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(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... and medical equipment, as well as security system control applications. It utilizes a 1-mil polyester carrier film coated on one side with a high-performance silicone adhesive and backed with a 78# ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... Nuggets, raisins with chocolate-, yogurt-, or fruit-flavored coatings. Printed in seven colors, the polyester/PE pouches can be turned in a hand puppet when parents cut along the bottom. Says David ...

Converting Less Ordinary

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... traditional copper-etched antennas. The printed antennas produced by GSI are capable of a frequency of 13.56 MH2 and 900 MH2. Substrates on which GSI can print these antennas include paper and polyester, ...

A Brighter Picture

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... polyester films. Prior to joining ICI, he handled a variety of advertising assignments for DuPont Co. Robert C. Fry Jr. joined DuPont's Economists' Office in 1987 following a three-year stint in Conoco' ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... North America is a thin polyester film double coated with a permanent acrylic adhesive on one side and a removable acrylic adhesive on the other, reportedly making it ideal for the construction of medical ...

Products and Materials

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December 30, 2003, ... copolyester extruded film for wound dressing and surgical drape and gown fabrication. Said to provide good barrier properties and can be laminated to a variety of substrates. Product, which is available ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Tapes)

November 30, 2003, ... and silver-based polyester plates, as well as letterpress. Available in 1.5- and 7-lb cans, inks are laser-safe to 400 deg F and may be used with all popular fountain solutions, co. adds. PFFC-ASAP 321 ...

Totally Rockin' Metal

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November 30, 2003, ...  Metallized Product of the Year Metallized Product of the Year is awarded to Lever Pond's OMO Progress carton. The carton's outer polyester (PET) film was seven-color reverse-printed on the inner side, ...

Materials

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, ... polyester film for use with silicone p-s adhesives. Typical applications include high-temperature or medical tapes and other specialty tapes and labels. Add Value to Laminated Products Transilwrap ...

Alcoa Sells South American PET Biz

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2003, Late last week, Alcoa reported it had completed the sale of its polyethylene terephthalate (PET)—better known as polyester—packaging business in South America to Amcor PET Packaging for $75 million (USD) ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... coated to polyester and sealed to uncoated Tyvek. The pouch is said to provide a particulate- and fiber-free peel. According to Rexam, the contamination may exist from particulates generated by a coating. ...

Coating Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2003, ... films, coating process development and scale-up, polyester base development, film defect mechanisms, and defect characterization techniques. He has more than 40 years of experience in coating research ...

BOPP Film: How Real Is the China Threat?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2003, ... PCI also produces dedicated Quarterly Business Reports and Regional Supply/Demand Reports for the polyester and polypropylene film and flexible packaging markets. For more information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ...

Foil Converter Changes Course

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... “Esterpeel” heat sealable lidding films. This was a construction based either on a heat seal or specialty lamination on polyester (PET) film. This soon led the firm into the emerging area of high-temperature ...

Spotlight on the North American Market

(Disposables)

September 30, 2003, ... Across all applications, polyethylene accounts for the largest usage at 53%, followed by polyester — for critical applications — at 30%, and polypropylene at 15%. However, today it is film liners that ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... hydrogen bonds. The true reason in this case is unknown. Stand-up pouches usually use a two-component polyester-polyurethane laminating adhesive. During retorting of filled pouches, water vapor can ...

The Long & the Short of Web Bending

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August 31, 2003, ... the beam dimensions (thickness, width, and length) and the modulus of elasticity. The deflection for a given load will be directly proportional to modulus. The modulus of aluminum is 20x higher than polyester ...

Europe: Label's Leade

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... decoration of medium to large polyester (PET) bottles. Shrink-sleeve labels continue to enjoy annualized growth rates in excess of 15%, but materials are changing from the hitherto dominant polyvinyl ...

Materials

(Materials)

August 31, 2003, ... torayfilms.com UV-blocking polyester Lumirror films are said to provide advanced protection against light, rain, ozone, and pollution in many applications. U6V and U6V1 films are color-neutral, don't degrade ...

TLMI Membership List

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August 28, 2003, ...  Label Technology Inc. The Kennedy Group Inc. Label Div. Advanced Web Technologies Inc. Matthias Paper Corp. 1993 Air Products Polymers LP Label Art, California Mitsubishi Polyester Film LLC  ...