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What's New in Narrow We

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June 30, 2002, ... demands on envelope seal gums due to high-grade paper stock often being used and high temperatures. Higher-resin content, says mfr., can be fused by oven heat and lose its ability to be remoistened.  ...

Products

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June 30, 2002, ... related odors to meet air quality regulations. Reduces fuel consumption by using an air-to-air exhaust preheat heat exchanger subsystem. Ionizing Air Gun Now Has Titanium Tip ElectroStatics Inc., Harleysville, ...

Pet Food Packaging Is Big Business Worldwide

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May 31, 2002, ... a layer of heat-sealable resin is deposited on the reverse side to provide heat-sealability. The paper is then printed. It can also be varnished.” Stanley Sacharow has been in the flexible packaging ...

Focus on Crosslinking in Fluid Ink Systems

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May 31, 2002, ... These inorganic additives react with resin and substrate carboxylate groups to provide zinc or zirconium ion links, which result in higher heat and alcohol resistance. Such additives commonly are used ...

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

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May 31, 2002, ... brake is a compact version of co.'s standard air-cooled design with a finned friction disc design said to provide excellent heat dissipation capability. This means smaller brakes can handle large jobs easily, ...

The Good and Bad Sides of Offset Powder

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April 30, 2002, ... a roll or slitting and stacking it, a printer “dusts” the inked surface with an offset powder. Offset powder is a particle of starch that has a relatively large size. The starch can be tapioca, wheat, ...

Reporter Clips

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April 30, 2002, ... firms that meet specific quality standards. Foam Tapes Resist Heat WINDSOR, CT, USA—Scapa North America announces the Duofoam VJ Series of double-coated PE foam tapes. Double coated with a high-performance, ...

New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry

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April 30, 2002, ... in-line slitter is designed for long lengths of PTFE and other tension-sensitive materials. Features separate unwind and slitting modules for the addition of a heat seal/splice unit. Cantilevered unwind ...

New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry

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March 31, 2002, ... a series of tests to thoroughly evaluate GEW's VCP, alongside two other manufacturers of similar UV systems, and determined the VCP system gave the best combination of curing power, with minimal heat, and ...

Food Packaging and Safety: 9/11 Continues to Resonate

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February 28, 2002, ... the food industry, are non-spore forming and fall into a class of vegetable bacteria. They can be destroyed by heat, irradiation, or through the use of antimicrobial materials. A few microbes produce ...

Overcoats Offer Protection (and You Don't Have to Button Up

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January 31, 2002, ... necessary. This could involve a single- or a double-component system. The single-component system usually has a formulating ingredient that heating or some other component of the coating process activates. ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

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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 ...

Materials

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January 30, 2002, ...  Resins Balance Machinability, Toughness, Heat Sealing Chevron Phillips, Houston, TX; 713/623-6086; cpchem.com New generation of LLDPE resins will join co.'s existing Dynex family of polymers. Offers ...

Folding Carton Outlook Favorable: Study Says US Will Want More Non-Flexible Food Containers

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January 27, 2002, ... New hot-fill applications (such as jams and jellies) are being penetrated due to improvements in heat resistance and barrier properties. Newest plastic inroads are being made in the baby food markets, ...

Dealing with Ink Adhesion on High-Slip Films

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December 31, 2001, ... loses its effectiveness with time and may cause changes in the film, affecting such properties as heat-sealability. Corona treatment of high-slip film will increase the surface tension, but the treatment ...

Will We Soon be Eating the Film Along with the Food?

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November 30, 2001, ... movie theaters. Respectable consumers that dispose of packaging properly also contribute to the need for adequate recycling techniques and the accumulation in landfills of materials that can decompose ...

One-Dimensional Converter Expands Its Reach

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October 31, 2001, ... in pressure-sensitive, heat-shrink, and in-mold labels. But just two years ago, the Cincinnati, OH-based company was best known as “a premier supplier of in-mold labels,” says Steve Mulch, senior VP of ...

Crosslinking Agents Can Improve Physical Properties

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September 30, 2001, ... is the use of crosslinking additives to improve physical resistance properties, such as ink adhesion and resistance to abrasion, chemicals, heat, water, and block. Crosslinking implies the linking of ...

Making Choices for Coating with a Laminating Adhesive

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September 30, 2001, ... using an adhesive that is applied at an elevated temperature, one should not coat it on a substrate that is sensitive to heat, such as some polyolefin films. Some substrates in a lamination actually ...

Vacumet Makes Metallizing Dreams Come True

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August 31, 2001, ... to McGarel. “We can provide grease resistance for pet food [packaging] as well as heat resistance during sealing. Our product keeps grease from penetrating the package and perhaps contaminating the contents. ...