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TAPPI Calls for Abstracts

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2007, ... Conference Technical Program, September 16-20, 2007, in St. Louis, MO. Sponsored by TAPPI’s Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings and Extrusions (PLACE) Division, the conference is tailored for attendees ...

Narrow Web What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, Narrow web new products from: Dielectric Polymers, Matik North America, Kodak Graphic Communications Group, and Esko. Narrow Web Machinery, Accessories, Services Splicing Can Be Quick and Easy Dielectric ...

Focusing on European Flex-Pack

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, ... “Easy Opening Packaging Concepts with Polybutene-1 [PB-1],” saying, “Among areas being looked at are future uses in chilled and fresh food, confectionery, and applications which require controlled and ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... Xeikon 6000 digital press achieves speeds 60% faster than previous model for paper substrates from 40 (27# text) to 350 gsm (16-pt board) as well as polyester film, transfer materials, and label stock. ...

Twist & Shout

(Web Lines)

December 31, 2006, ... 50-in.-wide polyester over a 50-in. span at 1 PLI) likely will wrinkle if the rollers are misaligned by 3 mils/ft of width, the same web likely will have no problem with a twist 100x greater or 300 mils/ft. ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... in the paper discuss how the addition of a non-polar process aid to polyolefins allowed achieving higher productivity. The material is a highly crystalline, linear, non-polar Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon ...

A Call to Arms

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... of them—are recyclable. Bleached and natural, blue and yellow colored, poly-coated, film-based, silicone-coated liners are all recyclable. There are issues of segregation by type, packaging requirements, ...

Cure Cockling

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... to seal up with poly coating. There are several paper coatings that are used to alleviate cockling. Poly-coated liners have a layer of polyolefin (plastic) coated on both sides of the base paper. This ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

November 07, 2006, ... improvement training by a Boeing team to obtain the certification. Biodegradables Info Offered DUBLIN, IRELAND—A 2006 report on biodegradable polymers indicates costs have come down over the last ...

Labelexpo New Products

(Magazine)

October 31, 2006, ... Light Films combine precise layers of polymeric materials with different reflective qualities and add prismatic impact for appearance, brand differentiation, and shelf appeal. Colors are said to shimmer ...

Challengers Press On

(Tapes)

October 31, 2006, ... coating at 250 fpm. Suppliers include press manufacturer Gallus (an EM280 press); 3M sticky back; I.KELA stamp dies; DuPont Cyrel plates; Sericol inks; Wilson cut dies; Trinity photopolymer emboss; Harper ...

CPP: Season Two

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ...  Advance Systems; #9625; www.advancesystems.com Appleton Mfg. #9430; www.amdpsi.com Applied Materials; #9914; www.appliedmaterials.com Arjobex America; #9841; www.polyart.com Ashe Converting Equipment; ...

LabelExpo

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... #1202; www.acpo.com Action Rotary Die; #5620 Advance Graphics Equipment; #5724 Advanced Polymers Intl.; #1757; www.msphere.com Advanced Prepress Graphics; #5723 Advanced Vision Technology ...

What Makes Winding Difficult?

(Archive)

July 31, 2006, ... winding. The Young's modulus of a material is a straightforward concept. The modulus of aluminum is approximately 10 million psi; polyester films or many papers are about 500,000 psi; an elastic rubber ...

New Products

(Magazine)

July 09, 2006, ... to be well suited for lamination combinations of PE/paper, polyester/paper, paper/paper, and paper/foil. Reportedly results in a high degree of wetting and high bond strengths and has proven effective ...

A Bunch of Hot Air

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ... senior research fellow and was DuPont's corporate polyester film technology steward. Steinberg has extensive experience with the manufactur and coating of polyester and similar films. Current technical ...

Slitting New Product Digest

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... stability, and increase cut quality. Holder/blade is used for shear slitting materials, including paper, coated papers, fine printing papers, foils, paperboard, chrome-coated, polycoated, all films, and ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... Addison, IL, is a new option for thermoform/fill/seal applications in medical and frozen food end-use markets. The product is a proprietary copolymer blend said to offer outstanding toughness and clarity, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, Advantages in melt fracture elimination technology; high barrier advancements in metallized films; comparison of corona and flame treatement of polymer film, foil, and paperboard; and the latest UV/EB ...

New Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... raising film clarity well above that of the base resin, company reports, adding tests show new additive masterbatch makes LLDPE film as much as 65% clearer than the base polymer. Also said to improve gloss ...