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Readers Choice: Top 11 New Products of 2012

(Coatings)

January 01, 2013, ... packaging. Said to resist moisture and oxygen from penetrating a clear package structure, resulting in fresher and healthier food with improved shelf life. Company says technology has environmental benefits ...

MonoSol Films Make Edible Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

September 06, 2012, Pouches made with Vivos Edible Delivery Systems films from MonoSol are edible, transparent, and said to offer good oxygen barrier   MERRILLVILLE, IN | MonoSol,, supplier of specialty water-soluble, ...

Coating | The Movement Toward Thinner Films and Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2012, ... layers with individual attributes are combined to make a higher-performing film—a thin layer on one side of the film is used to provide a barrier to oxygen and moisture and protect the product, while another ...

MOCON’s System Tests Pharma Packaging

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

March 04, 2012, Non-invasive OpTech—02 system analyzes thermoformed blister packaging by using light to test the amount of oxygen present   MINNEAPOLIS, MN | MOCON announces new capability for its OpTech–O2 system. ...

In-Mold Labels | How To Start an IML Project

(Label/Tape)

February 27, 2012, ... a success. Our recent innovations, such as Metallic IML labels and IML with light or oxygen barrier are getting a lot of interest from the market.” If you are looking for IML at NPE 2012, make sure you ...

Kabra Gloucester (India) JV Unveils KAGE 5-Layer Film Line

(Flexpack News)

November 01, 2011, ... claimed to not only meet government shipping standards, but it is said to improve the shelf life of the oil, protecting it against oxygen and moisture, and ensuring its cleanliness. Adam Blumenthal, ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... and peg-display pouches. Replacing metallized oriented polypropylene (OPP) to reduce a three-ply structure to two plies, Cel-Met maintains an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of 4.0 cm3/100 in.2/day and ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... maintains an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of 4.0 cm3/100 in.2/day and a water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of 0.08 g/100 in.2/day. The O2 Barrier sealant replaces metallized PET to convert a three-ply ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ...  With polymer-based packaging substrates, corona treatment excels at activating these surfaces by disassociating the oxygen molecules within the air ionizing discharge to free atomic oxygen (O) to bond ...

Mocon Installs Permeation Units at High-Altitude Tibetan Lab

(Controls News)

January 10, 2011, Mocon, Inc. recently installed oxygen and water vapor permeation units in a Lhasa, Tibet, pharmaceutical testing laboratory. Located at 11,450 ft, the 2-mile+, above sea-level location, represents Mocon’s ...

Materials Substrates: Building Blocks

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... Based on Clearfoil barrier-coated PET, plus an aggressive sealant, structure enables high-speed sealing. Oxygen barriers available to 0.0008 cc/100 in.2/24 hr, and moisture barrier properties to 0.0008 ...

Coating Aids Shelf Life

(Coatings)

October 31, 2010, R-2462 water-based coating allows converters to achieve oxygen barrier properties on films and papers that extend the shelf life of products. When applied R-2462 water-based coating allows converters to ...

Response to PET Shortage

(Yo's Yarns)

September 12, 2010, ... product manager, Torayfan Div., ““CPGs and converters are discovering that PC3 film is fit for use in metallized PET and foil applications owing to its superior moisture barrier and improved oxygen barrier, ...

You Get what You Pay For, or Caveat Emptor.

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 15, 2010, ... that happen when the EVOH layer is reduced by 60%. The obvious is that oxygen transmission increases (gets worse) due to a thinner layer. This means that extruder screw speed is 60% less, which means that ...

Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... & Tear bag, which combines the superior shrink, toughness, and oxygen barrier properties of a traditional vacuum shrink bag with the addition of an easy-open feature. A user simply grabs the package and ...

Toray Plastics Announces Commercialization of European Plant

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2010, ... Plastics (America), Inc., assumed a leadership role in TFE’s expansion into packaging film, driving the development and commercialization of Torayfan metallized heat-sealable and nonsealable high-oxygen-barrier ...

Plants for Pretzels

(First Glance)

April 30, 2010, ... a year of R&D, Clear Lam replaced conventional petroleum-based plastics with material derived primarily from renewable Ingeo PLA from NatureWorks. To create the appropriate oxygen- and moisture-barrier ...

Mocon-Certified Mumbai Testing Lab Earns Independent Certification

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2010, ... under the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard for oxygen and water vapor permeation testing of plastic barrier materials. The government of India has authorized NABL as the accreditation body for testing and ...

Davis-Standard Chinaplas Exhibit To Offer Expert Advise

(News | New Products)

April 08, 2010, ... extrusion capacity without sacrificing output. Other film equipment includes machinery for hygienic, oxygen barrier, optical, medical and CPP films.  Wide fabric coating/laminating machines are engineered ...

Amcor Flexibles Expands Blown Film Capabilities

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2010, ... to develop and manufacture next generation peelable films, oxygen and moisture barrier films, and high-performance forming films,” comments Michael Barr, product manager Americas, Coex & Converted. “In ...