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Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2014

(Flexpack)

December 29, 2014, ... stiffness for stand-up display, high transparency for optimum visibility, and outstanding moisture barrier, while providing opportunities for downgauging compared to blown LLDPE or CPP alternatives. Metallyte ...

Tekni-Films Offers High-Barrier Films

(Materials)

November 16, 2014, ... copolymer (COC) for enhanced barrier properties. In addition, Tekni-Films’ heat-sealable pouch/lidding flexible materials have been commercialized in a variety of paper/foil/plastic (PE, LDPE, PET) and ...

Freedonia Report Covers World Polyethylene

(Materials)

November 10, 2014, ... new study from the Freedonia Group, global demand for polyethylene resins—HDPE, LLDPE, and LDPE—will rise 4.0%/yr to 99.6 million metric tons in 2018, valued at $164 billion. Gains will match overall ...

Jindal Films Launches Three Films

(Materials)

June 09, 2014, ... stand-up display, high transparency for optimum visibility, and outstanding moisture barrier, while providing opportunities for downgauging compared to blown LLDPE or CPP alternatives. • Metallyte MM688 ...

Pregis Adds New Line and Facility

(Flexpack)

May 19, 2014, ... custom-built converting line at its Plymouth, IN, manufacturing plant. The new equipment will be used to produce LDPE hybrid cushioning (HC) film used by its AirSpeed Versa brand of protective packaging ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 4

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... guidelines that are applicable to most extrusion coating lines using modern equipment, processing low density polyethylene (LDPE).  Your equipment or materials may require special conditions not covered ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 3

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... that are applicable to most extrusion coating lines using modern equipment, processing low density polyethylene (LDPE).  Your equipment or materials may require special conditions not covered here.  Be ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... that are applicable to most extrusion coating lines using modern equipment, processing low density polyethylene (LDPE).  Your equipment or materials may require special conditions not covered here.  Be ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 08, 2014, ... polyethylene (LDPE).  Your equipment or materials may require special conditions not covered here.  Be sure to consult with your resin supplier, machine supplier or technical experts to ensure that these ...

Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs

(Label/Tape)

May 07, 2014, ... delivering a resultant 7% capacity reduction. Koster expects to see growth in demand in the short term for PE—levelling off thereafter—and forecasts that 2018 demand worldwide for HDPE, LDPE, and LLDPE ...

SAM NA Open House

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 08, 2014, ... PEI primer.  The OPET film was provided by Celplast, and the laminating adhesive was a coextrusion of LDPE next to the primed OPET and a blend of next to the metallized OPET. Figure 3.  Lead Pilot ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... for metallized, light-blocking low-density polyethylene (LDPE) bags for four varieties of potatoes from EarthFresh Farms. Celplast metallizes 1.25- or 1.75-mil LDPE from Tempo Plastics Ltd., Innisfil, ...

K-Show 2013 & Upcoming Extrusion Coating Seminars

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 23, 2013, ... Hardy, Market Development Manager for ExxonMobil in Belgium, the property improvement over traditional LLDPE is impressive.  Burst strength, tear strength, elongation to break, heat seal strength, toughness ...

Single-Serve Pouch Spouts New Design, Safety Cap

(Flexpack)

August 27, 2013, ...  The three ribs on the spout are a critical part of the design, helping the spout to adhere to the LDPE flexible packaging to provide a strong, tight seal. For co-packers, this design provides assurance ...

What's New with Primers, and a visit to old friend

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 17, 2012, ... and coating/adhesives have been thoroughly studied, and standard products & processed have been adapted for them.  By standard, I mean for example, low density polyethylene (LDPE) onto paper, ethylene-vinyl ...

MACtac Introduces Optically Clear Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

September 25, 2012, ... of areas, including: Aggressiveness to HDPE, LDPE and PET Exceptional clarity Improved non-water whitening Outstanding initial tack Direct food contact compliance Tamper evident MACtac ...

Daelim Industrial (Korea) Adds Atlas Slitter

(News | New Products)

August 29, 2012, ... is the country’s biggest producer of resin compounds and many types of plastic extrusions including BOPP, LDPE, and HDPE films for flexible packaging applications and plastic materials for the construction ...

Polymer Industries Adds Davis-Standard Sheet System

(Film Mfg.)

July 09, 2012, ... molecular weight (HMW) high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), pipe-grade HDPE, and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) sheet. Polymer Industries, the fastest growing polyolefin sheet manufacturer ...

Reducing Sealing Failure

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 09, 2012, ... last 11+ days, at which time the test is halted.  In my own experience, I have seen ionomers withstand attack from essential oils in tea packaging for more than a year, while standard LDPE resins fail ...

Eclipse Offers High-Shrink Films

(Label/Tape)

March 12, 2012, ... (OH), sponsored by AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. The three-layer polyolefin shrink films—typically targeted for bottle applications—are composed of LLDPE and cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) from TOPAS Advanced ...