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The Board Identity

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... Everest Safe-Pak bleached board from International Paper, a heat-sealable, tear-resistant paperboard made with multilayer Valéron Strength Film, along with a clear plastic blister, to replace the plastic ...

Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... paper/PE/foil/adhesive/PET/heat-seal coating construction without compromising machine performance or peelability. The new lidstock is surface-printed on 35# C1S paper/PE/48-ga metallized PET/hot melt ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries. Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries… EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Seal Integrity In Medical Device ...

Film Opens New Markets

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... release is film packaging for chocolate and other heat-sensitive confectionary products, which cannot be easily heat-sealed or closed with conventional hot melt adhesives without causing the packaged product ...

Ampac Packaging Acquires Flexicon

(Flexpack)

January 16, 2005, ... adhesive laminations, Flexi-Free™ solventless laminations, heat-seal coated rollstock, pouches, perforated tear products and 10-color, high resolution, flexographic printing. Robert Biddle will continue ...

Extrusion Dies

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... resin for extrusion coating, these applications call for barrier, tie-layer, heat-seal, or other specialty polymers in the $1.50-$2.00 range. The high cost of these materials makes it doubly important ...

New Clear Barrier Film Resin Technology Replaces Coated Films

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, Creating packaging that allows consumers to see clearly the food they are purchasing — and also promises the food is fresh — presents converters and end-users with a unique manufacturing challenge.  ...

Materials

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... metals or halogens and to show superior crack resistance. BOPP Films Can Replace PVDC Toray Plastics, North Kingstown, RI; 401/294-4511; toraytpa.com Torayfan CB-S 70G and 80G heat-sealable and Torayfan ...

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 ...

Unique Issues of Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... adhesives, heat-sealable coatings, or extrusion lamination. In such laminated structures, the printing could be “buried” in the package. In this way unique products could be created that provide high ...

Pactiv Extends Zipper Closures to Pre-Packaged Sliced Meat and Animal Cracker Packages

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2004, ... track are heat-sealed to bags, reports Ticona. Says Pactiv's global technology manager Gary Rehwinkel, "[The cyclic olefin copolymer's} dimensional stability improves our efficiency by reducing rejects ...

Dow Unveils Versify* Plastomers and Elastomers; New Technology to Generate Unique Performance for Flex-Pack Converters

(News | New Products)

February 26, 2004, Dow says its new Versify product range can provide low heat-seal initiation and a broad sealing window for producers of consumer durables. "This results in flexible, transparent, and heat-sealable parts," ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ...  Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI; 401/294-4511; torayfilms.com LumiLid heat-seal lidding products are said to provide a strong but peelable seal with superior adhesion to a wide variety ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... with shorter dwell times than many competitive, heat-sealable paperboards, which is said to result in faster line speeds and less product and ink degradation. Product line reportedly helps lower total ...

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; ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... addition to cartons, the press can print heat-seal cards and coated stock for inserts. To support the addition of carton production, the company also has installed a Bobst folding carton gluer that can ...

Colorful Adhesives and Coatings? Probably Not a Good Idea

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... on the backside of aluminum foil or a metallized film also will not cause any problem. In similar fashion, a heat-seal adhesive formulated from an EVA resin tackified with various materials applied to ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... paperboard designed for fold-over, heat-seal blister card applications. Seals to all blister materials typically used in the industry, including PVC, PVDC, PETG, and Aclar. Said to provide superior printability, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... “hospital blue” on the other. Lamination can be sewn or heat-sealed on either side, and laminated to other substrates, mfr. reports. Laminating Adhesives Meet Various Needs Basic Adhesives Inc., Brooklyn, ...

1950s

(News | New Products)

August 27, 2002, ... be the first of its kind on the West Coast. March 1953 Bob Hope hosted the first coast-to-coast telecast of The Academy Awards on NBC-TV. Heat-seal labels, developed by Lloyd Perry, chief chemist ...