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Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 2

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... include a patented surface treatment that facilitates the initial wetting and break-in. The surface treatment allows for higher evaporation rates and easier operator control. Tangible results have included ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... and reduced energy costs by lowering storage temperatures. The white cellophane is manufactured from renewable wood pulp and coated to provide a high barrier to moisture and gases. It provides a strong ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

November 30, 2004, ... to the converting and packaging industries Executive Summary High Value Polypropylene Resins For Extrusion Coating By M. Kirchberger and M. Stadlbauer, Borealis GmbH Application: Long chain branched ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... data on raw material consumption by the extruder at the rate of one update every 0.5 sec. High-speed responsiveness makes control applicable even in extrusion lines where there are frequent ramp-down/ramp-up ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... and High Strength 4000, said to offer stable ink-water balance at all speeds, is suited for folding cartons, wide-format graphics, direct mail, and labeling applications. Shimless Technology Offered ...

Celplast Metallized Products Named Exclusive NA Distributor of Alcan's Ceramis Film Product

(Archive)

November 01, 2004, ... Celplast Metallized Products reports it is Alcan Packaging’s exclusive North American agent/distributor for the entire line of Ceramis films. According to Celplast, these transparent SiOx coated high-barrier ...

thePLACE

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... sessions. The topics of the presentations covered all the areas of interest of the committees of the division including film extrusion, extrusion coating, flexible packaging, hot melts, and high barrier ...

Extrusion Dies

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... is new business in high-barrier products, which include stand-up food pouches and medical packaging. Besides the roughly $0.50/lb cost of commodity resins such as low-density polyethylene (LDPE), the dominant ...

Technical Facility

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... types, such as multilayer high-barrier and low-sealing films, as well as specialty raw materials. It is reported to be the only pilot lab facility in the world with simultaneous stretching technology. ...

OPP Film Peru Enters US Market with "Great" BOPP Product

(Archive)

October 21, 2004, ... will fill the gap left by big corporations that won't allow themselves to attend to smaller needs." According to OPP Film Peru, from white cavitated to high-barrier, metallized films, it has developed ...

Lasers Beam

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... (PE) and polypropylene (PP) for applications such as flexible food packaging. One reason for this increasing acceptance is the advent of small sealed lasers, which offer higher reliability and a low ...

Eval Co. of America Expanding Resin Production

(Archive)

September 02, 2004, ... the high-performance resin EVAL in 1972, "which has the highest gas impermeability of any plastic (approximately 10,000 times that of polyethylene). This superior gas barrier property makes EVAL highly ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... announce the availability of two new UHF-based Read-Only and Read/Write transponder Ics for battery-assisted RFID smart labels. The Ics will be available in the PowerID System, said to be a high performance, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... which extremely high strength and impact resistance is required. Can be produced in UV-resistant polyester and polyether grades. Layer Adds Barrier to Films Ticona, Summit, NJ, USA; 800/526-4960; ticona.com ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... Winners," the presentation will recreate the atmosphere of a sports arena in more than 5,300 sq ft of exhibit space, highlighting innovative materials and processes in presentations, discussions sessions, ...

Italy

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ...  barrier material products, including retort pouch technology, are positive contributions. Safta SpA's pouchmaking ability and coextrusion films are highly regarded, as are all the many oriented polypropylen ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... & packaging industries Conference to Highlight Packaging Flexible packaging is the unifying theme for the 2004 TAPPI PLACE Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 30 to September 2. The meeting ...

Battenfeld Gloucester Says MDO Provides Enhancements to PE; OEM Spotlights K Show Offerings

(Archive)

July 05, 2004, ... says it has observed an increased interest in nine-layer dies for various reasons, "notably the benefits they provide in producing high-barrier films at lower cost," explains the OEM. "Having nine layers ...

Removing Packaging Odors

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... can produce higher solvent retention, extrusion lamination can suffer from thermal decomposition of the resin materials, leading to odoriferous by-products. Removal of undesirable odors in packaging ...

New Materials for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... approaching 140 deg C with no ink-related lamination failure. According to company, ink components, including pigments, provide very low extractable levels, and ink provides high bond values on a wide ...