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Pouchmaking: The Big Boost

(Bag Pouch)

February 28, 2011, ... stocks 26 popular sizes of 3-mil nylon-poly vacuum pouches. Now, more than 11 years after the company changed hands, the new owners have taken the once-struggling business to a successful level thanks ...

Adhesive System Is Fast, Versatile

(Adhesives)

November 30, 2010, ... for speed, versatility, and efficiency. Said to allow converters to laminate at up to 1,800 fpm, slit in as few as 6 hr, and PAA decay in as few as 2 days. Adheres to cellophane, nylon, OPP, PET, and high-slip ...

Study Looks at BOPA Capacity

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2010, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UK | The serious overcapacity that has faced the biaxially oriented nylon film (BOPA) industry since 2004 appears to be nearly over, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UK | The serious overcapacity that ...

Special Report: Pressure-Sensitive Labels-Locked & Loaded

(Print)

June 30, 2010, ... into the label adhesive or coated above or below it. In the label face material (paper or film), a catalog of covert options might include two- or three-dimensional, customer-exclusive watermarks; nylon ...

Teaming for Better Bag

(Bag Pouch)

May 31, 2010, ... film, the two companies developed a ½-in.-wide strip said to save time and money and decrease raw material usage. Rollprint's structure is a 2-mil nylon, extrusion coated with 2 mils of its proprietary ...

Slitting Nonwovens: A Slit Decision

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... various densities, thicknesses, and synthetic blends, such as polyester; polypropylene; polyamide nylon 6 and 6,6; acrylic; viscose; polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinyl acetate; modacrylic; and low melt. NWS can ...

Flexpack: Slider Bags

(Flexpack)

May 20, 2010, ... decreases raw material usage.  Rollprint’s structure is a 2-mil nylon extrusion coated with 2 mils of its proprietary Allegro B peelable sealant.  The nylon side offers good puncture strength and toughness, ...

Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 28, 2010, ... that the outer layer of the structure is nylon, which requires a higher temperature than the rest of the structure, and that the die temperature is set at 470?F (243?C) to accommodate the nylon. This is ...

Breaking Boundaries

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... nylon/polyethylene laminated bottom web, which is sealed to coated Tyvek. The package is said to provide improved manufacturing efficiencies twofold. The customer was able to improve sterilization techniques ...

Bagmaking: Cleaning Up on F/F/S

(Substrates)

January 31, 2010, ... packaging hygroscopic (moisture-sensitive) materials such as nylon, ionomer, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), adhesives, and other chemicals and minerals. Executive VP RIcky Gold says that it offers better ...

Celplast Named Exclusive Camvac Distributor for AlOx Barrier PET Films

(News | New Products)

November 18, 2009, ... has produced Camclear since the mid-90s, and the product is widely used in Europe. This product line compliments Celplast’s existing line of clear barrier films, CERAMIS SiOx-coated PET, OPP, and nylon ...

Engineer's Playgroun

(Coating/Laminating Main)

October 31, 2009, ... at speeds up to 5,000 fpm. Products tested at the company's 8,000-sq-ft pilot lab facility include polyester and nylon films; printed, unprinted, and coated films; and such specialty substrates as metallics ...

Bobst Schiavi Press Brings 'New Wave" of Capabilitie

(News | New Products)

October 04, 2009, New Wave Converting, Inc., continues to execute a new growth strategy on the West Coast, with the addition of an eight-color Bobst Schiavi EF 4040 CI gearless sleeve press. FONTANA, CA | New Wave Converting, ...

Experience Speaks: John Felinski

(Experience Speaks)

July 31, 2009, ... IL 60440; 630-226-9800 www.petfilm.com Founded 1996; 2 plants; 60+ employees Specialization | Global merchant converter supplying plain, coated, and metallized PET, nylon, and OPP film What's your ...

Next Generation Films Meets Increased Film Demand

(News Eclips)

July 20, 2009, ... has developed proprietary nylon barrier alternatives that help reduce raw material use while producing three-layer films that are both recyclable and stronger than other five- and seven-layer films. The ...

Home Grown

(Coating/Laminating Main)

June 30, 2009, ... resistant matte with a superior velvet finish. Film products converted by Protect-all include clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylenes (PP), polyethylenes (PE), nylons, foils, barrier ...

Crime Stoppers

(Archive)

June 30, 2009, ... nylon security threads can be incorporated in the package substrate or in the label. Partnered with a range of special reading devices, these measures can provide rock-solid authentication of a branded ...

New Adhesive Achieves Cure, Regulatory Compliance in 3 Days

(Archive)

June 08, 2009, ...  A 48-ga PET/1 mil mLLDPE and a 60-ga Nylon/1 mil mLLDPE laminate have been manufactured with a conventional curing system and the new technology system. The laminated samples were shipped overnight to ...

Stop Tribocharging Your Products

(Static Elimination)

April 30, 2009, ... or “hydrocarbons.” Use these groups to estimate the position of a material that is not listed. Be aware that there are exceptions. For example, nylon is unusually positive compared with other polymers. ...

Sustainability in Today's Econom

(Packaging Converting)

February 28, 2009, ... more examples. How much time and energy was expended in developing a coffee flex-pack using a polylactic acid (PLA) film as a substitute for a nylon layer? This effort toward the development of a sustainable ...