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Innovative Recycling Solutions for Thermoset Plastics

(News | New Products)

February 14, 2022, ... types of plastic are easy to process. As explained in the brief, plastic materials are generally classified according to their chemical compositions as either thermoplastics, such as polyethylene terephthalate ...

Thermal Transfer Core Design and Performance in Today’s Markets

(Web Handling)

January 23, 2022, ... dual layer system. Notice the release polymer penetrating not only the valleys of the profile, but also embedded in the porosity of the metal matrix. This increases strength and mechanical integrity, resulting ...

Empire Screen Printing Roll to Roll Innovations Achieves New Levels of Efficiency, Repeatability, and Quality, ideal for OEM Applications

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January 03, 2022, ... by Empire’s industrial engineers, the Roll-to-Roll Screen Press can print on a variety of first and subsurface materials including Polycarbonate, Polyester, Vinyl, BOPP, and Paper products with material ...

Rust to Tech, Part II

(Coating/Laminating)

December 19, 2021, ... expertise using paper, poly and nonwovens to produce “Super Material ™”. Mid South Extrusion produces polyethylene films in mono and multi-layered structures for printing and converting. Eight-color printing, ...

The Discovery, Development of Glitter

(Roll Handling)

December 12, 2021, ... acetate followed by polished aluminum foil.  Over the years more substrates were added including epoxy coated metallized film, polyester, PVC, iridescent films, complex laminations, and others. Materials ...

3 Pandemic-Driven Trends That Are Changing the Packaging Industry

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December 06, 2021, ... OTC medications, and CBD products. Closures, often in the form of zippers, have become an extension of flexible packaging with their polyethylene-based technologies growing to include tactical and audible ...

Tesa Introduces Innovative Adhesive Solution for Packaging Printers

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November 30, 2021, ... waste associated with packaging printing. Comprised of a base sleeve, polyurethane foam, stabilization film and adhesive polymer, tesa® Twinlock eliminates the need for tape in packaging printing. What ...

Rust to Tech, Part II

(Converting Perspectives)

November 28, 2021, ... expertise using paper, poly and nonwovens to produce “Super Material ™”. Mid South Extrusion produces polyethylene films in mono and multi-layered structures for printing and converting. Eight-color printing, ...

The Discovery, Development of Glitter

(News | New Products)

November 28, 2021, ... acetate followed by polished aluminum foil.  Over the years more substrates were added including epoxy coated metallized film, polyester, PVC, iridescent films, complex laminations, and others. Materials ...

Expansions and New Markets for Nonwovens

(Nonwovens)

November 28, 2021, ... natural resources with a focus on renewable raw materials.  Biodegradable polymers have offered scientists a possible solution to waste‐disposal problems associated with traditional petroleum‐derived plastics ...

ProAmpac’s Recycle Ready Retort Pouch Validated by Two Advanced Recycling Firms

(News | New Products)

November 10, 2021, ... By processing materials that cannot be mechanically recycled due to composition or product residue, advanced recycling produces a quality polymer that can be re-introduced into the supply chain. “Advanced ...

Les Crudettes Salads Stay Fresh in Mondi’s Recyclable Functional Barrier Paper

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October 20, 2021, ... polypropylene (PP) packaging with Mondi’s recyclable functional barrier paper for a selection of its pre-washed, ready-to-eat salads. The new packaging is reportedly 95 percent paper with a functional ...

Mondi and Vafo Group Unleash Recyclable Dog Food Packaging for Leading Finnish Brand Hau-Hau Champion

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2021, ... is a mono-material polyethylene (PE) pre-made bag developed specifically for recycling, which means it can be deposited directly into Finnish plastic recycling streams. The new packaging responds to ...

Empire Screen Printing Roll to Roll Innovations Achieves New Levels of Efficiency, Repeatability, and Quality

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2021, ... Roll-to-Roll Screen Press can reportedly print on a variety of first and subsurface materials including polycarbonate, polyester, vinyl, BOPP, and paper products with material thickness ranging between ...

Miraclon Announces Winners of the 2021 Global Flexo Innovation Awards

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October 07, 2021, ... from more sustainable polyethylene foam films to reduce weight – by 11 percent in this case – and enable more efficient packing for transit; Teruel – Papeis Amalia Ltd, Brazil - Teruel worked with three ...

Solvay Announces Groundbreaking Solution for Recycling PVDC

(News | New Products)

September 28, 2021, Solvay, a science company delivering high performance materials for safe and reliable food packaging, has conducted a proof of concept showing that polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) Solvay, a science ...

The Benefits and Potential of Anilox Control

(Surface Prep)

July 25, 2021, ... produced that could clean e.g. 600lpi rolls the screen counts jumped to 1000lpi, which the system wasn’t designed for. This happened with soda blasting and polymer bead blasting for example. The same ...

Nu-Maber Updates Its Flexo Plate Processing Line to Include the Latest Asahi Photoproducts Technology

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July 18, 2021, Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, reported that leading Italian-based repro ...

Block-Bottom Bulk Bag Wins AIMCAL Product of the Year Award

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June 14, 2021, ... with ICEC USA. Used for Ripuraj rice, the bag’s reverse rotogravure-printed, 15-micron modified polypropylene (PP)/adhesive/18-micron metallized biaxially oriented PP/15-micron extruded PP/60-gsm nonwoven ...

The Value of Specialised Experience

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April 26, 2021, ... more than 25 years.  His background in science and polymers has been the basis of this longstanding relationship, and he uses it to assess the road ahead for plastic packaging It all began when my parents ...