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Web Exclusive: Slitting Film

(Archive)

November 11, 2008, Despite the fact that crude oil prices have risen sharply, in turn elevating the price of oil-based raw materials used in plastic film manufacture, this group of materials still has largely untapped packaging ...

Streamline Processing, Improve Print Quality

(News Eclips)

November 04, 2008, ... and corrugated containers. Equipped with an innovative high-output exposure head, the CTP system handles flexo plates, letterpress plates, and thermal ablative film up to 42 x 60 in. Reportedly compatible ...

US Plastic Film Demand to Exceed 16 Billion Pounds

(News Eclips)

August 12, 2008, A new Freedonia Group study, titled “Plastic Film,” presents trends projecting US demand to grow 2.6% annually to over 16 billion lb in 2012, valued at $13.4 billion CLEVELAND, OH | A new Freedonia Group ...

Specialty Film Demand to Approach $7.3 Billion in 2010

(Archive)

April 11, 2007, PRESS RELEASE CLEVELAND, OH—Demand for specialty films is forecast to advance 4.8% per year to $7.3 billion in 2010. Gains will be driven by increasing performance requirements in a number of markets, ...

Wayne Machine Delivers New Extrusion Film Technology

(Archive)

November 05, 2006, Wayne Machine & Die Co. has designed, built, and sold a combination five-layer Yellow Jacket laboratory blown and cast film line to the Advanced and Applied Polymer Processing Institute in Danville, VA. ...

P-S Film Market Outlook

(Flexpack)

July 24, 2006, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has released the "North American Pressure-Sensitive Graphic Arts Film Market Outlook 2006," a new prospectus providing a market overview and opportunities in the North American ...

Films Face Off

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, What factors should you consider when choosing packaging films? Learn how OPET, OPP, and OPA compare in terms of downgauging, barrier, and density. Packaging Films When selecting a packaging film, converters ...

Biodegradable Films Today

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2005, Most of us love our creature comforts, including the many items that use flexible packaging substrates. As a result, increasing amounts of plastic films and foil enter the waste stream, because no easy ...

Film Opens New Markets

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... has been common practice to apply a release coating, typically a silicone-based material, to the paper liner from which the materials are peeled or dispensed. PET Film Since pressure-sensitive labels ...

Film Trends Focus of of Plastic Packaging Conference

(Flexpack)

January 23, 2005, InnoPlast Solutions and Gehrke, Kaas, & Assoc. announce the second annual conference on "Global Trends in Plastic Packaging Films," scheduled for February 28–March 3 at the Hilton Hotel-Airport, New Orleans, ...

Who Likes Film?

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, Customers like films because they are cool. Films can be clear, thin, shiny, clean, and elastic. Product designers like films because they are functional. Films can improve a product’s break strength, ...

OPP Film Peru Enters US Market with "Great" BOPP Product

(Archive)

October 21, 2004, OPP Film Peru, "with the mission of delivering superior BOPP [biaxially oriented polypropylene] products and service excellence," reports it now offers its products and services to United States-based converters. ...

Discoloration Resistant Polyolefin Films

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, Application: In the film industry, a selected set of circumstances and certain types of stabilizers can lead to discoloration due to inadequate stabilizer concentrations, harsh processing conditions, improper ...

Less (Thinner) Film, More Uses

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, How thin is thin? Well, it depends who you talk to. Actually, if what you're talking about is film, it depends on the process and the application. Eric How thin is thin? Well, it depends who you talk to. ...

The PLACE Division of TAPPI Announces Film and Extrusion Coating Short Course

(The Place)

January 31, 2004, The PLACE Division of TAPPI has announced a short course entitled: 2004 PLACE Film and Extrusion Coating Short Course. It will be April 19-21, 2004, at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The ...

Cast Film Lines for Barrier Films

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, Application: Besides the blown film process, cast film technology is the most significant production method for manufacture of barrier films ranging from 20 to 300 microns. The number of layers, the selection ...

Cyclic-Olefinic Copolymers as Non-Migrating, Polymeric Slip Additives in LDPE Cast Films

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June 30, 2003, Application: Cyclic-olefinic copolymers (COC) have use in flexible packaging as a blend component or as a discreet layer in multi-layer polyolefin films. They typically enhance stiffness and heat resistance ...

The Effects o Comonomer Type on the Blown Film Performance of LLDPE Resins Made Using a Metallocene Single-Site Catalyst

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, Application: Using 1-butene, 1-hexene, and 1-octene as a comonomer gives blown film performance that increases with increasing length of the a-olefin used. by Ashish M. Sukhadia, M. Bruce Welch, & Rajendra ...

Film Extrusion Committee News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, Audrey Myers of Black Clawson Converting Machinery, vice chairperson of the Film Extrusion Committee, reports that "the group is busy with four goals. We are working on the technical program for the next ...

Polyester Film Sourcing: Tips to Improve the Bottom Line

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, Sourcing polyester film for the specific combination of properties you need in the finished product can put your mind at ease and raise profitability. Sourcing polyester film should not be an exercise ...