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IML/IMD Competition Is Announced

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, ... integral part of the design. It is open to college and university students enrolled in plastics engineering and design courses as part of an undergraduate degree program. For more information visit www.imdassociation.com. ...

Deinking Study Is Shared

(Digital)

July 31, 2010, ... Systems label factories in Rodgau, Germany, and Brossard, Canada. Berry Plastics, Franklin, MA, now is producing its Nashua and Polyken brand HVAC foil tape products with an unbleached disposable ...

Conference Program

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, ... ID Images; Kevin Foos, VP sales & marketing; ACPO Ltd.; Cheryl Caudill (moderator), corporate communications manager, Multi-Plastics Inc. Automation and Integration of Digital Solutions Through the ...

In-Mold’s Best Picks

(Yo's Yarns)

July 15, 2010, ... Judges (left) Clare Goldsberry of ProWrite Communications and senior editor at Modern Plastics Worldwide; myself of PFFC, and Ashley Carlson, director of packaging Plastics Div., American Chemistry Council, ...

You Get what You Pay For, or Caveat Emptor.

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 15, 2010, Yup… the old adage is true. All things being equal, you get what you pay for. Since my days at Cryovac, Mobil Plastics, James River Corp, et al, and then consulting with many, many companies, I have seen ...

XOL Automation Joins Enercon's Surface Treating Sales & Service Networ

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

July 13, 2010, Enercon Industries Corp. has announced the addition of XOL Automation, Beirut, Lebanon, to its surface treatment sales network MENOMONEE FALLS, WI | Enercon Industries Corp. has announced the addition ...

K 2010 Entrance Passes Now Online at Reduced Rates

(Flexpack)

July 12, 2010, Entrance passes and show directories for K 2010, 18th International Trade Fair Plastics and Rubber, are available online at www.k-online.de at reduced rates (€49 each for a one-day entrance pass DÜSSELDORF, ...

Dow Europe Increases Price for PRIMACOR Copolymers

(News | New Products)

July 11, 2010, ... region. PRIMACOR copolymers are high-performance thermoplastic adhesives that add flexibility and strength to polar substrates. They adhere well to metals, plastics, paper, and glass, and they can also ...

Sealant Films Are Strong

(Flexpack)

June 30, 2010, TreaTear PP sealant films are said to provide easy, precise directional tear for retort pouches. Films work as the sealant layer in any type of pouch TreaTear PP sealant films are said to provide easy, ...

People Making News in the Converting Industry

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2010, ... president of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Newtown, CT. Ron Schroder joins the national sales team at Canflexographics Ltd., the exclusive Canadian sales agent for Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, ...

Converter Industry Events

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2010, ... | K 2010 Intl Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber, Messe Düsseldorf, Fairgrounds, Düsseldorf, Germany; www.k-online.de Send event information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For a complete industry calendar, ...

Folding Carton Boot Camp a Hit

(Carton Box)

June 30, 2010, ... rub resistance, high gloss, and use of uncoated paper and plastics. Mesirow Financial, Chicago, IL, serves as advisor to Specialized Packaging Group, Hamden, CT, in its sale to PaperWorks Industries, ...

BASF to Sell ita Hydrophilic Melt Business to Techmer PM

(News | New Products)

June 10, 2010, ... recently announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its hydrophilic melt additives business to Techmer PM, LLC, a manufacturer of colors and additives for the plastics and fiber industries ...

Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... Function Berry Plastics, Evansville, IN, Rexam, Excelsior Springs, MO, and IDEO, Palo Alto, CA, team up for ConAgra’s Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers single-serve meal packaging. This creative ...

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, ...

PLA Films Coming

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... new compostable films can be used in packaging applications such as fresh produce, bakery, dairy, or confectionery and will complement the existing bioplastics used in packaging already.” What's happening ...

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 ...

System Aids Recycling

(Coating/Laminating)

May 31, 2010, ... available as a standard feature, increases the amount of print and other contamination that can be efficiently removed from plastics scrap. It is said to facilitate recycling heavily inked and additive-laden ...

MGX Offered Through Software

(Flexography)

May 31, 2010, ... Performance Engineered Tapes product group of Berry Plastics, Franklin, MA, compiles its innovative pressure-sensitive solutions into a new user-friendly 2010 product catalog. Forpack Intl. Trade, ...