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Valmet Awarded $5 MIL (US) Dubai Polyfilm Contract

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2002, ... vacuum metallizers. Valmet says the order follows Dubai Polyfilm's substantial investment in a new plastic film production line, the third film line to be installed at the converting operation, "to meet ...

Redefining Plasticizers in Inks and Coatings

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July 30, 2002, The dictionary defines plasticizers as any of various substances added to plastics or other materials to keep them soft or pliable. For the purpose of The dictionary defines plasticizers as “any of various ...

Flex-Pack Giant Bemis to Buy DuPont Shrink Film Biz

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June 19, 2002, DuPont reports it has reached an agreement to sell its global Clysar shrink film business and manufacturing assets to Bemis Company, Inc. WILMINGTON, DE, USA—DuPont reports it has reached an agreement ...

SUBSTRATES REPORT: From Resins to Finished Product - Oil, Gas, Resin, Film

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June 30, 2001, ... for the petrochemical and plastics manufacturing businesses. When you crack ethylene, you also end up with other by-products or co-products of the process. One of those co-products is propylene, which ...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

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April 30, 2001, From fake flowers to hygienic-paper packaging, Germany's Böhme family has been in plastics for nearly 50 years. For almost as long, the company has linked its print quality to Fischer & Krecke presses. ...

Film Extrusion Committee News

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November 30, 2000, ... I. Butler of Dow Plastics for a presentation on Gel Troubleshooting. An expanded summary of Roisum's paper appears in this issue of "the PLACE." Amy B. Hitchcock of Eastman Chemical Co. won the Best Session ...

Synthetic Paper from Plastics

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September 30, 2000, ... low cost, and versatile processing possibilities of the polymers. Earlier work has described the process of making synthetic paper from plastics. This includes high loading with fillers. Plastic bags ...

Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

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September 30, 2000, ... looking to use plastics-processing technology to match paper industry standards. If you are aiming to do everything that paper does well, reel quality has to be the same as in the paper industry, and if ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... "A lot of those products are being made by companies that buy their paper packaging from us but purchase polyethylene and other plastic materials from other suppliers for their consumer product line."  ...

It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, When I was in college, one of my classmates who lived in my dorm tried heating a pot pie on a plastic plate in the oven. Needless to say, the oven and When I was in college, one of my classmates who lived ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

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May 31, 2000, ... done at the Phillips Plastics Technical Center (PTC) at the Phillips Petroleum headquarters. Ellenbogen describes the facility as "a first-class operation. It has actual production equipment to test the ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... a thin layer of glass onto a flexible plastic film. The process has been expanded to include not only silicon oxides but also aluminum oxides and mixed oxides. The deposition technologies used to coat ...

In-mold labels: film is today's hot development

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June 30, 1996, ... concept. The lack of a ridge at the edge of a label on a plastic container is a certain sign that the package is sporting an in-mold label. In-mold labels have replaced glued labels, heat transfer labels, ...

European equity supplier acquires plastics division

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February 29, 1996, NatWest Ventures announced the acquisition of three companies comprising the core of the Plastics Laminate Div. of Laporte PLC for $27 million.The companies NatWest Ventures announced the acquisition of ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

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April 30, 1995, ... directed at the rigid plastics industry m states like California, Oregon, Wisconsin and Florida. The laws and implementation dates vary, but packagers in those states are already scrambling to produce ...

Pharmaceutical films designed for protection

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February 28, 1995, Two pharmaceutical grades of fluoropolymer film are available for barrier protection from Allied Signal Plastics, Morristown, NJ.Allied Signal has introduced Two pharmaceutical grades of fluoropolymer ...

French plastic bag imports continue to outpace exports.

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January 31, 1995, French imports of polyethylene bags are much higher than the exports of this product, according to Packaging in France, Pira International's market report.The French imports of polyethylene bags are much ...

German company develops recovery concept for plastics

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December 31, 1994, A German company has reported developments in the use of gasification in the chemical recycling of plastics waste.According to Rheinbraun AG, Koln, Germany, A German company has reported developments in ...

S-OneLP Products Win Commercial Success in Degradability Innovation Award

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2025, ... plastics have the same result. RadTech reports, “An estimated 9% of the world’s plastic waste results in being recycled.” Research and development along with packaging technology are paramount in the design ...

Expo Unites Material Converters, Suppliers and Manufacturers

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

May 04, 2025, Now in its 18th year, Converters Expo is a one-day expo in the heart of the nation's largest converting corridor that aims to bring together converters of paper, film, plastics and nonwovens Now ...