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Materials

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... papers. FDA-compliant products are available, as are viscosity variations to fit a variety of coating methods. Co. says custom formulations feature low odor; good embossing and die-cutting performance; ...

1970 - 1973

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2002, ... low-dextrin emulsion adhesive. ...The newly conceived adhesive contrasts with conventional back seam gums that are low-resin, high-dextrin formulations. It is different -- so different it represents a ...

Materials

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... Foaming Agents in Seven Formulations Clariant Masterbatches Div., Charlotte, NC; 401/438-4080; clariant.masterbatches.com Co. is expanding its family of Hydrocerol chemical foaming agents (CFAs) with ...

Redefining Plasticizers in Inks and Coatings

(Magazine)

July 30, 2002, ... to provide the best plasticizer for a particular ink or coating formulation. Due to incompatibility with some binders, not all plasticizer additives can be used in a given formula. Besides low-molecular ...

Seminar Addresses UV/EB Curable Technology

(News | New Products)

July 21, 2002, ... on press. The seminar was co-sponsored by Akzo Nobel Resins, New Brunswick, NJ, a supplier of acrylate functional raw materials for ink and coating formulations; Prime UV, Carol Stream, IL, a supplier ...

Packaging That Really Works

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... in the coating formulation, which acts as a delivery system for the silver ions. These coatings can be applied to a wide variety of flex-pack materials by standard coating methods. Inks also are being ...

Focus on Crosslinking in Fluid Ink Systems

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... in water-based systems. The pH of the formulations is often 9 or higher; otherwise the systems can become unstable. Polyfunctional aziridines: These types of crosslinkers are based on a strained, three-membered ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... formulations enable converters to eliminate spray powders from the package printing process and achieve “powder-free” runs. Drying time is quickened with complementary aqueous coatings, co. says, adding ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... of coated and uncoated stocks. Large- coverage areas and fine-line details found in applications such as carton and liquor labels are easy to handle with this foil, co. reports. Formulation is capable ...

Flint Ink UV: "Ideal" for Packagin

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2002, ... the gloss and durability of a UV ink, and the convenient printing and easy clean-up of a conventional offset ink. Available in four-color and Hexachrome process sets and Pantone formulations. Matrixcure ...

Rexam & UK Manufacturer First Water to Develop Wound-Care P-S Adhesives

(Disposables)

March 28, 2002, ... Water (a manufacturer of hydrogels), the p-s adhesives will be available worldwide in the wound-care and ostomy markets. Under the agreement, First Water supplies Rexam with hydrogels and hydrogel formulations ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... with Title 40 CFR 180.1001 as an inert ingredient in insecticide formulations. Product reportedly contains no hazardous ingredients and is dispersible in water. Available in 55-gal drums and 300-gal “tote” ...

How Do You Measure Ink Film Thickness? Count the Ways

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... the ink formulation, the printing process, and the substrate. You normally have to carry more ink on a porous substrate (compared to nonporous substrates) to get the same color density. In practice, ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... is applied to the inside of the packaging by heat-sealing the zipper flange to the sealing layer of the base stock. Various blends of coextruded materials are used for zipper formulations, including ethylene ...

Dealing with Ink Adhesion on High-Slip Films

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... treatment levels. Water-based ink adhesion to high-slip films has always been a challenge. Earlier formulations used higher levels of VOCs to obtain the necessary substrate wetting and ink adhesion. ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Archive)

December 30, 2001, ... time.” Technical Papers In planning for the Hot Melt Symposium for 2002, Tangen has solicited papers on the raw materials, formulations, safety, and testing of reactive hot melt products. Other areas ...

On the Move

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... at its ink formulation laboratory in Minnesota. Jay Hanrahan was appointed director of The Opus Group, the co.'s wholly owned, global consulting subsidiary. Volker Traudt will head the newly created ...

Perhaps It's Time to Redefine Packaging Odor Spec

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... to alleviate problems with the use of qualitative techniques. The key to this idea was the fact that ink, coating, and adhesive formulations were sufficiently similar. That is, they were all solvent-based ...

Materials

(Magazine)

November 29, 2001, ... electron microscopy and high-speed photography to determine that formulations containing microspheres and low binder levels yielded products exhibiting improved resistance to build or peel over time, strong ...

Product Develpment Help Is Here, There, Everywhere

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... lab technology for Faustel Inc., says some of the largest users of his company's pilot lab are chemical manufacturers and materials suppliers that want to test formulations. Doug Goldstein, CP Films ...