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HOW TO: Know What to Look for When Purchasing a Corona Treater

(HOW TO Guide)

November 15, 2020, ... have the correct balance of voltage and oxygen to create a smooth, high power corona field.  Some things to look for that may hint your corona treater is not performing as it should include: Corona ...

Exploring New Options in More Sustainable Packaging Formulations

(News | New Products)

August 30, 2020, ... which are extruded into films and applied directly onto paper, are used as oxygen and moisture barriers. PVDC is often applied in a very thin coating and is difficult to break down for repulping. Innovative, ...

Terphane Barrier Films Improve Shelf Life

(News | New Products)

July 29, 2020, ... film. Terphane’s barrier films, whether clear, white or metallized, guard against oxygen, water vapor, and light. With over 20 years of metallized film experience, Terphane has reportedly developed a ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... the actual breaking-down process. Degradable: Degradable plastics are oil-based and break down through chemical reactions, so they can degrade in an anaerobic (non-oxygenated) environment into water, ...

Beyond the Roll: Dry Ice Blasting for Maintenance and Cleaning

(Web Handling)

June 24, 2020, ... will replace the oxygen in an enclosed space with carbon dioxide. Either extra air ventilation or wearing a supplied air respirator system will solve this problem. I already own a sand (or soda) blaster ...

Gutfried Organic Chicken Meat Sausage in Innovative Packaging

(News | New Products)

June 17, 2020, ... for BASF's polyamide business in Europe, adds: "Plastic products made of chemically recycled material can be recycled again after use without impacting the quality". "If the material and thus the oxygen ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... the actual breaking-down process. Degradable: Degradable plastics are oil-based and break down through chemical reactions, so they can degrade in an anaerobic (non-oxygenated) environment into water, ...

Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, ... ink migration, glass can also play a key role in extending shelf life and reducing food waste. Other brand owners turn to converters for flexible packaging to optimize shelf life. Oxygen barrier coatings, ...

Metallized Packaging Advancements From Terphane

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2020, ...  “Metallized polyester films provide excellent barrier to moisture and oxygen. All Terphane metallized polyester films are thoroughly tested on the line, and these tests verify that our films meet stringent ...

Competitive Advantages in Cold Seal Application with ISRA Technology

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2020, ... impermeable to high moisture levels, oxygen and aromas. The films are also printed according to customer needs.  High demands on inspection The company has been using various print inspection systems ...

Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?

(Flexpack)

March 02, 2020, ... to plastic is difficult, particularly for food packaging, for which high barrier protection against oxygen and water is an absolute must. Any alternative needs to have similar properties in terms of preservation ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... has excellent moisture and oxygen barrier that can go through the store drop-off PE recycle stream. The film can be surface printed or used as a component in a lamination, according to PMMI’s winner profiles. ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... food packages are others. Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) extends the shelf life of fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, poultry and dairy in the presence of oxygen. Flexible packaging can offer the ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... polypropylene, polyethylene). Multi polymer materials used in flexible packaging are sophisticated formulas, adept at protecting food (for example) from oxygen, water and so on. But mixing polymers makes ...

Innovia and Wildcorn Develop a Fully Recyclable and Sustainable Pack

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2019, ... oils and oxygen even at high relative humidity levels ensuring increased shelf life and reduced food waste. It is glossy, is food contact compliant and chlorine free.  The film is suitable for use in a ...

Avery Dennison Expands Rapid Roll Portfolio, Adds Stand Up Pouch, UV-Blocking Shrink Film

(News | New Products)

August 15, 2019, ... This material offers toughness, heat resistance, and provides a superior barrier to moisture, oxygen and light. “Compared to many other formats, Stand Up Pouches use less material, weigh less and lend ...

Innovia’s Strata Film Awarded “Made for Recycling” Quality Seal

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2019, ...  Propafilm Strata SL provides an effective barrier to aroma, mineral oils and oxygen even at high relative humidity levels ensuring increased shelf life and reduced food waste. It is glossy, is food contact ...

Corona and Plasma – The Different worlds of Surface Treatment

(Surface Prep)

July 03, 2019, ... oxygen molecules that appear only at the end of each chain.  It means that the liquid ‘beads-up’ because it is not wetting out properly.  This is what Verner Eisby realised and set about creating a method ...

TC Transcontinental Packaging Steals the Show for Sustainable Packaging at the 2019 PAC Canadian Leadership Awards

(News | New Products)

June 19, 2019, ... than the previous package allowing a better protection level to keep oxygen at bay and maintain product freshness. The other element to support freshness of the product was the zipper technology. The Fresh-Lock® ...

AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... (Noida, India). The F-TBF-M metallized, ultra-thin and ultra-high-yield biaxially oriented polyethylene therephthalate film offers a high barrier to oxygen and water vapor transmission and potential for ...