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Totally Rockin' Metal

(Magazine)

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 ...

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 info@pcifilms.com; ...

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 ...

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

(Magazine)

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  ...

Let's Talk Trend

(Tapes)

August 28, 2003, ... projected to continue to lose market share as environmental issues limit material usability. Others, including polyethylene (PE) (9%-10%), polypropylene (PP)(7%-8%), polyester (5%-6%), and polyolefin (5%-6%), ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... the printing plate in letterpress printing. Plates are equipped with a black mask layer into which the information is transferred by means of a laser beam. Plates are available on a polyester or steel ...

European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... Weijde of Corus Research, Development, and Technology presented a paper on “Polyester Coextrusion On Steel: Adhesion And Sterilization Behavior.” They noted that polymer coil-coated packaging steels are ...

Materials

(Materials)

June 29, 2003, ... clear and colored plastics and films, including synthetics, polyester, PP, and flexible vinyl. It is applied in roll form, prior to sheeting for offset and screen printing, or prior to slitting for flexo ...

Fit for Use

(Materials)

April 30, 2003, ... of substrates used today are made from natural polymers (cellulose, rubber) or synthesized polymers [polyester, polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), etc.], and the method of ...

Measure Pressure with Thin Film

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... and accurately at the interface of any contacting or mating surfaces. Description of Film The diagram in Figure 1 shows a cross-section view of a pressure-sensor film. The sensor consists of a polyester ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... digital image processing technology for precise dot measurement. Works with all plate materials, including metal, polyester, and stochastic, and no calibration is necessary. Provides accurate and repeatable ...

Guts and Glory

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... with equipment supplied by Dusenbery, Kampf, and Bimec. As for materials, Tech Pak extrudes its own low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film and purchases biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and polyester ...

AIMCAL Winners Pulsate with Panache

(Corrugated)

March 31, 2003, ... Mansfield, MA, served as codesigner as well as boxmaker and contract packager. CFC International Chicago, IL, metallizes the polyester (PET) for the five-component box while Unifoil adds a custom-designed, ...