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- 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) ...
- 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 ...
- 1970 - 1973
- (News | New Products)
- August 26, 2002, ... Polyester adhesive is developed, which has implications for food packaging. "Within the past five to six years, the demand for polyester in flexible packaging has spiraled upward, increasing more than 30 ...
- It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2000, ... properties. Some of the major high-performance films include those made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET polyester), nylon, polycarbonate (PC), polyimide (PI), and fluoropolymers. In 1999 Frost ...
- Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 1996, ... barrier films, one would think that applications could be found almost anywhere in the supermarket. But in a course given this past October during International Polyester Week '96 (IPW '96) by the Packaging ...
- PET supplies increasing as markets expand
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 1996, ... Because of the widespread interest in polyesters, The Packaging Group is sponsoring "International Polyester Week" Oct. 7-10, 1996, and will discuss all the polyesters in a variety of tutorials and seminars. ...
- Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL
- (Magazine)
- 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 ...
