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Growth Opportunities in the Global BOPP Films Market

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2019, ... Lawn fertilizers, pet food and others will convert from multi-wall bags to laminations that utilize OPP film, also driving growth in this category.  The labels category will generate average growth, ...

DUNMORE Introduces Dura Soft Touch Film for a Multi-Sensory Experience

(News | New Products)

December 03, 2018, ... created Dura Soft Touch Film, a 12 micron soft feel PET film. Common applications include packaging, labels, and metal or plastic finishing applications. Integrating a soft touch feel to a packaging ...

Toray Plastics Features BOPP Packaging Films at Pack Expo

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2018, Toray announces expansions to its BOPP films portfolio at Pack Expo in Chicago. North Kingstown, Rhode Island | Toray Plastics (America), Inc. is featuring its Torayfan® Over-the-Mountain portfolio ...

Filmquest Announces Price Increase

(Film)

October 01, 2018, Company continues to absorb increases in material prices while managing peak demand cycle in PET industry. BOLINGBROOK, IL |  Filmquest Group announces a price increase of $.15/lb on all orders of ...

Toray Advances Lines of Packaging Films

(Film)

August 31, 2018, Improvements made to Torayfan® clear barrier BOPP, Torayfan white BOPP and Lumirror® high barrier PET. North Kingstown, R.I. | Toray Plastics (America), Inc., will feature advancements in three families ...

Filmquest Group Announces Technical Presentation During 2018 PCMC Impact Summit

(News | New Products)

August 09, 2018, Filmquest Group announced they are presenting and sponsoring PCMC’s Impact Summit 2018. BOLINGBROOK, IL – Filmquest Group, an international merchant converter and value-added provider of packaging ...

Filmquest to Raise Prices

(Flexpack)

June 26, 2018, Rising raw materials costs and new trade policies are among the reasons cited by the company for the price increase BOLINGBROOK, IL | John Felinski, president and CEO of Filmquest Group, announces ...

Tekni-Films to Present Paper on Pharma Films

(Flexpack)

June 15, 2018, The paper on liquid drug reservoirs will be offered at the Medical Fluid Bags conference in Germany WAYNE, PA | Tekni-Films, a Tekni-Plex business, will be presenting a paper on Pharmaceutical Films ...

Tekni-Films Barrier Film Suited for Blister Packs

(Flexpack)

May 22, 2018, SBC 240 super-barrier coated thermoformable film is said to offer performance benefits for pharma blister packs WAYNE, PA | Tekni-Films, a Tekni-Plex business, reports the launch of a new super barrier-coated ...

Static Beat | Use Static Splices with Metallized Films

(Static-Beat)

May 21, 2018, ... 1 where the metallized layer will be coated with an adhesive prior to lamination. The BOPP or PET film is wider than the metallized layer so that the edges have no metallized layer. For this product, the ...

Filmquest Appoints Vice President

(Flexpack)

April 10, 2018, Vik Reddy brings an impressive background in film with him as he joins the global supplier of Questar Polyester Films BOLINGBROOK, IL | Filmquest Group, the exclusive global supplier of Questar Polyester ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL ) names winners of its annual Product and Technology of the Year Awards Competitions.     The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters ...

Filmquest Reports Price Increase

(Flexpack)

March 19, 2018, The increase takes place April 1 and covers all of company’s Questar polyester film products BOLINGBROOK, IL | Filmquest announces that effective with shipments on or after April 1, 2018, prices will ...

Flex Films Launches Metallized Polyester

(Flexpack)

February 03, 2018, ... metal adhesion or bond strength of >1200 gram-force/in. Dr. Steven J. Sargeant, GM, technology, at Flex Films (USA), says, “The adhesion of metal on BOPET base film is the sum of chemical and mechanical ...

Tangent Shear Slitting | Reduce Edge Defects in Shrink Sleeve Film

(Slit)

December 04, 2017, ... quality, plastic film has some unique characteristics. Plastic films begin in a liquid state that is cooled to become the final product, whether that is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented or bi-oriented ...

Drytac Launches Anti-Scratch Film

(Flexpack)

December 02, 2017, ... industrial markets, has announced the expansion of its Protac range of films with the introduction of Protac Anti-Scratch Gloss. Company says this 4-mil (100-µ) clear PET laminating film with a scratch-resistant ...

Toray Films Touted as Foil Replacements

(Flexpack)

October 23, 2017, The company’s MET OPP and MET PET films are said to offer converters confidence during uncertainty in the foil market NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports that uncertainty about the ...

Mondi Launches Barrier Films

(Flexpack)

September 28, 2017, Multilayer films, offered in two versions, provide what is said to be a very strong barrier to moisture, scent, and gas VIENNA, AUSTRIA | Mondi Consumer Packaging showed its latest industrial barrier ...

Flex Films Launches Twist Wrap Film

(Flexpack)

August 29, 2017, FLEPET F-WTG-AS BOPET film is said to offer low opacity and high gloss for candy and confectionery packaging DUBAI, UAE | Flex Films, the global film manufacturing arm of Uflex, reports it has has ...

Freedonia Reports on Packaging Films

(Flexpack)

August 21, 2017, PET film is forecast to grow the fastest of all packaging films through 2021, says a new study CLEVELAND, OH | In a new study the Freedonia Group reports that PET film demand in the packaging market ...