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Spartanics Establishes Laser Die Cutting Applications Lab

(Die-Cutting)

June 24, 2010, ... finishing plastic products and other converting/packaging applications that they can now determine if the materials they use can be handled by modern laser die-cutting technology. All that’s necessary, ...

Bemis Reaches Agreement To Sell Menasha, WI and Tulsa Facilities to Exopack

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2010, ... to certain post-closing adjustments. Terms of the transaction, which include production equipment and intellectual property, were not disclosed. The two facilities focus on the production of plastic ...

Converting Industry News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

May 31, 2010, ... effectiveness. Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI, is Frito-Lay North America's 2009 Supplier of the Year in the Dave Rader Innovation of the Year category. Toray was honored for its work ...

Events

(News Clips Archive)

May 31, 2010, JUNE 15-16 | AMI Multilayer Packaging Films Conference, Applied Market Information, Sheraton Newark Airport Hotel, Newark, NJ; www.amiplastics-na.com JUNE 15-16 | AMI Multilayer Packaging Films Conference, ...

Metallized BOPP Plant Producing

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports Toray Films Europe has achieved its first commercial volumes of BOPP high-barrier metallized film NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports ...

Frito-Lay names Toray its Supplier of the Year

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2010, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., recently was recognized by Frito-Lay North America as the 2009 Supplier of the Year in the Dave Rader Innovation of the Year award category NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI |Toray Plastics ...

Guide Web with Air

(Narrow Web Products)

April 30, 2010, The RS2-10 all-air web guide double roller steering guide, capable of guiding webs to 130 in. wide, is suited for plastic films, multiwall bags, laminating, The RS2-10 all-air web guide double roller ...

Chuck Larsen

(Experience Speaks)

April 30, 2010, ... industry — plastics. I joined Celanese Plastic in film sales. I left to start Celplast as a distribution company with the idea of manufacturing when the right opportunity came about. Hostess Frito Lay ...

Member directory

(Magazine)

April 30, 2010, ...  Aspect Automation Atlanta Nisseki CLAF Inc. Avery Dennison BASF Corp. Bekaert Specialty Films LLC Berry Plastics Corp., Tapes & Coatings Div. BIOFILM S.A. Bobst Group NA, Flexible ...

Past presidents

(Magazine)

April 30, 2010, YearNameCompany 1970-71John PirecaDorrie Process Co. 1971-72G. J. MonaghanCelanese Plastics 1972-73Joseph WadlingerHy-Sil Mfg. Co. 1973-74Mark UngererFLEXcon Year Name Company 1970-71 John Pireca ...

Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 28, 2010, ... die land area, i.e., the area just before the plastic exits the die. The pressure drop across this area is in the range of 250-750 psi (1.72-5.17 MPa), so it is not possible for the carbon or other contamination ...

Mocon-Certified Mumbai Testing Lab Earns Independent Certification

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2010, ... under the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard for oxygen and water vapor permeation testing of plastic barrier materials. The government of India has authorized NABL as the accreditation body for testing and ...

Flex-Pack = Opportunity

(Extrusion Coating)

January 31, 2010, ... allow their use, and the comparatively high costs are likely to restrict further growth. There are also recycling issues, especially when “green” films are to be recycled with conventional plastics. A ...

Converter Industry Events

(News Clips Archive)

December 31, 2009, 8-10 | 2010 Packaging Conference, Plastic Technologies Inc., ARIA Resort at CityCenter, Las Vegas, NV; www.thepackagingconference.com 10 | AIMCAL-PFFC 8-10 | 2010 Packaging Conference, Plastic Technologies ...

Printpack Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Suzhou, China

(News | New Products)

November 22, 2009, ... plastic containers for the food packaging industry. The focus of the plant will be on supplying packaging to new and existing Printpack customers in the Asian region. The local manufacturing capabilities ...

Cores | The Foundation of Winding

(Web Lines)

October 31, 2009, ... the wall thickness of a 3-in. core. Calculating core stiffness for uniform materials, such as aluminum or plastic, is straightforward. The core stiffness of complex core structures, such as dual material ...

Engineer's Playgroun

(Coating/Laminating Main)

October 31, 2009, ... compounder that combines various thermoplastic resins with powder and liquid additives for extrusion in the form of thin films in multiple layers at up to 50 lb/hr, and two extrusion coaters that simultaneously ...

Flex-pack Demand To Increase 3.5% by 2013

(News Eclips)

October 13, 2009, ... Japan, then India. Russia and Indonesia are also expected to make rapid gains. In terms of substrates, plastic films that account for three-quarters of global converted flexible packaging material demand ...

New Roles for Converters

(Archive)

September 30, 2009, ... and have the potential for very high productivity. A wide variety of flexible substrates — foils, paper, and plastic — with a range of substrate thicknesses can be processed. A wide selection of substrates ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ... company says, and provides sustainability advantages in cereal, snack, baking mix, and other high-barrier applications. Also said to use less plastic resin, energy, and landfill space. Offers savings in ...