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The Future of Foil

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... (both plastic and paperboard) captured most of the market for frozen dinners and entrées. Since then, however, foil has more than held its own due to its excellent barrier properties and esthetics combined ...

Many New Players Join India's Flex-Pack Boo

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... Toothpaste (a PET/holographic MET PET board lamination); special soap wrapper (paper sandwiched between heat-sealable plastic layers for high-speed machines); easy-tear, paper-like PET/polyethylene ...

What's New in Narrow We

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June 30, 2001, ...  They reportedly offer an aggressive, high-tack, high-peel acrylic adhesive and bond exceptionally well to low-surface-energy plastics, EPDM rubbers, and ether and ester foams. The polyester carrier incorporated ...

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... competition. The conference, titled “Meeting the End-User Challenge,” included such topics as expectations of a strategic supply partnership; ISO-9000 and the theory of constraints; plastic bottles/plastic ...

Digital Solutions Products

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... (1,680 × 1,270 mm). According to mfr., XL20 can utilize entire range of tools, options, and features from the XL repertoire. Examples of applications include carton/corrugated crossover, plastic materials, ...

Converting Industry News

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March 30, 2001, ... for K 2001, the 15th Intl. Trade Fair for Plastics + Rubber, is available on-line at mdna.com. The show will take place October 25 through November 1 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany. In addition ...

Core Cutter a Boon to Independent Tube Company

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... handles parent tubes (paper or plastic) from 6-60 in. wide and core I.D. sizes from ¼-4 in., specs that can be changed in less than 15 min. Cut widths (with tolerances of ±0.005-in.) can be changed in ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... a thin layer of glass onto a flexible plastic film. The process has been expanded to include not only silicon oxides but also aluminum oxides and mixed oxides. The deposition technologies used to coat ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... in film manufacturing plants and converting operations. The Industrial Products Div. of Sonoco Products Co. is the nation's leading producer of high-performance, cost-effective paper and plastic cores, ...

Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.

(Magazine)

September 30, 1995, Using Puerto Rico as a shining example of successful plastics/packaging industrial expansion (particularly for pharmaceuticals), many other Caribbean Using Puerto Rico as a shining example of successful ...

Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995

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January 31, 1995, ... industry, which is already occurring, is a trend expected to accelerate in the future, according to the report. Resin A strong US economy together with plastic's innate versatility spurred continued ...