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The Digital Demand

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... press prints on a range of substrates, paper or filmic, pressure-sensitive or non-supported. Compatible materials include self-adhesive papers, synthetic (including polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, ...

Reclying Plastic Materials

(Archive)

June 20, 2005, ... practical solutions for recycling industry and product manufacturers. The major emphasis is given to polyolefins, polyethylene terephthalate, PVC, and rubber. Materials concerned include films, bottles,packing ...

Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... two sheets of 12-pt solid bleached sulfate (SBS) laminated to the rainbow polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film from metallizer Spectratek Technologies, Los Angeles, CA, the carton also is top-coated with ...

A King of Shrink Contender

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2005, ... Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and modified polyethylene terephthalate (PETG) comprise the lion’s share of the shrink-sleeve labels produced on this press. Water-based inks are used in either case from Environmental ...

Ticona Increases Price of its Polyester Products

(Archive)

February 01, 2005, ...  The new pricing will apply as follows: Celanex® polybutylene terephthalate—$0.11/lb. Impet® polyethylene terephthalate—$0.60/lb. Vandar® thermoplastic polyester blends—$0.11/lb. For further ...

AIMCAL Awards, Page 2, PFFC, March 2004

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2004, ... and converter. Structure comprises biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate/polyethylene. Transparent inks complement the holographic effect. First-time pouch use requires the consumer to break a ...

The Family Breadwinner

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ... brand white bread. Comprised of a low-density polyethylene film from Leco Industries, Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada, the stock is converted by Allied Halo Industries for Canada Bread Co., Etobicoke, ON. Toronto-based ...

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) ...

Pactiv to Buy Plastic Packaging Assets of Rock-Tenn Company

(Flexpack)

September 23, 2003, ... Company. According to Pactiv, the purchased assets are related to the manufacture of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) and polypropylene (PP) products for food packaging. "This business had net ...

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, ... price hikes on most specialty nonwoven products; Mobil Chemical, polyethylene cost increased 5 percent; and Continental Can, Folding Carton Div., ups prices on all regular folding carton products from ...

Pactiv to Buy Winkler Forming

(News | New Products)

May 21, 2002, Pactiv Corp. reports an agreement to purchase Winkler Forming, Inc. Pactiv says it will purchase the thermoformer of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) for food packaging for $72.5 million (approximately ...

Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... as the vacuum plasma treatment process. APT production equipment testing has been successful for treatment of various polymer films including oriented polypropylene (OPP), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... to Increase 6% CLEVELAND, OH, USA—PET resin demand in the US is forecast to increase 6.2% annually to 6.6 billion lb in 2003, valued at $4.1 billion, according to Polyethylene Terephthalate Resins, a ...

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 ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ...  In the industrial films segment, textured and hard-coated polyethylene terephthalate and polycarbonate films are used by the electronics industry for membrane switches, touchscreens, LCD displays, and ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... to date has been with polyethylene terephthalate (PET), but the technologies do not get interesting until non-PET substrates are commercialized. Uncoated PET is presently coated by plasma or evaporation, ...

New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... less than 50 ppb immediately after packaging and hold it at that level for as long as possible. Currently of great interest among beer bottlers is polyethylene naphthalate (PEN). Work in naphthalate ...

PET supplies increasing as markets expand

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, "There's nothing in the world as powerful as an idea whose time has come." Dr. Samuel Johnson.Suppliers of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which was "There's nothing in the world as powerful as an idea whose ...

Growing popularity of PET drives shortage to crisis level

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, Widely hailed as the "green" resin of the '90s, polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, is now the wunderkind of the converting/packaging industry. Sometimes Widely hailed as the "green" resin of the '90s, polyethylene ...