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Maxson Sheeter Guarantees High Speeds

(News | New Products)

February 02, 2015, ... technology allows users to produce many types of plastic sheet at higher speeds that conventional drop shear equipment while ensuring square, accurate dimensions.  Plastics that can be processed PET, ...

Barrier Resins | Properties, Processing & Handling of EVOH, Pt. 1

(Flexpack)

February 01, 2015, ... is used for very high barrier in flexible food packaging applications. EVOH Processing EVOH resins can be easily processed on conventional plastic extrusion and other fabrication equipment and do not ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2015 Returns to Orlando with Added Features

(Trends/Management)

January 05, 2015, ... on the flexible packaging market, based on Blaige & Company’s comprehensive Twelve Year Plastics and Packaging Merger & Acquisition Consolidation Study. With consolidation activity showing strong momentum ...

On Print | Digital Printers for Real Converters

(On Print)

January 04, 2015, ... The best solution to produce flexible plastic packaging is aqueous inkjet that uses inks based on the ingredients of flexo or gravure inks. The food industry will have few issues to adopt this process. ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2014

(Flexpack)

December 29, 2014, ... data from BCM into g/m2, determine wet and dry thickness of coatings, and more. CONTACT COMPANY    Toray’s Torayfan PC5 Metallized BOPP Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI, introduced ...

IMDA Holds 2nd Annual Educational Symposium

(Label/Tape)

December 01, 2014, ...  Winners of the eighth annual IMDA awards were previously announced in August, and the winning products were on display at the symposium. Judge Clare Goldsberry, senior editor of Plastics Today, covered ...

OMET Press Is a Research Aid

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2014, ... plastic films or thick cardboard but also paper on the same printing press, and we can use three different printing processes in five stations.” The press was made so that additional units can be added ...

BI-AX Film Aids in Ebola Fight

(Materials)

November 27, 2014, APTRA plastic film is being used by Kappler for its protective garments needed by healthcare workers   TIVERTON, ON, CANADA | BI-AX International reports that the Ebola outbreak has created unprecedented ...

BI-AX Corn-Based Film Achieves Price Parity

(Materials)

November 15, 2014, Company reports Evlon compostable biodegradable plastic film, said to keep food fresh, is now comparably priced with petroleum-based products   WINGHAM, ON, CANADA | BI-AX International offers corn-based ...

Heraeus Lacquer Suited for Electronic Devices

(Coating/Laminating)

November 14, 2014, Clevios PEDOT:PSS two-component hardcoat lacquer is said to provide high rub and solvent resistance for touch panels, plastics, and more   WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | Heraeus Materials Technology, producer ...

Ceresana LDPE Study Offers Global Details

(Materials)

November 04, 2014, With global sales expected to rise by 1.5% p.a. until 2021, LDPE is seeing particularly strong growth in Asia and the Middle East   KONSTANZ, GERMANY | Ceresana, an international market research ...

AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference Packs 'Em I

(Yo's Yarns)

October 27, 2014, ... Marriott Grande Dunes Hotel, also included a fourth track of sessions co-located and sponsored by Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) flexible packaging interests; the other three tracks were dedicated ...

Toray Launches Second Cogeneration Power Facility

(News | New Products)

October 19, 2014, The facility produces electricity and steam for the Torayfan polypropylene film division and steam for the Lumirror polyester film division   NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) is now ...

Pack Expo | The Next Generation of Package Printing Solutions

(Trends/Management)

September 24, 2014, ... Labeling Innovation Nypro (Booth #N-5775) customizes differentiated plastics packaging, from conceptualization to design, for leading consumer product brands. Joe Stodola, Nypro’s VP for business development, ...

Raven Expands Product Range with New Blown Film Line

(Flexpack)

September 23, 2014, Davis-Standard seven-layer line producing thinner film profiles PAWCATUCK, CT | A new Davis-Standard seven-layer blown film line at Raven Industries exemplifies the benefits of performance and efficiency ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2014 Enhances Focus on Package Printing

(Label/Tape)

August 04, 2014, ... by exchanging lightweight sleeves and carbon-fiber cylinders instead of entire printing inserts.     Multi-Plastics To Celebrate 35th Anniversary Multi-Plastics (Booth 1312) will celebrate its ...

Converting Headaches? Get Relief at CPP EXPO's PFFC-Sponsored Technical Session

(Trade Shows)

July 13, 2014, ...  Packaging is not just paper, but with the ease of inkjet, it has expanded into films, plastics, metals and other various mediums. This new technology of inkjet (aqueous and UV) and toner can make colo ...

Mondi Americas Introduces Square Bag

(Bag Pouch)

June 29, 2014, ... powders and granular materials weighing up to 10 lbs. and liquids up to 1.5 gallons. “Many consumer goods packagers today are thinking outside the traditional cardboard box, hard plastic container, and ...

On Print | Are You Cured? Proper Cure Is Up to You

(On Print)

June 22, 2014, ... coating formulations can pass to food or beverage by three main ways: By migration from the primary package—the inner layer of a plastic pouch or the wall of a plastic bottle By migration from an ...

AWA to Offer Manual for Heat Shrink Sleeve Labels

(Label/Tape)

June 18, 2014, ... force • Inks and coatings • Surface tension of plastic films • Ink adhesion, basic and advanced • Chemical resistance–spot method • Rub resistance of printed UV-cured inks • Ink adhesion under ...