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- Wind Point Partners Acquires Argotec
- (Substrates)
- June 11, 2013, ... thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film and sheet for the international specialty films industry, has been acquired by Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm. Wind Point acquired ...
- Labels | Market Update on IML & Sleeve Technologies
- (Label/Tape)
- June 03, 2013, ... an opportunity for professionals to receive a one-day update on a packaging format for plastic containers that is beginning to take market share around the globe, particularly for high-volume containers ...
- Toray Launches Coating Equipment at Ceremony
- (Flexpack News)
- May 27, 2013, Rhode Island officials helped company celebrate new equipment and boost for local economy NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America), celebrated the launch of new US$15 million coating equipment ...
- Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- May 12, 2013, ... to landfills. Close the Loop recovers the plastic and remainder ink from used cartridges. BCM Inks uses the recovered ink to develop a new water-based flexographic ink called ‘PCR (Post-Consumer Recycled) ...
- Eagle Systems' Cold Foil System Chosen by KBA Japan
- (Foil)
- April 29, 2013, ... printer. The eight-color press offers a dedicated accessory packages for plastic substrates, board handling, and alternating UV/conventional operation. By supplementing with an Eagle System, Taisei can ...
- Bilcare Research Expands Global Capabilities
- (Coating/Laminating News)
- April 23, 2013, ... clear, biochemically inert, chemical-resistant, non-flammable, and free of plasticizers and stabilizers. Company also is introducing Aclar laminates with features that create unique identities to pharmaceutical ...
- Toray Metallized BOPP Film Offers Barrier Features
- (Flexpack News)
- April 16, 2013, Torayfan MWX6 white film is suited for gas-flushed packaging applications, reportedly offering high moisture and oxygen barrier NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) announces Torayfan ...
- Henkel Offers Clear-on-Clear Acrylic PSA
- (Adhesives)
- March 23, 2013, ... PS 6025. This PSA is suited for sticking transparent films to transparent substrates, such as clear glass or plastic. Thanks to its high water whitening resistance, Aquence PS 6025 itself remains ultra-clear, ...
- Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award
- (Metallizing)
- March 09, 2013, ... for converting the UniLustre substrate, coated one side 28-pt solid bleached sulfate (SBS) that's acrylic-coated and metallized in silver and gold. Toray Plastics (America), Kingstown, RI, performed metallizing; ...
- Davis-Standard Upgrades Coating & Pelletizing Lab
- (Coating)
- February 22, 2013, ... and a universal underwater/water ring pelletizer and plastic compounding lab. Both liquid coating lines have been upgraded with new drives, PLC and HMI. This includes the Wonderware-based Integrator ...
- Bak Ambalaj Adds 2 Titan Turret Rewinders
- (News | New Products)
- February 12, 2013, ... 400 personnel and generated a turnover of more than USD $100M in 2011. Its converting capacity exceeds 750 million sq m/yr across a wide spectrum of plastic films and includes pre-press preparation, gravure ...
- Eastman Heads Effort for Recycling Solutions to Full-Wrap Label/PET
- (Shrink Sleeves)
- February 04, 2013, New Full-Wrap Label Consortium plans February meeting to address PET plastic and label recycling issues. KINGSPORT, TN | More than 30 companies (and counting) across the value chain are working together ...
- Eliminating Tin-Canning Rings on Your Wound Rolls
- (Web Handling)
- January 24, 2013, ... more published literature offers more advice. According to Bill Hawkins, in his book The Plastic Film and Foil Web Handling Guide, he presents a theory for tin-canning, especially tin-canning that forms ...
- P-S Tapes | A Converter’s Guide
- (Label/Tape)
- January 07, 2013, ... is delivered by solvent acrylic adhesives, and widely used on the medium- and low-surface energy plastics [such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polycarbonates] used in the electronics and electrical ...
- Bischof + Klein Executing Full HD Flexo with Esko
- (News | New Products)
- January 03, 2013, Flexible packaging converter installs Esko's CDI with Inline UV2 GENT, BELGIUM | Bischof + Klein, based in Lengerich, Germany, is one of Europe's leading full service suppliers of flexible plastic and ...
- CTP Flexibles Adds 3 Titan Slitter/Rewinders
- (News | New Products)
- January 02, 2013, ... production requirements, these slitters really are the perfect solution.” CTP flexibles manufactures specialized plastic extrusion and flexible packaging materials mainly for the food, beverage, and ...
- Chocolate Wrapped in Compostable Packaging Film
- (Film)
- January 02, 2013, ... around the world, not just Italy, is promoted by Alce Nero. “We decided to move from standard plastic to a biodegradable and compostable alternative to wrap our chocolate bars. Metallized NatureFlex ...
- Readers Choice: Top 11 New Products of 2012
- (Coatings)
- January 01, 2013, ... and filling and shipping is as few as two days. CONTACT COMPANY Filmquest NanoShield The Filmquest Group, Bolingbrook, IL, offers NanoShield, a high-barrier plastic film layer suited for food ...
- ExxonMobil to Exhibit at Arabplast
- (Flexpack)
- December 11, 2012, ... 11th Arab International Plastics & Rubber Industry Trade Show & Conference in Dubai, UAE, January 7–10. On display will be Exceed metallocene polyethylene (mPE) resins, said to offer excellent performance ...
- GOEBEL Supplies 11-m-wide Slitter/Rewinder to China
- (News | New Products)
- November 27, 2012, The widest slitter/rewinder in the world will be shipped to China Soft Packaging Group, which ordered three monoslit giant models. China Soft Packaging Group, which produces 350,000 tons of plastic ...