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Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... conversion of an acrylic-coated metallized polyester film that’s laminated to UV-printed 18-pt SBS. Celplast Metallized Ltd., Scarborough, ON, Canada, metallized the polyester substrate provided by Toray ...

Advances in Coating

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... aspects of the web coating process. His expertise is in the coating and drying of thin films, coating process development and scale-up, polyester base development, film defect mechanisms, and defect characterization ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... and adhesive magazines have mentioned the growth of certain segments of the labeling adhesive market such as the labeling of polyester and other plastic containers, use of hot melts for shrink and sleeve ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... final result was a polyester/LLDPE pouch with an extended bottom gusset to accommodate the punch hold for hanging. Kapak reports one key to its fast turnaround time was its eight-color Toshiba Sectional ...

Why the Rush to BOPA?

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... compared to its leading competitors—bi-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and bi-oriented polyester (BOPET) film. With average growth rates of 8%/yr, world BOPA film demand is expected to reach an estimated ...

DuPont and Celanese Announce Price Increases

(Archive)

March 21, 2005, As of March 15, 2005, DuPont Teijin Films US branded PET polyester films increased by a minimum of $0.80/lb, Celanese Chemicals’ PVAc homopolymer and VAE co-polymers in North America by $0.03/wet lb. And ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... program. Tape is Double-Coated Lamart Corp., Clifton, NJ; 973/772-6262; lamartcorp.com Polyester double-coated tape, designated 2101-60, is designed for foam lamination and bonding to irregular surfaces. ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... oxygen barrier data is necessary to demonstrate whether reverse gravure will also produce acceptable barrier properties. Tests on polyester film showed that the oxygen barrier performance and adhesion ...

Rotary Screen Printing's Contribution to RFID, Part

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, ... either paper or polyester, of thickness between 50 and 100 µm. Etching rules out paper; drying and curing rule out polyethylene and polypropylene, for the meantime at least! Usually, curing in the above ...

E-Clips Top 10

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... 989/496-6000; dowcorning.com Syl-Off 9102 release coating overcomes the anchorage and clarity problems previously encountered when applying thermal solventless silicone coatings to polyester films, manufacturer ...

Water-Based Printing Inks & pH

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... at neutral pH. This technology was based on a new class of sulfonated polyesters that were dispersed in water. Since the resins did not depend on solubility in an alkaline medium, they could be formulated ...

A Universal Film for Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... properties. Polyester film has excellent strength characteristics, but it has no heat sealability. Statements of this type could be made for any other film. These and similar reasons are the rationale ...

Hit the Brakes!

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... and product publicity for Melinex polyester films. Prior to joining ICI, he handled a variety of advertising assignments for the DuPont Co. Robert C. Fry Jr. joined DuPont’s Economists’ Office ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 1

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ...  Aluminum Replacement and R&D Bob Korowicki, president of Vacumet Corp., sees the metallized polyester film business continuing to grow domestically "at about two to three percent a year; not as much ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 2

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... communications manager for ICI Americas, where he managed advertising, sales promotion, and product publicity for Melinex polyester films. Prior to joining ICI, he handled advertising assignments for DuPont ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 2

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... the function described above, the tape must be certified. To perform properly, a calibration tape must be produced with stable components. In our study, we chose high-grade polyester film for the facestock ...

DuPont Teijin Films US to Up PET Films Price

(Archive)

October 21, 2004, DuPont Teijin Films US reports, effective November 1, 2004, the price of all DuPont Teijin US branded PET polyester films will increase by a minimum of US $0.15/lb, "as a result of unprecedented increases ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... such as polyester. The technology allows for casting, laminating, and sheet processes. The roll stack is available in a range of sizes from 12-30 in. Each roll is independently servo driven with precise ...

Packaging for the World

(Flexpack)

September 29, 2004, ... the Santiago plant, there is a fully equipped prepress department with two Ohio engravers. Substrate suppliers include Sigdopack and Votocel (biaxially oriented polypropylene); Terphane and Toray (polyester); ...

Lasers Beam

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... and even smaller package size (around the size of a typical shoebox) — see Figure 1. These folded waveguide lasers are ideal for processing thin plastic (PP and polyester) films at speeds greater than ...