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First Canadian Installation of KODAK FLEXCEL NX Digital Flexo System

(News | New Products)

September 16, 2008, ... Imaging Technology. Because the Thermal Imaging Layer is laminated directly to the plate, there reportedly is no issue with oxygen attack, enabling the formation of stable, full amplitude, flat top ...

Kodak Digital System Receives PIA/GATF InterTech Technology Award

(News | New Products)

August 21, 2008, ... Imaging Layer that is laminated directly to the plate, eliminating issues with oxygen attack and enabling the formation of stable, full amplitude, flat top dots on the plate. This dot structure reportedly ...

Sustainable Packaging for Specialty Meat

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... oxygen is immediately removed to preserve freshness, a critical step in the packaging process. At the same time, a layer of film locks in the container's controlled atmosphere. The container also features ...

Materials/Substrates: Custom Fit

(Substrates)

May 31, 2008, ... board has a shiny, metallic look achieved by applying a metallized BOPP on top of the board. Aluminum foil on the reverse side, the company reports, provides excellent barrier against humidity, oxygen, ...

Drying Part 3: Paste Inks

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 31, 2008, This column will review the two primary drying methods of paste inks. Oil-Based Inks The main application of oil-based inks is in litho printing, primarily This column will review the two primary drying ...

Toray Plastics to Lead Toray Industries' Expansion in Europe

(Archive)

March 02, 2008, ... continue to bring new value-added high oxygen barrier and high moisture barrier film advancements to TFE as it develops them. Toray Industries expects to invest approximately $100 million in the project. ...

Melamine Revisited

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... coatings, has self-healing properties, and retains its oxygen barrier properties in very high temperatures and humidities. Its oxygen barrier values compare with, and sometimes exceed, those achieved with ...

Functional Coatings Innovation from DSM

(Flexpack)

November 08, 2007, Stamicarbon BV (DSM Licensing Center) has launched Symphase Technology, an patented process for the creation of transparent oxygen barrier layers based on the vapor depostion of melamine. This technology ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... Sells OS Business DUNCAN, SC | Sealed Air Corp. has acquired Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.’s oxygen scavenging (OS) business, including production assets, patents, and other intellectual properties for ...

A Smarter Future for Labels

(Tapes)

August 31, 2007, ... least can stop the products from deteriorating before use. Labels, for example, that are oxygen- or ethylene-scavenging; moisture- or odor-absorbing; and those that are freshness, microbial growth, or ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ... as softening or toughening of a food product. Softening can frequently result from the activity of various endogenous enzymes found in certain food products. The oxygen barrier properties of the packaging ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... barrier lidding materials have good oxygen barrier properties, die cutting, print and seal peel properties. Since foil based lidding materials have poor abuse resistance and are hampered by metal detection ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... in use for many years. Reductions in oxygen transmission rates of approximately 70-75% for both latex materials and resins have been achieved. These allow flexible packaging converters the ability to offer ...

New Product Digest

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... 423 Test OTR in Many Applications PBI-Dansensor America, Glen Rock, NJ; 201/251-6490; www.pbi-dansensor.us Lyssy OPT-5000 oxygen transmission rate permeability tester is said to be sensitive and ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... structure, while the metallization (performed by Celplast) and the EVOH in the sealant layer provide the required oxygen barrier. Strength Under Water A technical award in the label, retail category, ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... (America), North Kingstown, RI; 401/294-4511; www.torayfilms.com Torayfan PC5 and PWX5 ultra-high-barrier, metallized PP films offer 10x the oxygen barrier of metallized films from previous generations, ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... Other additives to include oxygen scavengers may sometimes improve the barrier. The leading “old” high barrier resins are still preferrable in packaging applications. Recent improvements in EVOH — thermal ...

Product Protection

(Technical Reports)

February 28, 2007, ... are more sensitive to moisture and oxygen than the fats they replace. This means if the packaging for the reformulated product does not have better moisture vapor- and oxygen-barrier properties than the ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... ACGIH safety guidelines for UV exposure. PFFC-ASAP 403 Measure Oxygen and Leak Rate Mocon, Minneapolis, MN; 763/493-6370; mocon.com The bench-top Pak Check Model 840 Package Integrity Test ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

February 27, 2007, ... the metallization (performed by Celplast) and the EVOH in the sealant layer provide the required oxygen barrier. Moisture Hangup Vacumet won a second technical award, this time in the nonfood category, ...