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Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... the consumer to see the product before purchase and to monitor supplies without opening the bag. Construction of the package is 48-ga polyester/10# PE blend/48-ga polyester/7# PE blend/3-mil coextruded ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

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February 29, 1996, ... it happen, those who do the metallizing and their suppliers. A lot of the talk centered on materials. Metallizers started to scramble for polyester film early last spring and continued to struggle through ...

New hot stamper does more for short runs

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February 29, 1996, ... followed by a prismatic silver border around the black. This printed construction is then laminated on the Franklin with a 1-mil, pressure-sensitive-coated polyester (also from Westkote). The matrix is ...

European equity supplier acquires plastics division

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February 29, 1996, ... polyester business comprises activities in paraxylene, pure terephthalic acid (PTA), Melinar PET packaging, and Melinex polyester films. Annual turnover has doubled in the last four years and now exceeds ...

For adhesives or coatings, ask the right questions

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February 29, 1996, ... under consideration have specific adhesion to polyester, polyolefin, polyamide, and other substrates? Is flame or corona discharge treatment a requirement to enhance adhesion to a substrate? You might ...

Deciphering the complexities of the core/shaft/unwind relationship.

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January 31, 1996, ... plastic cores, "standard" plastic cores, and metal cores. Composition of reinforced plastic cores can be linen-based phenolic, fiberglass-based epoxy, or polyester resins. Plastic cores can be comprised ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

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November 30, 1995, ... The emulsion coater allows them entrance into the p-s electronic imaging market for ink jet-receptive paper, vinyl and polyester materials. In addition, new ITW Dynatec (Hendersonville, TN) hot melt ...

Measurement technique improves metallized PP

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November 30, 1995, ... polyester as the barrier sheet of choice for light, moisture and oxygen. Metallized polyester is still in use, but it is generally more expensive and is used primarily for applications requiring long shelf ...

Islamic marketing opportunities opening up for converters.

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November 30, 1995, ... polyester/foil/polypropylene laminate was deemed acceptable as a "halal" substitute. Specific "halal" approval would have been preferable, however. At this time, the interested converter should prepare ...

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 ...

Hot melt applications continue to grow

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June 30, 1995, ... the yellowing problem. There still are four basic formulations of hot melt - ethyl vinyl acetate, polyamid, polyester, and butyl - and they're available in bulk, granular, chips and stick form. Each ...

Two-component adhesive system eliminates mixups

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June 30, 1995, ... work formulating a solvent-free polyester system to suit CSD/WestPac's needs. Fuller also determined that Graco Inc., another Minneapolis-based firm, offered the reliability that CSD/WestPac required ...

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, ...

Company develops line of cost-saving packaging

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March 31, 1995, ... two-component medium-solids solventborne-polyester adhesive, achieved the green strength and cured-bond strength necessary while satisfying the demands of the application's other variables. The ethyl acetate-based ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

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March 31, 1995, ... in production. A laser pulse reflects off the mirror, scans the bar code and then bounces information back to a scanner which reads the information. "The metallic luster of the polyester works well for ...

Films utilize capacity of cast polyethylene

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February 28, 1995, ... cartridges have been introduced by Web Technologies, Oakville, CT. Copy-Pat films are a custom-engineered laminate of metallized polyester and black heat-sealable polyethylene that offers a low moisture-vapor-transmission ...

Printing system offers quality performance

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February 28, 1995, ... system that provides ultralow retained solvents when adhesive or extrusion-laminating treated and on polyvinylidene-chloride coated polyester substrates is available from Zeneca Specialty Inks, Winston-Salem, ...

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 ...