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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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.

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...

Starlinger acquires Woven Packaging Division from Windmöller & Hölscher

(News | New Products)

November 20, 2024, ... “W&H Machinery GmbH” which specialises in woven packaging. With this acquisition, Starlinger further strengthens its position as world-leading supplier of machinery for woven plastic packaging. The ...

ARC Honors Award Winners at R2R Conference USA

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2024, ... designed to be recycled in the NexTrex Recycling Program at store drop-off locations throughout the United States. Trex upcycles approximately 450 million pounds of plastic film, bags and wraps annually ...

Merging Innovation and Sustainability in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

November 03, 2024, ... has emerged as a cornerstone of innovation, revolutionizing the way products are stored, transported and presented to consumers. Leveraging materials such as plastic, film, paper and aluminum foil, flexible ...

Charter Next Generation Showcases Advanced Materials at Pack Expo 2024, Driving Sustainability and Operational Excellence

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2024, ... natural properties to create packaging solutions that will break down easily and offer a biobased alternative to traditional plastics. Sway materials are highly versatile, with applications spanning industries ...

Signode Unveils New Transit Packaging Innovations and Integrated Automation Solutions at PACK EXPO International 2024

(News | New Products)

October 23, 2024, ... systems that align with the evolving challenges facing today’s manufacturers.” New Innovative Products Highlights at PACK EXPO Signode will debut several new innovations in its portfolio of plastic ...