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Converting Industry News

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June 29, 2003, ... all disposable plastic, paper, or polycoated paper cups. The money generated under the act would go toward reducing, cleaning up, and recycling disposable bag and cup litter and marine debris. Cities and ...

Converting Industry News

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May 31, 2003, News from: Battenfeld Gloucester, Bayer Polymers, Chambers Container, Faustel, GMG, Graphic Solutions, Polytype, Power Paper Ltd., PPC, Prairie State Group, PressTech Controls, Quad/Tech, Sonoco, Stork ...

Industry Responds to California Plastic Bag Tax

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2003, ... with no other packaging, says SPI. The bill also levies a two-cent tax on all disposable plastic, paper, or poly-coated paper cups. SPI says the money generated under the proposed "California Litter ...

Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2003, News from: AIMCAL, Dunmore, ei3, EMA, ExxonMobil, FTA, HCPC, Inovpack Vector, Kapak, MeadWestvaco, NASPO, NPES, Pactiv, Sasol Polymers, Sun Chemical, and Vue/Point. Covering the Full Spectrum of Industry ...

What's New in Narrow We

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April 30, 2003, ... on press and in label application/dispensing systems for applications that require demanding registration tolerances. Polyolefin-based face material provides stiffness characteristics essential in applications ...

Pillowing Puzzle

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April 30, 2003, ... needed to solve a nagging problem in its Charlotte, NC, forms, labels, and envelope production facility. The problem was pillowing, which occurred while converting polyester linered material with a clear ...

Products

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April 30, 2003, ... Kraton Polymers, Lung-Meng Machinery, Maxson Automatic Machinery, Munchy, Novaflex, Pillar, Schiavi (Bobst), Teknor Color, and Webex. Machinery, Accessories, Services Five-Layer Coex Line Has Many Features ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

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March 31, 2003, ... White Avery Dennison Corp., Painesville, OH; 440/358-6000; 800/944-8511; averydennison.com Six-mil Polylith synthetic papers are said to combine the durability of plastic with the printability of paper. ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

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March 31, 2003, ... mos. Said to be slower to degrade in sunlight and tough environmental conditions compared to other polyolefins. Has smudgeproof topcoating, 97% opacity, and compatibility with thermal transfer, flexo, ...

Converting Industry News

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March 31, 2003, ... Laser Machining, Latran Technologies, Man Roland, PCMC, Polytype Converting, Preco, Printcafe, Rexam Healthcare Flexibles, Schreiber Specialties, Smurfit-Stone, Solutia, Superior Nonwovens, and UCB Group. ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

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March 30, 2003, ...  Synthetic Papers are Durable and White Avery Dennison Corp., Painesville, OH; 440/358-6000; 800/944-8511; averydennison.com Six-mil Polylith synthetic papers are said to combine the durability of ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

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March 30, 2003, ...  Kimdura premium coated film has UV resistance of 18-24 mos. Said to be slower to degrade in sunlight and tough environmental conditions compared to other polyolefins. Has smudgeproof topcoating, 97% opacity, ...

Controlling Color Change in Adhesives and Coatings

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February 28, 2003, ... not be critical. In those applications where it does have significance, use the hints given here and in last month's column. David J. Bentley Jr. is a recognized industry expert in polymers, laminations, ...

Filtration Transformation

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February 28, 2003, ... adhesives and polymers, collaborating with May Coating Technologies, a div. of Acumeter Laboratories, recently found a way to transform an aspect of its production — consequently improving its bottom line ...

Sun Chemical Buys Bayer Hi-Performance Pigment Biz

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2003, Sun Chemical Corporation reports it has completed the acquisition of Bayer Polymers LLC's high-performance organic pigment business, Bushy Park, SC, USA. FORT LEE, NJ, USA—Sun Chemical Corporation reports ...

Materials

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January 31, 2003, ... Polymers Adhesive Tapes Suited for High-Speed Splicing Adhesives Research, Glen Rock, PA; 717/235-7979; 800/445-6240; adhesivesresearch.com ARclad 8891, 8901, and 8314-10 acrylic, permanent tape products ...

What's New in Narrow We

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December 31, 2002, ... for Flexo Labels, Cartons Esko-Graphics, Vandalia, OH; 937/454-1721; esko-graphics.com The CDI Spark XT images DuPont Cyrel and other brands of digital photopolymer plates in sizes to 48 × 35 in. It ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportMedical/Healthcare Use

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October 31, 2002, ... or gamma radiation), FDA approval, and sometimes a thermo-formable capability. Film liners can satisfy many of these requirements. Many of the liners used are silicone coated, but other options are polyethylene-coated ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

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October 31, 2002, ... mist generation and silicone polymer viscosity, which was later correlated on pilot and production coaters. This data not only shows higher viscosity polymers probably will generate more mist at a lower ...

In the Converting Industry, an Audit Can Be a Good Thing

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October 31, 2002, ... of polyester/aluminum foil/PE. He knows the weight of the rolls of foil that arrive in the plant. He also knows the number of square feet of laminate he makes containing the foil. By measuring the amount ...