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Dow Products Finalists for Innovation Awards

(Flexpack)

August 27, 2017, ... With Best Benefit For Environment and Sustainability: ROPAQUE NT-2900 Opaque Polymer for BLUE 4EST Thermal Paper is said to be a more sustainable thermal paper option for applications such as cash register ...

PROTON Products Details Sensor Applications

(Controls)

August 08, 2017, ... orientated film and sheet polymer products, the actual MDO stretch can be measured on-line to help achieve the correct thickness, quality, and performance properties. Company says paper and board grades ...

Sticking With It | Q&A on Testing and Evaluation

(Coating/Laminating)

August 07, 2017, ... have discussed in previous articles, adhesives are polymers or mixtures of polymers. To feel confident that we are getting the same product each time, we start by selecting a reliable supplier. When considering ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 3

(Flexpack)

August 02, 2017, ... configurations with up to 77 layers using our new Layer Sequence Repeater (LSR). This technology allows the polymer molecules to align without stress in a nanolayer film structure. This provides many advantages, ...

Cortec Products Recertified as Compostable

(Flexpack)

July 18, 2017, ... including an annually renewable biopolymer source derived from plant sugars. The film or bags can be manufactured with a range of 5%-45% biobased content and formulated to meet varying flexibility or rigidity ...

Coating Matters | Balancing Slot Die Design

(Coating/Laminating)

July 18, 2017, ... a Bachelor's 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 ...

Flint Digital Plate Suited for Corrugated

(News | New Products)

July 15, 2017, The nyloflex FTC digital plate for corrugated postprint is said to provide significant fluting reduction and high print quality STUTTGART, GERMANY | Flint Group Flexographic Products announces the ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 3

(Web Handling)

July 04, 2017, ... hot roll winding cooling, and post-polymer processing density increases.   Mechanism 5: Partial Width CD Buckles Description—Lanes of CD buckling will form in the wound roll where the web or coating ...

Roller Geometry | What Is Your Roller’s True Shape?

(Web Handling)

June 21, 2017, ... in the converting industry accumulated since 1996. Mark holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master's degree in Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh ...

Dow & Koehler Win EPA Green Chemistry Award

(Flexpack)

June 19, 2017, Koehler’s BLUE 4EST Thermal Paper powered by Dow’s ROPAQUE Opaque Polymer offers BPA-Free Imaging Technology PHILADELPHIA, PA | The Dow Chemical Company and Koehler Paper Group have been named winners ...

Swanline Offers Self-Adhesive Vinyl

(Flexpack)

June 16, 2017, ... said to offer enhanced flexibility to the display and signage markets. Company says Cygnus Gecko features high quality polymeric vinyl that has been designed to be easily removed and re-applied multiple ...

Sticking With It | Overview of Radiation Curable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

(Coating/Laminating)

June 14, 2017, ... the energy of the electron beam, cross-linking is initiated. All the typical chemistries used to make PSAs, i.e., styrene block copolymers, acrylics, can be cross-linked in this manner to add cohesive ...

Global Specialty Products Cleaner Is “Green”

(Coating/Laminating)

June 13, 2017, ... facilities. Product is NSF Certified (a not-for-profit organization that provides public health and safety risk management solutions). It is designed to remove all types of polymeric, water-based, latex ...

FocalSpec Announces Roughness Scanner

(Controls)

June 06, 2017, ... Line Confocal Imaging (LCI) technology that enables a continuous, non-contact 3D surface imaging of fast-moving transparent, non-transparent, matte, and glossy web structures, such as PVB films, polymer ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 2

(Flexpack)

June 05, 2017, In Part 2 of this three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom Bezigian explains the advantages of one- and three-layer lines. In Part 2 of this three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom ...

Coating Matters | Dispersions in Liquid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

June 05, 2017, ... in Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultant and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and ...

Smithers Pira Reports on Functional & Barrier Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

May 28, 2017, ... coatings and biopolymers are expected to make inroads into more traditional petroleum-based wax and plastic laminate paperboard products for fresh food bakery, frozen food, and takeaway applications. Novel ...

Coating Matters | The Critical Variable—Slot Die Lip Gap

(Coating Matters)

May 16, 2017, ... 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 consultant and CEO of Coating Tech ...

FTA Honors Innovative Products

(News | New Products)

May 14, 2017, ... controlled UV LED exposure unit that provides both main and back exposure for photopolymer flexo plates. With little required from the operator, the machine fits into a fully automated workflow that can ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 1

(Flexpack)

May 03, 2017, In Part 1 of a three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom Bezigian examines the trend driving the market to more and more layers. In Part 1 of a three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom ...