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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. ...

Reporter Clips

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August 31, 2001, ... “piggyback” labeling. Extra-Large Bags Are “A” OK FARMINGDALE, NY, USA—Seal-it Inc. reports that extra-large, heat-shrink “A” Bags are now available in 12 sizes, in addition to a full line of “A” bags ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... America, Windsor, CT; 860/688-8000 Scapa 598 is an easy-release, heat-resistant silicone splicing tape designed for use on p-s adhesive-coated tapes, labels, and other substrates. Product is a single-coated ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2001, ...  Hot Melt Adhesive Balances Heat/Cold National Starch and Chemical Co., Bridgewater, NJ; 800/797-4992; nationalstrach.com Cool-Lok 34-252A UV-curable hot melt adhesive is designed for freezer-grade ...

High Initial Strength with Long Open Time Reactive Hot Melt Adhesive

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August 31, 2001, ... melt adhesives with long open time characteristics. Reactive hot melt adhesives (RHMs) are solvent free, one-part solids at room temperature. These materials undergo heating to their molten state before ...

Single-Source Ink Supplier for Package Printer

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July 31, 2001, ... fade-resistance for a line of Valentine's Day greeting card overwraps printed on clear PE. Packaging Products assigned the task of formulating more fade-, heat-, and ultraviolet-resistant inks for the ...

Tamper-Evident, Tamper-Proof Packaging Part of Life Today

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June 30, 2001, ... heat seal adhesive. Instructions on the package usually advise the purchaser to reject any package without an intact covering. A shrinkable band or sleeve is another approach to tamper evidence. This ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ... in the laboratory of Carl Ludwig in 1854, Adolph Fick suggested that the same equations Fourier had suggested for the conduction of heat could describe the diffusion of solutes. From his scattered experiments, ...

Materials

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May 31, 2001, ... coating EVA resins to the flexible packaging and thermal laminating film markets. Ateva 2811 is a low-gel, high-clarity, low-seal-initiation-temperature 28% VA resin. It is said to provide excellent heat ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, New products from: Adwest Technologies, Air Preheater Co., Anguil, Anver Corp., Apex, Ashe Converting Equipment, Ausquip, C.A. Litzler Co., Cloeren, Converter Accessory Corp., Daetwyler, Dec-E-Tech, DFE, ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ...  The more than 60 papers in these sessions cover subjects ranging from “Heat Transfer Rolls: Function And Application Relationships” to “Discoloration Resistant Polyolefin Films” in the film extrusion ...

Jet Inks, Colorants, and Packaging What's Ahead

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April 30, 2001, ...  Thermal DOD jet printers use a resistive element to create the “bubble” by generating heat, and they require thermally resistive colorants. Viscosity requirements are more liberal, and the drying requirements ...

Reporter Clips

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April 30, 2001, ...  Reverse gravure printed in eight colors, including a metallic silver, the heat-shrinkable sleeve label reportedly enhances the Shamrock product and offers strong shelf appeal. The Seal-It label completely ...

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

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April 30, 2001, ...  Subcategory: Heat Transfer Winner: Avery Dennison Product: Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Details: Seven colors; proprietary heat transfer substrates; Bobst Champlain press. Co. followed its holiday ...

Materials

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April 30, 2001, ... resin for use in extruding multilayer blown and cast film. The LLDPE component is said to provide heat resistance, clarity, and toughness. When used in PE/barrier film, product reportedly provides higher ...

Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic

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March 31, 2001, ... the sheet through the press? How do you get the inks to adhere to the material and dry on press without distorting the sheet with too much heat? There are a whole variety of issues that come up.” A ...