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Knowing Your Limitations Can Accentuate Your Strengths

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... has the necessary balance of characteristics for the freezer application is a hot melt PSA. Since application of a hot melt adhesive using a coater designed for aqueous products is impossible, the converter ...

ASC Call for Papers: Leading Industry Change

(News | New Products)

May 09, 2002, ... for change: future trends, drivers, and potential external scenarios that influence the industry ASC reports its Hot Melt short course is scheduled to take place in conjunction with the convention (Sunday, ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... steps and increase the productivity of in-house, wide-format ink jet printers. Using a hot-roll laminator, a package design can be printed on media and then transferred to standard offset stocks or printable ...

CONVERTER EVENTS - 2002

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, A look at 2002 world-wide events for the converting industry. SELECT A DIFFERENT YEAR? 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 DECEMBER Dec. 10–11: Performance Testing of Transport ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... films—in the range of 500–750 micron—are used in thermoformed trays for the processing and distribution of hot melt adhesive billets. Very thick film (more accurately, sheet) can be thermoformed with comparatively ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... peel. Adhesives used for p-s applications often include both solvent- and emulsion-type acrylics; hot melts; and two-component reseal systems. Solvent acrylics are generally preferred because of their ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Archive)

December 30, 2001, ... this is your conference. We want it to be useful to you. Please contact me by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your suggestions. Hot Melt Group Revamps 2002 Meeting For their Hot Melt Symposium ...

Getting On with Business!

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ...  Jan. 21-23: Vision 2002: Inaugural Consumer Products Conference, Sponsored by INDA, Hotel Intercontinental, New Orleans, LA (919/233-1210; www.inda.org). Jan. 23-25: FPA Environmental Summit, Sponsored ...

Making Choices for Coating with a Laminating Adhesive

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... solvent systems; high solids or 100% solids materials; or hot melt products. Each class of adhesive can have a specific influence on a substrate. Obviously, converters should avoid coating aqueous adhesives ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

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 ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... 100 papers, the technical presentations cover subjects that range from an introduction to rheology to flexible packaging case studies.” The Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina is the location for the ...

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... adhesives (still popular, but he sees no outside growth ahead); hot melt adhesives (good for nonporous substrates; new breeds can be applied at lower temperatures); and 100% solids adhesives. Zolovick ...

Products at CMM

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... processor, will expose, wash, dry, and detack sleeve-mounted digital plates automatically. It can process up to 11 photopolymer sleeves simultaneously. The device has full compatibility with all commercial ...

Materials

(Magazine)

March 30, 2001, ... such as hot chocolate and soup mix bags. This metallized, non-sealable film comprises an aluminum-coated surface with a bonding layer, an OPP core, and a treated bonding layer. It is said to have excellent ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... power unit, which is located in the pit alongside the table. Hot Melt Spot Gluing System Aids Productivity Nordson Corp., Duluth, GA; ph: 770/497-3715. Hot melt spot gluing system includes compact ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... seam that will not “flag” or “creep” during the labeling and shrinking processes. PSA Pellets Have No Solvents H.B. Fuller Co., St. Paul, MN; 651/236-3195; hbfuller.com Hot melt Propel™ PSA pellets ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... well as glass, metal, wood, and corrugated. UV-cured system can be applied by screen, flexo, roller coat, or gravure. Powdered Hot Melt Bonds Dissimilar Substrates Spartan Adhesives & Coatings, Crystal ...

Formulators Look Beyond the Peel, Tack, and Shear Profile

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... it was ten years ago." Formulators have closed the substantial gap that existed between hot melts and emulsions, reports David Anderson, technical director of product technology and innovation at Fasson ...

Conversing on Centuries, Computers, and Converting

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... of hot melt adhesives and coatings, coextrusions, UV and EB curing, and other improvements, the flexible packaging industry and other components of converting have advanced considerably. The relationship ...

Materials

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... speeds and provide finer detail and strong, consistent colors. Inks cure to a high-gloss finish that exhibits excellent mar and chemical resistance, co. reports. Hot Melt Adhesives Resist Heat, Set ...