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Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... pressure will push plastics to the forefront in an effort to conserve natural resources and provide an outlet for plastic package recycling. The group at Equistar Chemical thinks converters will find creative ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... TTI Travel Inc. at 866/674-3476. Environmental News Plastics Groups Ally to Fight New California Tax WASHINGTON, DC, USA—The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. (SPI) reports the formation of ...

Industry Responds to California Plastic Bag Tax

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2003, The formation of a national Plastic Bag Coalition is underway to fight California legislation that would place a tax on all plastic bags used by retailers in the state, says The Society of the Plastics ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... runs of foil, nonwovens, paper, and heavier-gauge (10 mil and up) plastics. Straight (not bowed) system may be submerged in liquids and is designed to deliver uniform spreading across the full web width, ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... an anti-wrinkle technology for web runs of foil, nonwovens, paper, and heavier-gauge (10 mil and up) plastics. Straight (not bowed) system may be submerged in liquids and is designed to deliver uniform ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report: Release LinersPackaging Waste?

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... glass (60%), paper (60%), metals (50%), and plastics (22.5%). Agreement on a final legally binding document is not expected before year end. Environmental Responsibilities Environmentalists argue there ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... materials made with vinyl chloride. "The action is based on the evidence that residues of vinyl chloride may migrate into food from the semi-rigid, rigid, and generally heavier VC plastics. No such migration ...

1990 - April 1993

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... body are introduced to secure surgical drapes to patients. December 1990 A technology that uses mixed-plastics household waste to produce hollow-plastics profiles and similar extruded products is in ...

1977 - 1979

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... of the firms are: Hayssen, Hercules, Kartridge Pak, Markem, Nordson, Pemco, Sheldahl, and HG Weber." June 1977 Bolton-Emerson unveiled its Paper and Plastics Research Center, located adjacent to Lawrence, ...

1970 - 1973

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2002, ... of Plastics Industry challenges constitutionality of packaging tax. "Plastic flex packs and paper packs escaped NYC’s ‘packaging tax’ when the 2-cent-per-item was levied on the sale of rigid and semi-rigid ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... worldwide.” LaManna joins GML as project manager. Advanced Converting specializes in slitting/rewinding films and foils, laminating, and die-cutting. GML has provided printing, plastics fabricating, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... Machine, Pactiv, Pitman, PolyOne Corp., PRA, SERCOS NA, Smurfit-Stone, Sonoco, SPI, Toray Plastics, and Witt Plastics. Covering the Full Spectrum of Industry News, Events & Activities Acquisitions  ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... VA, USA—The boards of directors of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the American Plastics Council (APC) have agreed to move forward with plans to merge the two organizations. The merged organizations ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... was “Flexible Packaging Case Studies: An Interactive Workshop” organized by Dante F. Ferrari, AT Plastics, Inc., and Virginia P. Cushing, Mica Corp. The daylong session had twelve presentations covering ...

K Show Coming Attractions: Goebel Slitter/Rewinder and EREMA Booth Highlights

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2001, ... S&W will demo its Goebel optima 2000 center/surface duplex slitter/rewinder at the international plastics exhibition. With the capability of operating in either center/surface, friction, or pure center-winding ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... F. Ferrari of AT Plastics, Inc., and Virginia P. Cushing of Mica Corp. will lead an interactive workshop called “Flexible Packaging Case Studies.” The session will run an entire day with a format emphasizing ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, News from: Arrow Paper, Ato Findley, Bostik, Caraustar, Clemson, Comco, Eastman, EFC Inc., Empriva, FBF, GE Plastics, GretagMacbeth, MacDermid, MAJIQ, Market Tracking Intl., Mead, MSDSBank.com, Nordson, ...

Two states adopt regulations for rigid-container laws

(Magazine)

January 31, 1998, ... letters from the US Food and Drug Administration that would permit the use of recycled plastics in food and cosmetic containers. The new regulations under the law were issued by the California Integrated ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ...  The company stocks large quantities of materials, everything from paper to plastics, in roll form. In another example of "doing it themselves," Walle sheets its own stock in-house on Strachan Henshaw ...

Tetra Pak plant in Spain is environmentally certified.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... waste disposal in the region, currently US $12 billion/yr, will increase within 10 years to about US $40 billion/yr. Vladimir Wolpert publishes reports dealing with paper and plastics technology, marketing, ...