaging Products, DuPont Teijin Films, Edgar B. Gutoff, The Packaging Group, Applied Films, Freedonia Group, Jetrion, PPC, Siegwerk Group, FPA, Kodak, NPES, FKI Logistex, Repacorp ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, Advantages in melt fracture elimination technology; high barrier advancements in metallized films; comparison of corona and flame treatement of polymer film, foil, and paperboard; and the latest UV/EB ...

The PSA Process

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... with emulsion PSAs but also is useful for applying solution PSA and release coatings, and since it provides an extremely smooth coating profile, it is very suitable for use with clear film facestocks. ...

Take Control

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... of 11 layers of polyester film with woven fabric, laminated with five layers of adhesive. Its combined thickness was a little more than one mil. We made it in two passes through the laminator, and then ...

Trends & Technical Solutions

(Archive)

December 30, 2005, Filmic release liners are used in many pressure-sensitive applications today. The market for filmic release liners is growing at a rate of 10%/yr, fueled in part by the emergence of premium applications ...

Mountain Valley Adds Recycling Capacity

(Archive)

December 14, 2005, ... Valley Recycling has added a new processing line to its existing production facility in Morristown, TN. The company specializes in recycling post-consumer films such as grocery and retail bags, stretch ...

People & Places

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... Argotec, Max Daetwyler, Longview Fibre Co., CPFilms, and Kramer Carton Co. On the Move... Tom Jacques joins North American Cerutti Corp. as area sales manager for the Flexotecnica line of printing technology, ...

New Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... Aids LLDPE Clarity Ampacet, Tarrytown, NY; 914/631-6600; ampacet.com Product 102286 high-clarity slip antiblock for LLDPE films eliminates the loss in clarity that often accompanies antiblock use by ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... students to work in a real production environment, operates a variety of educational programs and services for a number of flexo label, folding carton, and film printing converter companies as their commissioned ...

New Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, New products from: Brown Machine, Innovia Films, Pruftechnik Service, PBI-Dansensor America, Maxson Automatic Machinery, Graymills, Agfa, Ampac Flexibles, Stafford Mfg. Corp., HarperScientific, Michelman, ...

To Serve & Protect

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ...  Don’t mix different PVDC latices together when they are wet. They may be incompatible, depending on how they’ve been stabilized. Maintain drying. Since maximum barrier is achieved when a continuous film ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... rolls can provide maximum heat transfer efficiency. The two factors that define the function of a roll are the process and the product. Common processes such as cast film, extrusion coating, extrusion ...

Mastering RFID

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, ... a plastic substrate, usually PET. The RFID chip houses the data with the product- related information. These components then are placed onto either a pressure-sensitive label stock or film carrier material ...

Mastering RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, ... that goal in the RFID label converting process. In one such attempt to reduce static charge generation, film-based label stock with antistatic qualities is used, such as Appleton’s SmartStrate product ...

Without Boundaries

(Magazine)

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 ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... used mainly for the production of laminated films and the slitting of other multilayer films used in the packaging of food and tissue products. Says Ari Olkinuora, production director, “Proslit was ...

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 ...