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Converting Industry News

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September 17, 2006, ... Acquires Esko CTP Line TEWKSBURY, MA—ECRM announces the closing of its agreement to acquire the polyester CTP product line of Esko Production A/S. This includes the manufacture and sales of DPX 4, DPX ...

Lid's a Showof

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August 31, 2006, It's heat-sealable. It's FDA-approved for direct food contact. It has no solvents. And it can be printed. It's LumiLid XLS5 polyester lidding film from It's heat-sealable. It's FDA-approved for direct food ...

What's Ne

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August 31, 2006, ... with a 4.0-mil-thick, high-performance acrylic adhesive and backed with a 2.0-mil clear polyester release liner, is said to be “converting-friendly.” PFFC-ASAP 482 Laminate is Clear, Resistant ITW ...

Toray Introduces New Printable Lidding Film

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August 22, 2006, PRESS RELEASE NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI—New FDA-compliant, heat sealable LumiLid XLS5 polyester lidding film from Toray Plastics (America) features an improved adhesion-promoting surface, said to offer excellent ...

Medical Adhesive Tape for Direct Skin Applications

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August 07, 2006, Scapa Medical has introduced Bioflex Rx1207P, a tan polyester tricot fabric, single coated with a medical grade acrylic adhesive, ideal for roll form bandages, specialized medical components, and other ...

Are Universal Products Possible?

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July 31, 2006, ... a masking tape application will never be suitable for use on a paper label that eventually will be used in a freezer application. A heat-seal coating that functions well when used on a polyester film ...

Converter Clips

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July 31, 2006, ...  SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — Polo Films reports a (US)$40 million investment in a new bioriented polyester (BOPET) films unit, allowing the company to diversify its product line. Films are used primarily for food ...

What Makes Winding Difficult?

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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 ...

2006 RFID What's News, Part

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July 29, 2006, ... of HF or UHF inlays in polyester, polypropylene, polyethylene, or polycarbonate, die-cut to a custom size. Customized attachment options, including "hang tags" and isolated constructions for mounting to ...

Converting Industry News

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July 09, 2006, ... include SCK papers, polycoated papers, polyesters, LDPE, HDPE, and BOPP. Custom manufacturing of specialty films, foils, and papers will be available. Tribex also announces the addition of quick-turn, ...

New Products

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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 ...

Klockner Displays New Packaging Materials

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July 03, 2006, ... enhanced slip properties for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products, Pentaprint E746/92 AS7 high-clarity polyester shrink-label films for full-body shrink-sleeve label and multi-pack applications, and ...

Films Face Off

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June 29, 2006, ... thermal, and barrier properties. But cost is also a consideration. This article compares PP, polyester, and nylon in terms of downgauging, barrier, and density, and includes a look at retort applications, ...

JAFZA Honors Flex Middle East FZE

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June 27, 2006, ... The Flex faciliy now is investing into expanding its capacity, including another 8.7-meter wide polyester film line with a capacity of 85 tons per day with co-extrusion in 2007, a polyester chips plant ...

Double-coated Adhesive Film

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June 20, 2006, ... a dimensionally stable polyester film, double-coated with an ultra removable acrylic adhesive on the liner side and a high-performance permanent acrylic adhesive on the exposed side. The product is supplied ...

BASF Increases Prices

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June 05, 2006, BASF increases prices for its coating and polymer immediates in North America. PRESS RELEASE FLORHAM PARK, NJ—Effective July 1, 2006, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its list and off-list ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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May 30, 2006, ... laminating adhesives. First, a typical laminating adhesive was cured on polyester terephthalate using various UV lamp sources and different types of photoinitiators to evaluate cure. Next, various oligomers ...

Pouch Power

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May 30, 2006, ... The end result is an adhesive lamination that is (outer to inner layer) reverse printed, high-barrier polyester/oriented nylon/polypropylene. “Ampac’s technical expertise and manufacturing capability ...

Reporter Clips

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May 30, 2006, ... side. Exposed side is coated with a high-tack, low-shear, acrylic adhesive. Carrier is 0.5-mil polyester film to facilitate die-cutting. RFID Capabilities Broadened DALLAS, TX—Texas Instruments is ...

Narrow Web New Products

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May 30, 2006, ... film is coated with a permanent acrylic PSA and backed with TRACrite 120 ultra-smooth polyester release liner. Topcoat is said to offer consistent ink adhesion and is compatible with a wide range of print ...