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- INFO*FLEX Show Preview: Full Speed Ahead
- (Flexography)
- March 31, 2011, ... 3:30-5:30 P.M. Emerging Trends | Session Chairs: Malcolm Keif, California Polytechnic State Univ.; and David Bankson, Label Technology Flat Top Dots: A New, Innovative Solution — Rich Emmerling, ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 17, 2011, ... metallized polyethylene terephthalate (mPET)/0.016-in. solid bleached sulfate (SBS)/0.75-mil extruded low-density polyethylene (LDPE). Wavefront Technology, Paramount, CA, supplies and metallizes the PET, ...
- Flexible Packaging: Eco Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... USA, Jackson, MO, receives two gold awards for the Fresh Step Cat Litter packaging. Using its FlexZiBox solution to replace polypropylene pails enables Clorox to cut packaging materials by nearly 80%, ...
- Green Trends Prevail
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... concept based on polylactic acid (PLA) was pioneered by NatureWorks LLC, an American company with branches in Europe and Japan, that marketed the Ingeo brand of PLA-based plastic. So a biodegradable or ...
- Static Beat: Charge Control Antistatic Layers
- (Static Elimination)
- January 31, 2011, ... Table I Antistatic Layer Comparison Conductive Layers Charge Control Layers Operating principle Dissipates static Minimizes static charging Materials Polymeric additives, salts, conductive ...
- Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE
- (Trends/Management)
- January 31, 2011, ... Mechanics: Kevin Cole, Optimation Technology Inc. Web & Sheet Cleanliness: Always the Last Thought! Why?: Pete Byam, Polymag Tek Inc. 10:30-11:00 a.m. Advancements in Wax Coating - Thinner, Faster: ...
- Toray Plastics (America) To Build $2 million Solar Field
- (Flexpack News)
- January 04, 2011, Toray Plastics (America), a US manufacturer of precision-performance polypropylene, polyester, and bio-based films for packaging and industrial applications, has announced plans to begin construction in ...
- Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings
- (Web Handling)
- November 30, 2010, ... small rolls each can take 20 lb. The problem with rubber and cast polyurethane is that once rubber is changed from a raw or uncured state and cast polyurethane has been catalyzed, the process can't be ...
- Looking South
- (Label/Tape)
- October 31, 2010, ... The Cycle4Green initiative — commercially available now — employs a process that creates high quality de-siliconized pulp (DSP) from paper release liner waste. Film release liner — primarily polyethylene ...
- Process Troubleshooting
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 31, 2010, ... Coating Tech Service, Eau Claire, WI. As a certified Six Sigma Black Belt for 3M, Mark has been integral to new developments and technology in web coating applications. He holds a Masters degree in Polymer ...
- Flexographic Printing: Super Setup
- (Inspection/Defect Detection)
- September 30, 2010, ... houses four flexographic central impression presses, a stack press, two laminators, and four slitters. The company runs polypropylene (PP), biaxially oriented PP, polyethylene, and a little paper from ...
- ISCST Symposium Continues Tradition of Connecting Academia with Industry
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 19, 2010, ... reduced waste or environmental needs. Recipient Benjamin Schmidt-Hansberg earned this award for the paper “In-situ monitoring the film formation of solution cast polymer-fullerene blends for organic solar ...
- Flexo Printing: Smart Press, Even Smarter Buy
- (Flexpack)
- August 31, 2010, ... preservation. Although EB 1 looks like a laminated bag and boasts similar grease barrier and strength properties, it is 100% recyclable as a polyethylene product. Richard Pileski, sales manager at Hood' ...
- Plastics Recycling: Reclaim & Reuse
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 31, 2010, Hilex Poly's pioneering development of postconsumer recycling began with its Bag-2-Bag in-store recycling program, launched in 2005. Since then, the company Hilex Poly's pioneering development of postconsumer ...
- Coating Tech Service To Serve Roll-to-Roll Coating Industry
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 12, 2010, ... scalability in web coating applications. Mark holds a Masters degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin and ...
- 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 ...
- Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- May 31, 2010, Consumer-driven innovations named as winners in packaging competition DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers recently announced winners of its 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. The awards program ...
- Range of UPM Raflatac Substrates Qualify for Xeikon Label Presses
- (News | New Products)
- May 05, 2010, ... from UPM Raflatac include paper stocks as well as synthetic films, such as clear and white polypropylene (BOPP), and polyester (PET) of varying thicknesses. The qualification process, conducted at Xeikon' ...
- Converting Industry News Clips
- (News Clips Archive)
- April 30, 2010, ... polymers by $0.04/wet lb. Its GenFlo, GenCeal, Omnabond, GenCryl, and GenCal styrene butadiene-based emulsion polymers increase $0.04/dry lb. Mica Corp., Shelton, CT, contracts São Paulo-based B.Y. ...
- Business Formed To Buy Post-Consumer PLA
- (News Clips Archive)
- March 31, 2010, CONCORD, CA | BIOCOR LLC is a new venture in the business of buying, aggregating, and processing post-consumer polylactic acid (PLA). BIOCOR will capitalize CONCORD, CA | BIOCOR LLC is a new venture in ...
