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Circonix Partners with Propack

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February 04, 2006, Circonix Technologies, a systems integrator in the converting, film, and web conveyance industries, welcomes ProPack Services as its Southeast sales representative. PRESS RELEASE RINGWOOD, NJ—Circonix ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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January 30, 2006, ... the traditional chemistry. In the flexible packaging area, the mono-web EB coating application is starting to make its impact in the marketplace, and the single pass, multi-layer laminates converted with ...

Getting Personal With Donald R. Droppo Sr.

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January 30, 2006, ... they need a sweater in the summer! They had a run-of-the-mill cafeteria, but I redid it as “The Curtis Diner.” We have booths, a counter with stools, plastic laminate tops, and so on. I try to make this ...

Under Pressure

(Archive)

January 30, 2006, ... as reflective and window films, which can bring higher margins. Ongoing developments in ultraviolet ink technology are promising increased print speeds at lower cost also. However, the p-s laminate is ...

Protecting Brands

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January 30, 2006, ... of manufacture, they commonly are added in coatings subsequently applied to the film substrate. The adhesive layer in a p-s laminate also can perform a viable security function. In most instances, the ...

The PSA Process

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... adhesive products are a combination of several components coated and then laminated together to form a package or PSA construction. It is commonly a combination of facestock (for a label) or carrier/backing ...

Take Control

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... for that test blimp. Later this year, a full-size test blimp will be prepared for complete testing.” To build the envelope, “we developed an ultra-thin laminated material,” Smith says, “that consisted ...

Trends & Technical Solutions

(Archive)

December 30, 2005, ... films can provide. Key Trends Impacting Technology Selection Many factors influence the selection of materials and coating technologies for filmic laminates, such as end-user requirements; converting, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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December 30, 2005, New die designs and advancements in automatic die controls for improved efficiencies in film production, and how sealant film choice can affect a laminated structure’s properties. Providing practical information ...

New Products

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December 30, 2005, ... films as quickly and easily as pouches from laminates, company reports. Pouches are said to provide longer shelf life and better barrier protection for the food, pharmaceutical, medical, and cosmetic industries. ...

The RFID Buzz Gets Louder

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2005, ... then proceeds to a converter for use in a lamination. The laminate goes to a supplier who makes a package and fills it with product. With entry of the proper records into the data embedded in the chip, ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2005, ... was tight. On the positive side, there has been extraordinary movement this year in the field of RFID tags in a self-adhesive laminate. This enormous niche market opportunity for the self-adhesive label ...

Spellbound

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October 30, 2005, ... category. This label is printed on both sides of an opaque white film laminate. The high-color graphics image had to be visible from inside the bottle while providing copy on the back label with additional ...

Measuring Force

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October 30, 2005, Learn what adhesion is, how it is measured, what a test really measures relative to the true adhesion between two surfaces, how adhesion affects the performance of the final laminated or multilayer product, ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

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October 30, 2005, ... coater. Handle web widths of 18 or 36 in. to 3,000 fpm with tension range of 0.25–200 PLI. Can laminate in the wet or dry bond configuration. Film trials to 60 in. wide. Brampton Engineering 8031 ...

Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?

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October 30, 2005, ... laminate, and finally, by the apparent process/packaging waste—the used release liner. Take away the release liner, it is argued, and you can get up to 50% more labels on each roll, which not only saves ...

Siliconizing: Challenging the Status Quo

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October 30, 2005, ... single- and double-sided self-adhesive tapes; self-adhesive graphic arts films (including thermally cured silicone with aqueous acrylic adhesives); and “clear-on-clear” laminates with film liner using ...

Low-Cost Paper Applications

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October 30, 2005, ... worth looking at, due to their very attractive pricing, for thin paper release liners such as envelope liners or hygiene products. However, for demanding applications such as label laminate, SC and MG ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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September 29, 2005, ... foil and the unrivalled barrier and cost efficiency of foil laminates are not surpassed by any other material. Looking at modern packaging, the focus is not simply on laminate properties. The entire ...

First Glance

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September 29, 2005, ... they’re all “green”). Shiny & Strong Carton manufacturer Oracle Packaging joined forces with Filmtech, a metallized film producer, to develop a new laminated board product for the beverage carrier ...