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- FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less
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- February 29, 2000, ... oriented polyolefin (COP) and oxygen barrier construction of the package extends pet food shelf life, improves freshness and palatability, and reduces insect infestation concerns. The COP abuse/sealant ...
- Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority
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- January 31, 2000, ... In the industrial films segment, textured and hard-coated polyethylene terephthalate and polycarbonate films are used by the electronics industry for membrane switches, touchscreens, LCD displays, and ...
- Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater
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- December 31, 1999, ... the refrigeration units and poly pumps are enclosed in a separate room, a benefit to employees because hearing protection is unnecessary. He adds, "We also got a grant from Wisconsin public service because ...
- Vision-Based System Wins the Battle Against Defects
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- December 31, 1999, ... has been in business for 25 years. It runs polypropylene, polyethylene, and polyester substrates on six- and eight-color presses. A complete prepress department handles inception, design, process color ...
- Partnering launches future growth in laminations
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- August 31, 1996, ... usually incorporate a range of thicknesses and materials but generally include and start at .5- through 2-mil polyester/.35- through 2-mil aluminum foil. A five-roll transfer system accomplishes metering ...
- Gauging system lights the way
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- August 31, 1996, ... process of the lamp begins with two thermoplastics polyester film substrates. One is supplied with an indium tin oxide (ITO) coating already applied by the film vendor; the other is metallized by a sputtering ...
- Tetra Pak plant in Spain is environmentally certified.
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 1996, Tetra Pak's converting facility for aseptic paper/poly/foil liquid food packaging materials in Arganda, near Madrid, Spain, has become the first factory Tetra Pak's converting facility for aseptic paper/poly/foil ...
- MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 1996, ... includes metallizing, coating, and laminating, as well as slitting and finishing processes. The company runs polyester, polypropylene, polyimide, and metal foils for window films as well as for industrial ...
- Green Bay gears up for specialty labels
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- May 31, 1996, ... to film, film to polycoated paper or film to paper labels. To eliminate heat-induced distortion of film liners, the machine uses ultraviolet curing for the silicone release coating. The first coating ...
- The challenge of formulating FDA compliance.
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- April 30, 1996, ... foods. This regulation contains multiple pages of columns for "List of substances, and "Limitations." In the column for substances, there are designations for polymers, plasticizers, and various other ingredients ...
- Trim system in India to be first to handle sugarcane paper.
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- March 31, 1996, ... alternative energies." Resins for Open-Mold DSM Resins BV, the Netherlands, has launched the first in a new generation of polyester resins for open-mold processing techniques. These resins feature ...
- Innovation is a winner in FPA competition
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- March 31, 1996, ... The bags are antifog-treated and flexo-printed in six colors on 1.18-mil oriented polypropylene. Meat Snacks on View American National Can, Chicago, IL, also won three awards, including one for the ...
- Flexo/screen proves to be a winning combination
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 1996, ... to register automatically upon press startup. The Stork Rotamesh screens are 100% nickel, eliminating rips and tears said to be common to polymer-based screens. The screens are also reusable on new ...
- Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality
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- December 31, 1995, ... single-service paper and plastic disposables. The company prints on a variety of substrates, including poylethylene, polypropylene, OPP, and shrink films. Materials are provided by Mobil, James River, ...
- Video web inspection: the view from the press floor.
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 1995, ... extrusion coaters. They print on polyester, polyfoil-poly and, occasionally, on paper. End products include a great deal of flexible packaging (ranging from lidding material for gel snack packs to foil ...
- Consider film cores when analyzing costs.
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- July 31, 1995, ... and packaging. Surface Film yield losses can often be directly related to the film core's surface. For example, films such as polyester are very sensitive to surface imperfections. While end-use application ...
- Adapting flexible system in trim-recovery operations.
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- July 31, 1995, ... equipment for trim-removal operations. At present, it is the only one of three extrusion lines equipped with such capabilities. Flexibility a Necessity Line 42 makes polyethylene film used for bags ...
- UK packaging markets expected to show growth in plastics, paper
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- July 31, 1995, ... that the apparent consumption of plastic packaging products will increase from [pounds]2.84 billion in 1995 to [pounds]3.03 billion in 1996 and will reach [pounds]3.25 billion in 1997. Afterward, polyethylene ...
- Printer responds to tougher environmental standards
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- April 30, 1995, New regulations nailed a solvent done considered environmentally friendly. Poly-Pak Industries scrambled to meet the new standards and combat a wave of New regulations nailed a solvent done considered ...
- Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 1995, When ICI Films decided to develop the first polyester foodpackaging film using post-consumer recycled (PCR) content nearly a year ago, we did so believing When ICI Films decided to develop the first polyester ...
