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Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... Processing” by Mark Brown, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., “Employing Styrene-Butadiene Copolymers In Modified Atmosphere Packaging” by Roland M. Planeta, Barrier Films Corp., “Fundamentals Of Styrene-Butadiene ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... vinyl alcohol resins in modified atmosphere packaging for fresh meat, and coextrudable tie resins. A session on “Additives Basics” will offer papers covering colorants, metal stearates, and UV stabilizers. ...

The Amcor Story Continues

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March 31, 2001, ... vinyl alcohol, the Ghent facility manufactures flex-pack for many modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) applications using EVOH as a barrier replacing aluminum foil and PVDC. Representative constructions ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... Films Buys Varex from W&H SPARKS, NV, USA—Barrier Films specializes in the production of food packaging films serving the fresh produce industry, meat, cheese, and other modified-atmosphere applications. ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, ... other factors such as flexibility and better graphics also will be important. Technological advances encompass controlled-atmosphere and modified-atmosphere packaging (CAP/MAP), which result in a much ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... film is less coarse than foil yet provides adequate barrier properties and smooth, glossy surface for visual appeal. Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP): process of packaging food in which oxygen ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... in an overwrap, now you're seeing things like breasts and drumsticks packaged in modified atmosphere packaging, and they are being packed separately. It won't be very long -- and I'm talking in the next three ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ... end packages be vertical form-filled, or cold-sealed, or is the converter going to put a zipper onto it?" Machine Considerations The machines that produce these high-tech films have been modified and ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... lb/yr. The applications include lidding stocks for modified atmosphere packages (MAP), MAP meat packaging, dried soup pouches, pharmaceuticals, and chocolates. "Buss" brand retortable ready-meal trays containing ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... materials, and services. The paper presented at RadTech 96 utilized a modified "Delphi" technique with the input of more than 30 industry participants who shared an update of their experience during ...

A look at the world of German Packaging today.

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March 31, 1996, ... and packaging, and I saw MAP (modified atmosphere packaged) units of sliced liverwurst and bologna in thermoformed trays, many vacuum skin packages of wursts, and superbly decorated, coextruded, "multivac"-style ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... that represent advancements in modified atmosphere applications, source reduction, packaging system innovation, product protection, and ease of use. For the first time since the competition began in 1956, ...

Fresh produce offers converters opportunities for healthy sales

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December 31, 1995, ... firm, then a 40-year-old Salinas produce company, acquired Trans Fresh, a one-time Whirlpool unit that was experimenting with controlled and modified atmosphere packaging. Twelve years later Bruce Church ...

Strong growth predicted for flex-pack industry

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March 31, 1995, ... followed by the drug market with 43%. Technology is the driving force behind many of these growth markets, particularly the application of modified anti controlled atmosphere packaging. On the issue ...