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- DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Announces Price Increase
- (News | New Products)
- February 10, 2010, ... This increase will take effect March 1, 2010. According to DuPont, raw materials continue to escalate as well as energy and transportation costs, necessitating the need for these increases. Specific ...
- Nonwovens Converting: H1N1 Antidote
- (Substrates)
- January 31, 2010, ... the world's most dangerous environments, such as chemical factories, military bases, nuclear plants, and hazardous materials (HAZMAT) companies. Kappler's research and development program has produced ...
- Flex-Pack = Opportunity
- (Extrusion Coating)
- January 31, 2010, With nearly 11% of the North American market for extrusion-coated/laminated materials on a weight basis and 21.5% on an area basis flexible packaging See Coating & Laminating Contract Services Directory ...
- Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges
- (Coatings)
- January 31, 2010, ... Also, the raw materials for these products may be expensive, and thinner coatings reduce the amount used, thereby lowering costs. The thinner layers can give performance advantages. More functionality ...
- Paper or Plastic?
- (Archive)
- November 30, 2009, ... release liner market are said to be the declining costs of materials; the need for shorter lead times; the crisis in the automotive industry; financial stability of companies in the supply chain; competitive ...
- Expo News Raises Eyebrows
- (Editorial)
- November 30, 2009, ... raised some eyebrows — as the year draws to a close, but I have to wonder if it comes as the result of needed changes that had been delayed too long. First, the biennial Converting Machinery/Materials ...
- Do It Yourself
- (Adhesives)
- November 30, 2009, ... free-market and government-driven forces that are compelling both suppliers and converters to focus as much on compliance as performance. “We're focusing on materials that more effectively align themselves ...
- Material Has Recycled Content
- (New Products)
- November 30, 2009, UltrosRenu products are a drop-in PVC replacement solution produced with recycled PETG materials. Said to perform with excellent trimming and impact properties UltrosRenu products are a drop-in PVC replacement ...
- Slider Solution for Pouches Has Smaller Footprint
- (News Eclips)
- November 10, 2009, ... clip and flange. Also allows brand owners to meet consumer demand for convenient resealable pouches while providing a visual cue that the package was manufactured using less materials. Said ideal for pouches ...
- FPI Says Green Packaging Trend To Grow in Demand
- (News | New Products)
- November 08, 2009, ... in the foodservice industry but its demand is likely to grow as the national green movement and legislative changes continue to affect the foodservice packaging industry. New alternative materials, such ...
- Critical Trends Face-Off
- (Trends/Management)
- October 31, 2009, ... an increase. Materials Costs | Across the board in 2008, materials costs rose for all sectors most often at a rate of 8%?10% (charts not shown) with Flexible Packaging experiencing only somewhat less ...
- AIMCAL Announces Matteucci Technical Excellence Awards
- (News | New Products)
- October 21, 2009, ... of the John Matteucci Technical Excellence Awards. Winner of the Vacuum Web Coating award went to Peter Saur of Applied Materials for his presentation on “Advanced TCO Layers for Flexible Electronic ...
- New Roles for Converters
- (Archive)
- September 30, 2009, ... manufactured based on a sheet process. This sheet process can be expensive, and it is not versatile because it restricts product performance by limiting materials that can be used to obtain the desired ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- September 30, 2009, ... | www.purgexonline.com Circle 405 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Dispense Tacky Materials Model 775 spool dispensing valve reportedly handles tacky materials with ease. Features an adjustable ...
- Secrets Uncovered at TLMI's Get Smart Technical Conferenc
- (News | New Products)
- September 24, 2009, ... maximizing profits, selecting label materials, and more. It's not surprising that sessions in digital printing and printed electronics also were on the agenda. In a session on Process Technology Comparisons ...
- Iowa State Developing Bioplastics Software
- (News | New Products)
- September 16, 2009, ... of data, this software takes a simpler approach and only considers the direct energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, costs of raw materials and processing." Grewell chairs Iowa State's Biopolymers ...
- Experience Speaks: Wayne Etchells
- (Experience Speaks)
- August 31, 2009, ... cannot do the work to the customers' specifications. What keeps you up at night? Constantly increasing costs in all aspects of the business, from raw materials to packaging supplies to health insurance. ...
- Iowa State Develops Bioplastics Software
- (News Clips Archive)
- August 31, 2009, ... sort of analysis require the collection of an enormous amount of data, this software takes a simpler approach and only considers the direct energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, costs of raw materials, ...
- Narrow Web & Label Reporter
- (Narrow Web)
- August 31, 2009, ... robots. Now injection molders and their customers can purchase the labeling materials throughout the world, offering significant improvements with respect to purchasing costs and delivery times. Transfer ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... extrusion through to printing, laminating, and converting. Users can construct custom or stock product specifications, including raw materials, run and scrap rates, and labor and overhead costs. Capable ...