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K 2019 on Track to Success

(News | New Products)

May 20, 2018, ... future” will introduce pioneering areas of application for polymer materials and examine how these materials with their diverse properties affect modern environments. At the “Science Campus,” university ...

Q&A Roundtable | How The Pouch/Bag Making Market Is Evolving

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... our equipment is to handle laminated structures and co-ex films with same ease. Our universal polybag machines and wicketers are also designed to address a wide variety of market needs in terms of converting ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 2

(Coating Matters)

May 07, 2018, ... to not place undue forces on the polymer melt but narrow enough to distribute the flow evenly across the width of coating. The lip opening is the most powerful variable in coating because it is the only ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

April 24, 2018, ... is typically non-tacky molten polymers being cast onto substrates with a nipped roll and a large air gap. In extrusion coating, the coating head is directly fed from an extruder. Hot melt coating is typically ...

Avery Dennison Offers Thermal Print Technology

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2018, ... management, and test tube labeling. Platinum Thermal consists of a surface-printable polyolefin film and a black pigment built into the film construction that eliminates the need for DT coatings (e.g. ...

Cortec Celebrates Expansion of Facility

(Flexpack)

April 10, 2018, ... who helped make the project possible.  After the ribbon cutting, visitors took tours of the production facilities where VpCI polyethylene film and bags are made for protecting new metal components and ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... Hazen laminates film with a copyrighted embossing pattern to paper. The linen-embossed gold metallized polyester/paper laminate is applied to the box by WestRock/MPS, and a mottled-burgundy flocked fabric ...

Flexible Packaging | PPT Earns Top Prize in FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... waste due to breakage. The package is available in sizes up to 55 pounds capacity, and is made completely with polyethylene making it more readily recyclable without loss of quality. This package also ...

Flexo Concepts Refines Doctor Blades

(News | New Products)

March 05, 2018, ... process also is said to produce a smoother contact edge, eliminating the start-up lines experienced at times by printers when using polymer doctor blades. Since its release to the market in 2013, the ...

Static Beat | Static Control for Films with Conductive Layers

(Surface Prep)

February 26, 2018, ... Schell of the Eastman Kodak Co. for the successful development of process-surviving antistatic layers for motion picture films. These conductive layers are covered with insulating, polymeric layers that ...

Coating Matters | The 6 C's of Roll-to-Roll Coating System

(Coating/Laminating)

January 18, 2018, ...  degree in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master's degree in Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultan ...

RadTech Reports Technology Accelerator

(News | New Products)

December 13, 2017, ... sponsors including Chris Seubert, Ford Motor Company; Hui Yang, Procter and Gamble; and Mike Idacavage, Colorado Photopolymer Solutions. “Innovative start-up companies may face challenges in making the ...

AWA Reviews Sessions on Release Liners

(Label/Tape)

November 25, 2017, ... within the p-s label value chain. The Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform, PCEP, founded by three plastics industry associations—EuPC, Plastics Europe, and Plastics Recyclers Europe, then responded. ...

Dow Collaborates on Recycled Trash Bags

(Flexpack)

October 30, 2017, Dow, as a partner with Trash Free Seas Alliance, works with Bemis and Polykar to develop trash bags from recycled plastic scrap MIDLAND, MI | Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of ...

AMI Issues Report on Agricultural Films

(Flexpack)

October 24, 2017, ... already healthy growth over the last ten years. The three types of agricultural films—mulch film, greenhouse film and silage film—represent a major segment of polyethylene usage globally, valued at more ...

DowDuPont Wins Sustainability Awards

(Trends/Management)

October 21, 2017, DOW FILMTEC FORTILIFE and ROPAQUE NT-2900 Opaque Polymer are among the winners of the Business Intelligence Group’s Sustainability Awards MIDLAND, MI | DowDuPont Materials Science reports three breakthrough, ...

FPI Grant Aids Foam Recycling

(Flexpack)

October 15, 2017, The Foodserivce Packaging Institute is helping a New York county expand its foam polystyrene recycling program FALLS CHURCH, VA | The Foodserivce Packaging Institute (FPI) reports that residents and ...

Protective Packaging | Add Value with Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors

(Flexpack)

September 26, 2017, ... equipment from corrosion. When coated onto rolls of paper or compounded into polyethylene film, VCI technology is the source of multiple packaging and storage solutions. This added-value packaging saves ...

CRON-ECRM to Launch Digital-UV Plate

(News | New Products)

September 06, 2017, ... Flexo CTP will also be on display, said to be the ideal imager for label printing, providing fault-free imaging experience and ensuring precision printing from all digital photopolymer plates, ablative ...

PROTON Products Details Sensor Applications

(Controls)

August 08, 2017, ... orientated film and sheet polymer products, the actual MDO stretch can be measured on-line to help achieve the correct thickness, quality, and performance properties. Company says paper and board grades ...