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AIMCAL Awards | Film's Sharkskin-Like Properties Control Bacteri

(Coating/Laminating)

April 06, 2017, ... in three categories. Bag Is Easy Pickup FLEX Films (USA) Inc., Elizabethtown, KY, captured the Marketing Award in the Packaging: Food Category, for an attractive 5-kg bag of Samaa basmati rice from ...

Davis-Standard Adds Upgrades at Converter

(Flexpack)

March 28, 2017, ... film line that has been in continuous operation for nearly 30 years. Mid South, a leading North American supplier of converting and process films for industrial packaging markets, has been a Davis-Standard ...

Sun Chemical Plans Eco-Friendly Display for INFO*FLEX

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2017, ... of the commonly used flexible packaging substrates. Designed for flexographic printing on polypropylene and polyethylene films at high speeds, SunStrato Sunester laminating solvent-based family of inks ...

Innovia Offers Clear In-Mold Label Film

(Label/Tape)

March 20, 2017, RayoForm ICU clear in-mold label film is said to help showcase products’ shelf impact and branding WIGTON, CUMBRIA, UK | Innovia Films reports the launch of RayoForm ICU, a new in-mold label film produced ...

Walki Reports Biodegradable Mulching Paper

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2017, ... plastic films are used for mulching every year around the world. In addition to having to be collected from the fields, the mulch often leaves behind plastic residues, which reportedly pollute the soil ...

HERMA Reports Benefits for New PP Label Film

(Label/Tape)

March 11, 2017, ... used for more and more applications, including on wine bottles, in the pharmaceutical and food industries, and increasingly in the retail sector. For that reason, it has added to the range of films for ...

Avery Dennison Reports Outdoor Labeling Solutions

(Label/Tape)

March 11, 2017, ... label selection with dozens of label and packaging solutions designed to weather the outdoors. These include flexible packaging solutions, prime films, synthetic tag materials, and outdoor over laminates.  ...

On Print | Value Proposition for Thermal Transfer: Printed Electronics

(On Print)

March 08, 2017, ... by Al Keene and Harry Schofield that may help you identify others to contact. Printing expert Dene Taylor, PhD, founded Specialty Papers & Films Inc. (SPF-Inc.), New Hope, PA, in 2000 for clients seeking ...

Drytac Buys Elite Cameron Slitter/Rewinder

(Slit)

March 07, 2017, ... an adhesive-coated products manufacturer. Drytac’s core product line consists of a wide range of self-adhesive print media, pressure-sensitive and heat-activated overlaminating films, and double-sided ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 1

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2017, ... the buckled layers in rolls of thinner films will form 10–100 narrow spike-like patterns that usually only radiate 0.25–1 in. from the core. DEFECT MECHANISM CD buckles form from several causes, but ...

NDC to Launch Gauging System at ICE USA

(Controls)

February 28, 2017, ... non-scanning on-line measurement of paper moisture or coat weight of coatings on paper and films. This IR gauge is based on company’s optical filter technology and is reported to deliver long-term stability ...

Constantia Acquires Lidding Company in Italy

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2017, ... by two private equity companies and has annual sales of close to 20 million euros. It employs more than 50 employees at its plant, supplying aluminum die-cut lids and plastic films to local dairies and ...

Filmquest Announces Price Increase

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2017, ... Films US Limited Partnership will increase prices on all Mylar and Melinex film grades by $0.10/lb effective with shipments on March 1, 2017, and later. SKC is increasing prices on all of its PET films. ...

Flexible Packaging | Bemis Earns Highest Achievement in FPA's 2017 Competitio

(Flexpack)

February 20, 2017, ... simply tear, dispense, and toss, with no excess waste. Advanced BPA-free barrier films withstand the acidic paste and hot-fill process, deliver a one-year shelf life and offer significant sustainability ...

Globus Intl. Coaters Offers Release Liners

(Label/Tape)

February 19, 2017, ... holograms, etc. Products include one- and two-sided solvent-free silicone coated paper and films; printed siliconized liner; fluora silicone release coating for silicone adhesive products; non-silicone ...

Celplast Installs New Metallizer with Inline Top Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

February 14, 2017, ... produce protected high-barrier materials new to the flexible packaging and converting industry. Extensive testing of Metacoated metallized films from Celplast's pilot line have shown barrier values up to ...

Sticking With It | Selecting the Right Adhesive for Your Pressure-Sensitive Tape

(Coating/Laminating)

February 13, 2017, ... tape. Here there is a carrier, usually a film like polyester, various foams, or a tissue layer, that separates the adhesives. The carrier will add some structural integrity to the tape as well. Films or ...

HERMA Announces New Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

February 04, 2017, ... by consistent, smooth, and silent peeling in conjunction with most plastic surfaces and films. At the same time, its very high cohesion prevents the formation of unsightly strands. To ensure that the labels ...

Uflex Film Said to Offer High Barrier

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2017, FLEXPET F-PGB-12 BOPET film reportedly has good optical properties and machinability as well as very high barrier NOIDA, INDIA | Uflex, a flexible packaging materials and solutions company, has launched ...

AMI Issues Report on Polyethylene Film

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2017, ... in Europe has continued to grow at a steady rate over recent years. Despite trends to use more linear and metallocene materials enabling film producers to make thinner films, the volume demand has continued ...