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Home Grown

(Coating/Laminating Main)

June 30, 2009, ... resistant matte with a superior velvet finish. Film products converted by Protect-all include clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylenes (PP), polyethylenes (PE), nylons, foils, barrier ...

Web Exclusive: Flat Die Technologies Emerge as Keys to Innovation in Solar Electric Systems

(Archive)

May 13, 2009, ... applied simultaneously with any of the others. One possible structure, from sun-facing side to back side, might look like this: polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film with UV-block coating; EVA protective ...

Cut to Save

(Label/Tape Main)

April 30, 2009, ... from MATHO Maschinenbau GmbH. Self-Adhesive Material Skanem makes self-adhesive labels using a variety of printing processes in combination with cold and hot foil stamping. Polyethylene and polypropylene ...

Phoenix To Build rPET Line

(Substrates)

March 31, 2009, Phoenix Technologies announces the construction of its first commercial recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) line for the production of the company's LNOc brand food-grade resin. BOWLING GREEN, OH ...

Not Just a Pretty Face

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2009, ... cook-in bag for McCain Popcorn Potatoes incorporates Graphic Packaging's Quilt Wave lamination and metallized susceptor grid. The heat-sealable 48-ga polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/ink/pattern adhesive/25# ...

Metallized & Vacuum Coated Products Are Credited for Excellence in the AIMCAL Competition

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2009, ... incorporates Quilt Wave lamination and a metallized susceptor grid. The heat-sealable 48-ga polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/ink/pattern adhesive/25# paper/adhesive/pattern susceptor/heat-sealable 48-ga ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... adhesive wet-out characteristics. We are seeing caliper reductions down to about 23 microns for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) liners. Liner recycling now is gaining impetus as awareness is growing ...

Meeting the Sustainability Challenge Without Compromising Barrier Performance

(Archive)

January 28, 2009, ... independent of the base film gauge. This is proven in Figure 4, which shows oxygen transmission rate (OTR) and water vapor transmission rate [WVTR] values of three different polyethylene terephthalate ...

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, ...  Starting at the bottom of Figure 1, the substrate — usually polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented polypropylene, polyethylene, or a metallized film — acts as a surface to accept the printing. It ...

US Plastic Film Demand to Exceed 16 Billion Pounds

(News Eclips)

August 12, 2008, ... as well as opportunities in film products such as pouches and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). The leading film will remain low-density polyethylene (LDPE), accounting for almost two-thirds of the ...

AIMCAL Elects New Board

(News | New Products)

March 19, 2008, ... New York, a position he has held since rejoining the company in 2004. An expert in barrier substrates, he has developed many products based on coextruded, coated and/or metallized polyethylene terephthalate. ...

Metal Is in the Mix

(Metallizing)

February 29, 2008, ... polypropylene (BOPP)/ink/adhesive/metallized BOPP/adhesive/2.25-mil modified low-density polyethylene (LDPE). Unlike traditional pouch-in-carton packaging, this metallized structure uses less packaging ...

Melamine Revisited

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... oriented polypropylene (BOPP), polyethylene terephthalate, oriented polyamide, and polylactic acid. Pump downtimes and cooling periods are lower than those experienced in traditional vacuum coating, so ...

Sweets Success

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... and Kraft, and domestic confectionery plants such as Roshen, AVK, and Konti. Representative constructions produced at Ukrplastic include polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/polyethylene (PE), PET/metallized ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... to earn the nod from judges this year. The box, designed and contract packaged by Hub Folding Box, Mansfield, MA, features 48-ga silver metallized polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from Adherent Technology, ...

Product Protection

(Technical Reports)

February 28, 2007, ...  HB PVDC 0.16 0.30 HBF (Heat-Sealable Clear) 0.19 0.67 Typical laminated structures in which a new UHBF might be combined with polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), biaxially ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

February 27, 2007, ... of a two-tone blue matte and gloss-printed surface that discourages fingerprints. Two windowed display cartons comprise acrylic-coated, low-haze, 48-g metallized polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from Toray ...

Please Touch

(Folding Cartons)

November 30, 2006, ... but actually feel the product without compromising the content inside.” The artwork on the reusable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) carton allows the consumer to see the actual product while also ...

Films Face Off

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, ... and consumer product goods manufacturers often choose among oriented polyethylene terephthalate (OPET), oriented polypropylene (OPP), and oriented polyamide [(OPA) or nylon], the three films commonly used ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... significant improvements through such processing in the moduli (both machine and transverse directions), yield and break strengths, and optical properties including haze and gloss of polyethylene films. ...