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Poly Ploys | Why Wine 'Cries

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 26, 2018, ... affiliated with the converting industry for more than 30 years and writes a column, Poly Ploys, for PFFC. It focuses on the field of polymers, laminations, and coatings with emphasis on R&D, quality assurance, ...

Uflex Announces Glitter Gravure Cylinder

(News | New Products)

March 11, 2018, ... and can be cured using LED lamps applied in-line with gravure printing process using solvent- or water-based ink system. The company manufactures different variants, including metallic glitter and polymeric ...

Flexo Concepts Refines Doctor Blades

(News | New Products)

March 05, 2018, ... process also is said to produce a smoother contact edge, eliminating the start-up lines experienced at times by printers when using polymer doctor blades. Since its release to the market in 2013, the ...

Bobst Offers Technology for Metal Adhesion

(Coating/Laminating)

February 28, 2018, ... treated films. According to the company, traditional metallization, even with plasma treatment, can result in poor metal-to-polymer substrate bonding, this produces de-lamination which leads to packaging ...

Static Beat | Static Control for Films with Conductive Layers

(Surface Prep)

February 26, 2018, ... Schell of the Eastman Kodak Co. for the successful development of process-surviving antistatic layers for motion picture films. These conductive layers are covered with insulating, polymeric layers that ...

Sticking With It | PSA Acrylics Primer

(Sticking With It)

February 12, 2018, ... insight. Building blocks So, let’s start with some fundamentals. All acrylic PSAs are polymer-based. A polymer can be described as a series of small molecules called monomers that are linked together. ...

MacDermid Announces Launch of Resins

(News | New Products)

January 31, 2018, Company adds to M System platform with MRC, LTS, and M Cap 45 liquid photopolymer resins for corrugated applications ATLANTA, GA | MacDermid Graphics Solutions reports the commercial introduction of ...

Davis-Standard Introduces Winder

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2018, ... be most beneficial for CPP and barrier films where post-wrap shrinkage occurs as a result of the types of polymers used in the film structures, or where blocking can occur due to a soft sealant layer with ...

BillerudKorsnäs Launches Medical Paper

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2018, SteriKraft Protect AR polymer-reinforced paper is said to meet high standards for medical packaging that must be sterilized SOLNA, SWEDEN | BillerudKorsnäs announces SteriKraft Protect AR, a new polymer-reinforced ...

Coating Matters | The 6 C's of Roll-to-Roll Coating System

(Coating/Laminating)

January 18, 2018, ...  degree in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master's degree in Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultan ...

Pyrowave Receives Grant to Process Recycled PS

(News | New Products)

January 09, 2018, ... depolymerization of plastics, has received a $50,000 grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition to purchase equipment that will allow for in-house processing of recycled polystyrene. The Coalition is housed ...

Mica Names Distributors in India & Middle East

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2018, ... in India. We believe that PackOne and FES are the perfect fit to do just that.” PackOne and FES are owned by the Fotedar family, who has more than 30 years of experience working in the polymer industry. ...

Global Specialty Products Offers Cleaner

(Print)

January 01, 2018, ... for use in and around food processing areas, where its use is not intended for direct food contact. It is designed to remove all types of polymeric, water-based, latex polymers, coatings, and varnishes, ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, ... use of polymer notes is growing and will benefit from holographic security features that will continue to reassure both central banks and the public about currency authenticity. Some of the holographic ...

RadTech Reports Technology Accelerator

(News | New Products)

December 13, 2017, ... sponsors including Chris Seubert, Ford Motor Company; Hui Yang, Procter and Gamble; and Mike Idacavage, Colorado Photopolymer Solutions. “Innovative start-up companies may face challenges in making the ...

Uflex Gives Makeover to UK’s Veetee Rice Packaging

(Flexpack)

December 10, 2017, ... proprietary polymeric composition. No other convertor across the world has been able to offer such a soft side handle. When consumers hold the rice pack through side handle the centre of gravity of the ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, ... exact material curves for polymer-based films to ensure the correct treatment level is applied, and Test 3 creates wetting characteristics for a specific film surface to verify that the chosen ink will ...

AWA Reviews Sessions on Release Liners

(Label/Tape)

November 25, 2017, ... use of polyolefin recyclates as raw material to ensure the long-term sustainability of such products, the PCEP is combining what it says is “a unique set of competencies”: polymer science, recycling, and ...

AWA Seminar Covers P-S Graphic Films

(Flexpack)

November 18, 2017, ... to 2019—8.5%. Another durable outdoor application, architectural graphics, is also experiencing positive development and is forecast to grow at 7% to 2019. Both these markets are home to cast, polymeric ...

Static Beat | Control Static on a Winding Roll

(Static-Beat)

November 07, 2017, ... be on the web surface that touched the polymer nip roller. For the winder in Figure 1, this is the inside surface, so we must dissipate this static before the web enters the winding roll. The best practice ...