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August 26, 2002, ...  April 1972 Dow Chemical launches coextrusion licensing program. "Nonexclusive licenses to practice the 'feed block' method of coextruding multilayered film and sheet are available. Johnson Plastics Machinery ...

Converter's Niche: Innovatio

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July 31, 2002, ... consumer-friendly, reclosable systems do not extend only to flexible film packaging but also to semi-rigid trays sealed with a film. Multilayer films have been developed for this purpose. Once the pack ...

Every Trick in the Book

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March 31, 2002, ... colorant comprises micron-sized, multilayer, thin-film flakes of magnesium fluoride and aluminum. Precisely controlled layer thickness and surface geometry impart a high specular, or mirror-like, finish ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

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February 28, 2002, ... liners: polyester polystyrene high-density polyethylene low-density polyethylene polypropylene   In addition, multilayer films based on the preceding polymers and various copolymers are ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... In Multilayer Blown Film,” a two-part paper by Barry A. Morris, duPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, “Improved High Molecular Weight HDPE Films Via Coextrusion” by Leonard Cribbs, Equistar Chemicals, ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... paper napkin designed to cling to the user's lap instead of falling on the floor. The patented No Slide Lap-Cling Paper Napkin is a multilayered napkin with an absorbent top and bottom layer and a moisture-resistant ...

Materials

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April 30, 2001, ... resin for use in extruding multilayer blown and cast film. The LLDPE component is said to provide heat resistance, clarity, and toughness. When used in PE/barrier film, product reportedly provides higher ...

Critical Payloads to Benefit from Thermal Package

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March 31, 2001, ... also picked up AIMCAL's Technology of the Year award for the Mylar multilayer film used in the construction of Minnetonka, MN-based Advantek Inc.'s Vaculok thermal packaging system. For more information ...

Materials

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March 30, 2001, ... Performance Equistar Chemicals LP, Houston, TX; 713/652-7300 Plexar PX3236 is described as a low-cost, high-performance, anhydride-modified, LLDPE tie-layer resin for use in extruding multilayer blown ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... a Variety of Multilayers Davis-Standard (Er-We-Pa), Pawcatuck, CT; 860/599-1010 The lamella-feedblock reportedly is ideal for the production of coextruded multilayer structures in flat film coextrusion. ...

Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

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February 28, 2001, ... Quality/technical manager Berend Claus sums up, “Our production capabilities facilitate complex structures ranging from thin materials to multilayer, thicker constructions for a wide variety of products. ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ...  commercially feasible because of low yields and high expense," says McMahon. "Besides, we've got a better idea." His company's product is a multilayer film called Barix. McMahon explains: "To make it, w ...

Polyester Film Sourcing: Tips to Improve the Bottom Line

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November 30, 2000, ... or multilayered films can be manufactured to create a custom-designed film for many packaging grades that require different characteristics for each layer. Where to Go Today's global marketplace ...

Pouchmaking Equipment Adapts as Materials Advance

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November 30, 2000, The materials used to make pouches are changing. We are seeing specialty films that are thinner, stretchier, multilayered. While multiple thin layers The materials used to make pouches are changing. We ...

Digital Products for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... three direct digital mask-removal processes, including removal from photo- polymer, enabling plate processing for printing and embossing forms; removal from metal, enabling multilayer, high-resolution ...

Materials

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September 30, 2000, ... oxygen inside plastic packages, reportedly preserving freshness and extending shelf life by reducing the oxygen from headspace, package, and food. Can be incorporated into multilayer barrier food packaging ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

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August 31, 2000, ... rapidly expanded to low-density polyethylene (LDPE), OPP, and multilayer barrier film manufacture (1992). Today, Chemosvit is a privately owned holding company with 18 individual subsidiaries ranging ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... on "The Latest Technologies for Manufacturing Monolayer and Multilayer PET Preforms"; Jim Schneider of AET Films USA for "Innovations and Applications of Barrier and Metallized OPP Films"; Jason Kim of EVALCA ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

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May 31, 2000, ... by Black Clawson, both installed several years ago. The first Black Clawson line was upgraded in the mid-90s with two Cloeren internally deckled multilayer dies and feedblocks. Other upgrades to the line ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

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March 31, 2000, ... in multilayers on paper. "We're looking into more exotic resin structures to replace traditional polymers. This could be beneficial in terms of reduced coating weights and improved sealing strengths."  ...