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Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

(Magazine)

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

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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.

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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

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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 ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ... seal easily. Using flexography, the graphics are reverse printed on the polyester layer to protect the print from the damages of wind, rain, and abrasion. The finished bags meet a laundry list of requirements, ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, Last year was a surprising year for the metallizing industry in a number of ways. The shortage of polyester film contrasted with ample supplies in 1993. Last year was a surprising year for the metallizing ...

German company develops recovery concept for plastics

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December 31, 1994, ...  Methanol is produced in the Rhienbraun AG gasification plant and is used as a raw material for some chemicals. * A British manufacturer of polyethylene films has recently moved into east polypropylene ...