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Wanted: US Markets

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... pouches, retort pouches, and thin-gauge, printed aluminum foil are all profitable markets. Other markets underserved by US converters are novel active packaging concepts, high-barrier meat/cheese constructions, ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 1

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... for packaging substrates "that can replace metallized polyester and aluminum foil," he says, "in the high-barrier food packaging applications. Barrier, as a property in packaging, is essential in today’s ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, New products from: Rotatek, HCI Converting Equipment Co., Maguire Products, Sterling Toggle, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, NexGen Enviro Systems, Pinnacle Converting Equipment, Davis-Standard, Agfa, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Breakin' Bounds in Barrier Films

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... and blown polyethylene; resin blends to replace coated films; barrier durability of metallized films; and innovative high-barrier coatings such as alumina for clear high barrier. As for the future, ...

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 ...

Tekni-Films Intros Ultra-High Barrier Film for Blister and Packaging Applications

(Flexpack)

May 27, 2004, Tekni-Films says its new high-barrier themoformable film laminate, using 4 mil (100 micron) PCTFE in either Aclar or Vaposhield types, is the "world’s highest-barrier commercially available clear film ...

Foil Packs Offer Multiple Solutions

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... of resources. Entered by Alcan Packaging Singen. (1) Dalehead Sausages — The first UK “cook-in-the-tray” high-barrier, aluminum foil pouch for sausages allows the consumer simply to remove the sealed ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... surface design, and use of resources. Entered by Alcan Packaging Singen. (1) Dalehead Sausages — The first UK “cook-in-the-tray” high-barrier, aluminum foil pouch for sausages allows the consumer simply ...

Patent Pending

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ...  This patented technology offers an innovative method of delivering ointments and creams in a single-dose flexible package. The DelPouch lamination incorporates aluminum foil, a high-barrier sealant film, ...

Totally Rockin' Metal

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... functional innovation and chose it as the winner of that category. The requirement was to manufacture flexible packaging with high-barrier properties without using any halogen-containing materials. Futhermore, ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... Engineering. The line, installed in the 140,000-sq-ft Flexa Div. plant (located in Cali), runs high-barrier film for flexible laminations, 3.5-5.0 mil thick and 35-72 in. wide. Flexa's project engineer ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ...  Michelman Inc.; michem.com PFFC-ASAP 322 A desiccating sealant film, high-barrier lamination pouch (PET/ink/white extrusion lamination PE/foil/extrusion PE/desiccating sealant film) reportedly is ...

Breaking New Ground

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2003, ... producing flexible packaging on a narrow web. “Our vendors were telling us it couldn't be done,” comments Redding. “No one was doing it out there as far as high-barrier, flexible packaging in a narrow ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... soil nutrients. Metallized OPP Touted as Foil Replacement Toray Plastics (America) Inc., North Kingstown, RI; 401/294-4511; toraytpa.com Torayfan PCF is a 45-ga, high-barrier, metallized OPP film ...

Filtration Transformation

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... is ubiquitous. The converting industry, especially, is adept at these subtle transformations. From high-barrier packaging to rheological advances, collaboration (among converters and their suppliers) ...

Leaders of the Pack

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... package uses a high-barrier film that is cost-effective, easy to open, reduces waste, and requires less storage space than cups. The Hershey's Portable Pudding Stick Pack also was a gold award winner in ...