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AIMCAL Honors Technology of the Year, Institutes Sustainability Competition

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2009, ... be apllied to paper or paperboard while UltraLustre is suitable for film or rigid plastics to create a metallized or holographic substrate that conserves materials (with a weight savings of 5% on average ...

Metallized & Vacuum Coated Products Are Credited for Excellence in the AIMCAL Competition

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2009, ... material. Graphic Packaging plants in Portland, Or, and Wausau, WI, performed converting; PET was supplied by DuPont Teijin Films, Hopewell, VA, and the Lawrenceville, GA, plant of Toray Plastics (America); ...

Achieving Bubble-Free Labels

(News Eclips)

March 03, 2009, ... the process and minimize the margin of workforce error. The durable adhesive is said to bond well to low and high surface energy plastics, painted metal, powder-coated paint, polycarbonate, and fiberglass. ...

Sustainability in Today's Econom

(Packaging Converting)

February 28, 2009, ... festival proceedings. The foam packing would seem to offset more than a few of the plastic water bottles festival sponsors hope to eliminate with a new program by the Brita and Nalgene companies, which ...

Narrow Web & Label Products: March 2009

(Label/Tape Main)

February 28, 2009, ... structured adhesive are designed to bond permanently to high and low surface energy plastics, textured and contoured surfaces, powder coatings, and more. Materials feature microchannels throughout the ...

Reader Reaction: Top Ten Products for Converters

(New Products)

February 28, 2009, ...  Static Eliminator Neutralizes Wide Surfaces The 48-in. Super Ion Air Knife neutralizes static electricity while blowing away dust and particulates from printed surfaces, paper, plastic, and 3D shapes. ...

What's New Products: March 200

(Magazine)

February 28, 2009, ... residue, contain little or no VOCs, are shipped in reground plastic buckets, and pigments are without any heavy metals. Reportedly print the same as other water-based flexo inks with the added benefits. ...

Flexible Packaging Wipes Out Waste

(First Glance)

January 31, 2009, New flexible packaging for cleaning wipes from Method Products offers a 60% reduction in plastic compared to the canisters Wipes Out Waste New flexible packaging for cleaning wipes from Method Products, ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... shrink sleeves, in-mold labeled plastic tubs, and most importantly, with molded and extruded pouches, sachets, tubes, and other flexible packaging media. Practical Actions Advancing the technologies ...

Insulation System Meets New FAA Requirements

(News Eclips)

January 20, 2009, ... barrier requirement for all aircraft manufactured after Sept. 1, 2009. Insulation systems traditionally have consisted of fiberglass batting encapsulated in a plastic pillowcase covering. Standard thermal ...

Toray Industries Wins UN Environmental Award

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2009, ... for the company, whose material and technology advancements help save energy and resources. Also in attendance were Richard Schloesser, President and COO of Toray Plastics (America), Inc.; Mitch Adamek, ...

Color Control

(Label/Tape)

December 31, 2008, ... “We're not afraid of the different types of substrates — papers, foil, plastics. We take it as a challenge. And, of course, the goal is to have customers who appreciate that and treat you as one of their ...

Reduce & Reuse

(Extrusion Coating)

November 30, 2008, ...  When milk packaging moved to plastic containers, the use of gable-top cartons in this market declined 40%.Today that decline has been offset somewhat by growth in usage for juices, food, and non-food ...

Bag Sits Flat

(Bag Pouch)

November 30, 2008, ... A unique, box-like profile combines the best features of a stand-up pouch with those of a true flat bottom bag. Plastic Packaging Technologies (PPT) becomes a trendsetter with the installation of a ...

November 2008 People

(Magazine)

October 31, 2008, ... appoints Yeoshua Agassi chairman of the board of directors. Milan Moscaritolo is named director of sales and marketing for the Lumirror Polyester Film Div. at Toray Plastics America, North Kingstown, ...

Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory

(Archive)

October 31, 2008, ...  Markets | bags, sacks, film, and packaging for consumer and industrial goods companies and co-packers Substrates | film, foil, nonwoven, paper Notes | High-performance equipment for the plastic converting ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

October 31, 2008, ... guide, printed on company's recyclable holographic UniLustre board, a multidimensional, nonlaminated, metallized material. Guide features samples of recyclable papers, boards, and plastics. Unifoil Corp. ...

KBA, FLEXcon Premiering Unique Substrates at Graph Expo

(News | New Products)

October 13, 2008, ... in graphic advertising applications or for product identification labels. FLEXcon’s glow-in the dark is a plastic substrate that has been pre-primed to offer consistent printability with either UV or ...

E&Y Examines Why Flexpack Converters Are Under Pressure

(News Eclips)

October 09, 2008, Ernst & Young Orenda Corporate Finance (Canada) publishes its quarterly publication covering recent transactions in the plastics and packaging industry MONTREAL, QC, CANADA | Ernst & Young Orenda Corporate ...

Get a Grip

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, ... plastic or felt over a bladder system) to expand and control the amount of slip. Weber says the additional capability on the 940D slitter and the stability provided by its Goldenrod shafts should help ...