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Foiling Counterfeiters

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... important,” notes Moesgen. “You want something that is easy to verify, easy to communicate, hard to duplicate.” OVDs can be attached to a number of substrates, most likely foil, but also polyester and ...

Converter's Niche: Innovatio

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, Supplying many markets and constantly turning out new packaging developments, Nordenia Iberica is definitely on top of things. Located about 45 minutes from La Rambla, Barcelona's famed pedestrian thoroughfare, ...

Chinaplas 2002: Plastics and Rubber Industries Event

(News | New Products)

June 12, 2002, Chinaplas 2002, the 16th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries, "facilitates market information and technology exchanges [for the industry]." SANTA CLARA, CA, USA—Chinaplas 2002, slated ...

PET Film: Mitsubishi Increases Price

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2002, GREER, SC, USAMitsubishi Polyester Film LLC (Americas) says it's increasing the price for all grades of Mitsubishi PET film in its North and Latin American GREER, SC, USA—Mitsubishi Polyester Film LLC (Americas) ...

Tapes & More Tapes

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... the company launched a number of double-sided, polyester-backed acrylic adhesive tapes, bringing the number of available PET-backed tapes to more than 15. Tesa offers a robust liner assortment to complement ...

Hawaii Passes Container Deposit Legislation What's Next

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, Of interest to converters, Hawaii has become the first US state since 1982 to pass container deposit legislation. Of interest to converters, Hawaii has become the first US state since 1982 to pass container ...

Medical Packaging and Its Special Needs

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... may contain snack foods, meat and cheese products, fresh vegetables, etc. The PE, PP, polyester, foil, paper, and other substrates used in all these packages undergo combination with typical adhesives. ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... added value to the finished package.” Manufactured by Label Graphics, CouPak's back panel houses a hangtag constructed of a polyester substrate die-cut to form the hangtag orifice. Label Graphics reports ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ...  Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN; 413/224-0578; eastman.com EASTAR BIO Ultra copolyester biodegradable resin features a higher melt viscosity than its sister product, GP copolyester. Film made from ...

Digital Flexo Plates: From Pioneers to End-Users

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... offers some recent examples of projects he sent through digitally. Seville produces the wrappers for baseball and football cards, which are reverse printed on polyester laminated to a metallized oriented ...

P-S Labels Every Which Way

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... 45 fpm and is designed to custom-print as little as a single label. The web-fed press handles a variety of substrates, such as p-s materials, polypropylene, or polyester, all coated and uncoated stock. ...

Flex-Pack Faces Up to Global Competition

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... access, enabling purchasers to conduct subsequent queries and searches independently. PCI also produces dedicated quarterly business reports and regional supply/demand reports for the polyester and ...

Ashland Specialty Chemical Company Ups Resin Prices

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2002, The Composite Polymers Div. of Ashland Specialty Chemical Co. is increasing the price of its polyester and vinyl ester resins, low-profile additives and gel coats by 4 cents (USD) per lb, the co. reports ...

DuPont & EarthShell to Accelerate Environmentally Preferred Packages

(News | New Products)

April 11, 2002, ...  The companies report they intend to collaborate closely to identify opportunities that combine EarthShell packaging with DuPont's Biomax® hydro/biodegradable polyester coatings/films technology. According ...

Annual AIMCAL: Ethics with Success

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2002, ... Films, another Bekaert co., becomes past president. Also at the meeting, converter member Bob Korowicki of Vacumet addressed a concern over what he describes as a PET dumping issue by Indian polyester ...

Every Trick in the Book

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... as did end-user Park Corp., which provided the graphic design. Food Category — Marketing Award Vacumet, Wayne, NJ, won the Marketing Award in the Food Category for metallized polyester (MPET) used ...

Diverse Products Meet Many High-End Needs

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... microns from suppliers such as DuPont Teijin Films, Mitsubishi Polyester Films, and Toray Films. The three thermal evaporation vacuum metallizers operating in Martinsville use high-purity aluminum wire ...

Metallizer Makes a Winning Wager

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2002, ... due to the differentiation in vacuum between the pumping zones. We altered their original design to put additional pumping where we thought it would benefit us. Although polyester people are not able to ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... liners: polyester polystyrene high-density polyethylene low-density polyethylene polypropylene   In addition, multilayer films based on the preceding polymers and various copolymers are ...

Through Thick and Thin, Gauging Controls Perform for You

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, Whether you're in the market for high-end thickness and gauging controls or you want a value-based system, developments have been made at both ends of Whether you're in the market for high-end thickness ...