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Converter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... Innovations at CMM FORT MILL, SC — The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators will host a New Technology and Innovation session in the AIMCAL Theatre on the show floor at CMM Intl. to ...

Lid's a Showof

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, It's heat-sealable. It's FDA-approved for direct food contact. It has no solvents. And it can be printed. It's LumiLid XLS5 polyester lidding film from It's heat-sealable. It's FDA-approved for direct food ...

Seafood is Served

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... ovens traditionally have been better suited for reheating than cooking foods, but Graphic Packaging Intl. is expanding the options for both marketers and consumers with microwave packaging that cooks food ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... applications, and properties currently used to provide peelable seals in lidding and easy-open applications. A heat seal coating is an adhesive applied to a flexible substrate as a non-blocking layer ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... inert UV curing module with special web transport features. Because the line, from Polytype, was intended to coat unsupported films with a thickness as low as eight microns, the maximum in heat management ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... using an ink jet printer; the image is placed face down on the foil or holographic board and passed through a heated laminator; the Mira-Jet carrier sheet is peeled away, and the image is permanently adhered ...

Less (Thinner) Film, More Uses

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, ... the chamber.” Bartholomay's customers want thin films to be more functional. “It could be adding barrier, or allowing heat-sealability, or allowing it to be used as a resealable lidding stock. We have ...

Foil Packs Offer Multiple Solutions

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... plastic wrap and put the pack directly in the oven or under the grill. There is no need to touch the raw product before cooking. Heat-proof package also can be used over a barbecue, with the juices retained ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... to remove the sealed plastic wrap and put the pack directly in the oven or under the grill. There is no need to touch the raw product before cooking. Heat-proof package also can be used over a barbecue, ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... bricks suitable for reprocessing or easy disposal. Compresses film, foil, polycoated paper, and other clean or dirty materials into manageable, 5x5-in., rigid bricks without adding heat to the material. ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... as enhanced thermal stability for products exposed to high levels of heat during the packaging process. The MPET films are said to offer important visual characteristics including bright shine and superior ...

Foil Converter Changes Course

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, Heat sealable lidding films make U.K.-based FFP Packaging Solutions Ltd. a leader in innovation. Heat sealable lidding films make U.K.-based FFP Packaging Solutions Ltd. a leader in innovation. Among ...

Materials

(Materials)

June 29, 2003, ... ranging from packaging for medical devices to decorative and shrink-wrap films. It is available in commercial quantities. Heat-Seal Coating Line Suited for Many Uses H.B. Fuller, St. Paul, MN; 651/236-5900; ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... more tightly with packaging esthetics. Label Adhesives Provide Optical Clarity, Resist Heat National Adhesives, a div. of National Starch & Chemical, Bridgewater, NJ; 609/409-5656; 800/797-4992; nationalstarch.com ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... markets for the CAD program, allowing it to be integrated more tightly with packaging esthetics. Label Adhesives Provide Optical Clarity, Resist Heat National Adhesives, a div. of National Starch & ...

Packaging That Really Works

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... antimicrobials, and ethylene absorbers. ACTIVE PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES Oxygen Scavenging Water Adsorption Carbon Dioxide Control Heat/Cold Insulation Ethylene Control Time–Temperature Tags Anti-Microbial ...

Helping Bring Home the Bacon

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ...  Weller says the learning curve on heat seal lids “was enormous. They're die-cut and perforated, but they're unsupported, so there's no adhesive and no liner. That was hard on my hairline,” he adds with ...

FPA Honors Both Flexible & Flashy

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... foam packaging. Its patented internal heat barrier technology uses layers of reflective barrier film heat sealed into proprietary geometry. Inflated with either air or an inert gas, this structure forms ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... pressure-sensitive, gummed, and heat seal labelstock; flexible packaging, including barrier, clear, and metallized laminates and lidding materials; a range of p-s and heat seal mounting and laminating ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... rough surface, thermal sensitivity, and product variability. Polyethylene has a very heat-sensitive, rough surface and requires superior tension control. Nylon's affinity to water makes deposition quite ...