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Inks Keep Getting Smarter

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, ... tremendous benefits to the final package. Advances in recent ink technology include scented inks, microbial and bacterial sensor inks, oxygen sensor inks, and microwave inks for “doneness.” Complementing ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, Effects of machine direction orientation on the moisture and oxygen barrier properties of HMW-PE films, novel high performance collation shrink film, choosing the right cure mechanism for UV curable laminating ...

Stretching Boundaries

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2006, ... into barrier bags for protection from outside oxygen and moisture. According to David Peterson, Plascon president, “It is an honor to offer the quality and innovation of Cryovac’s cook-chill technology. ...

Sigdopack Opens Plant in Latin America

(Archive)

May 21, 2006, Sigdopack has opened a new production plant to produce Capran Medallion and OxyShield BOPA films for Central and South America. PRESS RELEASE MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ—Honeywell has announced that its partner, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, Influence of electron beam on some polymeric substrates used in flexible packaging; polymer processing additives and melt fracture in blown film, die geomotry considerations; adding oxygen barrier to laminating ...

Ready to Roll

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, Inventive materials are serving challenging applications in both wide and narrow web markets. What's new for your product line? New Materials DocuCheck Ghost artificial watermark ...

Metallizing Makeover

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... all Celplast production has continuous on-line monitoring across the web, off-line optical density and roll hardness measurements, and full roll traceability. The lab contains state-of-the-art oxygen ...

Cut With Glass

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... films are valued for their moisture barrier properties and are formed with a nonpolar surface. Polyolefins are wax-like materials with no oxygen or polar species in the polymer. While the wax-like ...

A Communication of the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... means and distributions. Actual composition of the base sheets greatly determined the direction and magnitude of the effects. The highest oxygen and moisture barrier OPP film design out-performed metallized ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... demands while reducing their overall costs in line. Some flexible packaging applications for dry powder, liquid packaging, lidding, and medical /pharmaceutical applications are highly oxygen or moisture ...

MOCON Announces Seminar Series

(Archive)

January 30, 2006, ... at the end. Subjects and dates are as follows. Date Seminar Title and Topics Feb. 8 Oxygen Transmission Rate Testing ASTM D-3985 and F-1307 provide the background for this seminar describing oxygen ...

About Cold Seal Adhesives

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... latex, these ingredients modify the adhesive characteristics of the final product. An antioxidant is a necessary ingredient, since natural rubber is prone to attack by oxygen and will deteriorate rapidly ...

New Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... Points PBI-Dansensor America, Glen Rock, NJ; 201/251-6490; pbi-dansensor.com Lyssy MVTR and oxygen permeation testers validate metallized barrier performance properties prior to material use at both ...

To Serve & Protect

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... Will it be corona treated? Will it be primed? What is the primer? Identify desired barrier properties required from the structure: oxygen (low oxygen transmission rate); moisture (low water vapor transmission ...

Seafood is Served

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... coated board, CPET, PP, HDPE, and HIPS, eliminating the need for different types of films for multiple lidding applications. Offers good moisture and oxygen barrier protection; greater barrier protection ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... offers a UV curing system in which the nitrogen consumption is reduced greatly. A gas seal kit allows an oxygen content in the curing zone down to less than 30 ppm, with nitrogen consumption as low as ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... that requires more hours for complete cure. Additional value systems might include incorporation of an additional barrier to protect against oxygen. This would lead to a complexity reduction in the ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, Calcium carbonates for polyolefin extrusion coating applications, rheology of glass-fiber-filled polypropylene melts, non-invasive oxygen measurement using fluorescence technology and its implacation for ...

Degussa Raises Prices

(Archive)

June 29, 2005, ... derivative products. The increases apply to list and off-list prices and will be a minimum of 5%, depending on the product. In addition, Degussa’s Peroxygen Chemicals business announced today that it ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... include oxygen absorbers, moisture absorbers, and ethanol vapor emitters. Direct incorporation involves blending the agent into the polymer melt or coating the surface of a film using a polymer that acts ...