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Biodegradable Polymers Report

(Archive)

May 27, 2006, Biodegradable polymers have experienced strong growth over the last three years and will make further progress into markets traditionally dominated by conventional thermoplastics, according to the "Biodegradable ...

Metallizing Makeover

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, Celplast reinvents its business model to focus on value-added specialty films. Metallized Films Located 30 minutes from Toronto’s bustling Pearson Intl. Airport is the headquarters and production facility ...

Global Giants

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2006, ... idea of producing plastic bags instead of wire and plastic packaging for the pest industry. The company, which started with eight employees, has developed into a 3,000-employee firm with production ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... a range of products including PC boards, medical instruments, and consumer items. The packaging typically includes a plastic or foil barrier bag, desiccant packs, and a humidity indicator card featuring ...

2004 RFID What's New

(Archive)

February 26, 2006, ... to print plastic transistors using a semiconductive ink, paving the way for flexible displays and low-cost RFID chips. Other companies are working on ways to print chips using ink jet printing technology ...

Paper's Prospect

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... foods as well as in fast-food outlets; the increasing use of portion packs and “high-tech” packaging for luxury items; the replacement of cans and glass with cartons and plastic containers; and the popularity ...

Mountain Valley Adds Recycling Capacity

(Archive)

December 14, 2005, ... capacity to over 70 million pounds per year. To meet demand, the site selection and qualification process is underway to open three additional plastic film recycling facilities by the end of 2007. The ...

Spellbound

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... the product’s light blue plastic containers, the company reports. Getting the Blues The Labatt Bleue Cold One Can Sleeve entry, submitted by Multi-Color Corp., Cincinnati, OH, takes first place ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... industrial Services: coating (thermoplastic elastomer film and sheet extrusion) Substrates: film (1.0–10 mil), paper (20#–100#), nonwovens Coating processes:: coextrusion, extrusion ISO certified  ...

Collaboration is Key

(Archive)

October 30, 2005, Haremar Plastic Mfg. Ltd. has established long-standing and mutually beneficial relationships with key suppliers, most notably Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering and Dow Plastics. Web Exclusive Mark ...

Illustrated Glossary of Printing Now Available

(Archive)

October 22, 2005, ... as labels, displays, corrugated and folding cartons, flexible packaging, rigid containers (plastics and paperboard), bags, pouches, and multiwall sacks. Terms are arranged in alphabetical order, with ...

Seafood is Served

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, Covering a wide spectrum of applications from labels to lidding and from packaging to POP displays, today’s new materials deliver problem-solving technology to meet your needs. New Materials Microwave ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ...  Proofer with UV Aids Pilot Plant KWH Plast, a Finnish manufacturer of calendered and coextruded plastic foils and films, has a pilot plant that provides the company with the ability to develop specialized ...

Mastering RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, ... inks adhere to plastic base materials such as PET and PP, corona or plasma treatment is required. While such treatment is necessary, there is increased propensity for electrostatic charging of the film. ...

Pouch vs. Bottle

(Flexpack)

July 30, 2005, ... unique product developments is a motor oil pouch equipped with a pouring spout filament. As with other flexible packaging, the pouch is easy to dispose of and contributes 70% less plastic to the waste ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... plastic blister pack containing tablets. The package can be opened and closed easily without damaging the blister pack inside and has the durability to be run on high-speed packaging lines. The exterior ...

"Small Guy" Equipped for Mega Growt

(Archive)

May 30, 2005, Dave Clarke, VP and general manager of Mega Plastics, a Clinton, MS-based converter of plastic bags and film for industrial packaging, refers to the nine-year-old company as one of the "smaller guys" in ...

One Stop Shop

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2005, ... is the largest supplier of PET, OPP, CPP, and metallized films in India. The firm starts with the fully integrated manufacturing facility of PET chips and produces a wide range of plastic films that find ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, News from: Pliant Corp., Ceramis, Poly Print, Godiva Chocolatier, Tyco Plastics, CPFilms, Freedonia Group, CMM, CPP Expo, Comexi, Black Clawson, Universal Converting Equipment, PPA, SVC, SGIA, and Bobst. ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, New products from: VonSon Liquid Inks, Ashland, Scapa North America, ADM Tronics, Rock-Tenn, Day Intl., Environmental Inks and Coatings, FLEXcon, Toray Plastics (America), and Rogers. Substrates, Inks, ...