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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, ...

Materials

(Materials)

August 31, 2003, ...  Barrier Films Offered in Five, Seven Layers Pliant Corp., Schaumburg, IL; 330/896-6732; pliantcorp.com Five- and seven-layer coextrusions of EVOH and nylon barrier films are available. A combined ...

What Would PI Do?

(Corrugated)

August 31, 2003, ... supply services for graphic design, film processing, and flexographic printing-plate manufacturing for paper packaging and wide web flexible packaging applications. In early March, SunGraphics showcased ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

August 30, 2003, ... above. During the spring of 2004, the PLACE Division will hold a new short course called “Troubleshooting for Extrusion Coating, Film Extrusion, Coextrusion, and Flexible Packaging Converters.” By locating ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, News from: AET, Amcor Flexibles Europe, Darex, EDI, Freedonia Group, Harper Corp., H.B. Fuller, Latran Technologies, Kohl and Madden Printing Inks, Mesirow, PCI Films Consulting, and the Society of the ...

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 ...

A New Enhanced Polyethylene for Extrusion Coating and Laminating

(The Place)

July 31, 2003, ... constructions. The unique attributes of polyethylene (PE) materials made using metallocene catalysts are well known and have been commercially available to film converters since 1991. Many well-established ...

FTA Raises the Bar

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... line, coated, uncoated, metallized, film and paperboard. Graphic design entries were not subcategorized. Medals Recap Forty-six first-place gold awards were decided during the judging at the Wyndham ...

Brazilian Meeting Attracts Large Audience

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... Polymer,” and Alessandro Bernardi of Braskem talked on LHDPE—A New Alternative in Blown Film Coextrusion.” Another offering covering blown film was “Developments In Blown Film Profile Control” by Jorge ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... in packaging because of the economic and packaging optimization advantages it offers. “When considering a packaging film, you basically have two surfaces and a core. Each has different requirements. One ...

Materials

(Materials)

June 29, 2003, ... Inks, Adhesives, Polymers Adhesive Useful for PVC Films Advanced Polymers International, Syracuse, NY; 315/451-1755; 877/msphere; msphere.com Gel-Tac 314M transfer-coatable microsphere adhesive is ...

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 ...

Appleton Buys Two Wisconsin Packaging Manufacturers

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, ... films and commercial packaging. The terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed by Appleton. Appleton says it purchased the two companies as part of its strategy to acquire technology that will enable ...

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 ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ...  Lung-Meng Machinery (USA) Inc., Miami, FL; 305/591-3388; lung-meng.com Five-layer blown film coextrusion line comprises two 55-mm 30:1 L/D extruders; two 25-mm 30:1 L/D extruders; and one 42-mm 30:1 ...

Black Clawson to Exhibit at PTSC in May

(News | New Products)

April 17, 2003, ... and plastics compounding laboratory, and coextrusion laboratory for cast flat and embossed films and extrusion coating," says Black Clawson. "Many companies benefit from the [center] on an on-going basis." ...