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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 ...

Atlas, Titan to Show New Slitters in Dubai

(News | New Products)

November 13, 2012, ... January 7–10, where it will present its next-generation Atlas CW Series and Titan SR9 Series slitter/rewinders for a wide range of plain, coated, and printed plastic films and other flexible materials. ...

On Print | Digital Print at Labelexpo

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2012, ... with new software suites for different applications, for example, heat transfer label capability so that printers of plastic tubes, tubs, and pails now have an efficient digital option. Both companies ...

Appleton Facestock Suited for Weigh-Scale Labels

(Label/Tape)

October 16, 2012, ... helps labels remain legible and scannable when in contact with PVC wrap, packaging films, and bags containing plasticizers or where labeled items are stacked in cold cabinets or store shelves. Like company’s ...

Converter Accessory Corp. Adds Bowed Rolls

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2012, ... or excessive ozone exposure may be a concern. FB350 bowed rolls are acceptable for use with all types of plastic films, paper, and nonwovens. They can be used in applications from slow speed to high ...

Rapidly Expanding Flexpack Converter Details Equipment Plans

(Flexpack News)

October 02, 2012, South Africa-based M-Tech Plastics praises performance of new Titan slitter/rewinder from Atlas Converting Equipment BEDFORD, UK | M-Tech Plastics, based in Gauteng (Johannesburg), South Africa, is ...

Teknor Apex PVC Film Suited for Medical Uses

(Flexpack)

September 05, 2012, Calendered PVC films from Teknor Apex feature a plasticizer reported to be stable in applications sterilized by gamma irradiation   INDUSTRY, CA | Teknor Apex Co. reports a new family of calendered ...

Daelim Industrial (Korea) Adds Atlas Slitter

(News | New Products)

August 29, 2012, ... is the country’s biggest producer of resin compounds and many types of plastic extrusions including BOPP, LDPE, and HDPE films for flexible packaging applications and plastic materials for the construction ...

Acucote Offers New Service and Adhesives

(Coating/Laminating)

August 27, 2012, ... and high-heat applications. AC905 is designed for ultra low-temperature applications and offers features said to increase tack and peel strength of lower temperatures. AC908, designed for use where plasticizer ...

On Print | Electrophotography for Packaging

(On Print)

August 06, 2012, ... limit initial capital outlay while building sales. Dry toner requires direct heat to fuse the powder to the substrate. As the temperature is above the softening point of film plastics, those popular for ...

Specialty Extrusion at Bixby International

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 28, 2012, ...  According to Marc Gagnon, R&D Manager, and fellow Plastics Engineer from UMASS-Lowell, the company's focus is on making the impossible possible.  From what I saw, they are doing a very good job at it.  ...

PACK EXPO Intl. 2012 Highlights Printing, Converting & Material Innovations

(Print)

July 23, 2012, ... solutions designed to minimize the use of plastic while maintaining the functionality and convenience consumers need. Ecologic’s bottle consists of a molded fiber outer shell made from 100 percent recycled ...

Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, ...  Also showing the PlateRite FX87011 digital imaging recorder that outputs narrow web flexo digital plates, letterpress digital plates, and thermal ablative film for the production of tags, labels, plastic ...

Henkel New Products Include PSA

(Coating/Laminating)

May 19, 2012, A repositionable PSA and a low-migration water-based adhesive for low-migration consumer goods are among new products from Henkel   DUSSELDORF, GERMANY | Henkel presented its new pressure-sensitive ...

Drupa Starts in Style: Landa Intros Web & Sheet Digital Presses

(Flexpack)

May 01, 2012, ... a highly colored thin themoplastic disc and gets transferred to the substrate in a hot nip. The advantage is obvious—the ink is a discrete layer at the substrate surface, with high adhesion but little ...

Attendance at NPE & AWA Events Bursts Records

(Trade Shows)

April 18, 2012, NPE and AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. have set the bar for event attendance as the plastics and converting industries attempt to hit their stride in 2012. The promise of an improved business climate is in ...