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What’s Up With Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 17, 2010, ... or heaven forbid when the proverbial “lightning strike” shuts down the plant, the molten polymer has the opportunity to remain stationary on a very hot metal surface, in the presence of oxygen, resulting ...

VaryFlex Press Goes To Costa Rica

(Narrow Web)

February 28, 2010, LECCO, ITALY | Omet has sold a VaryFlex-F1 press to Polymer, a package printer based in Costa Rica. The nine-color flexo press is fitted with in-line LECCO, ITALY | Omet has sold a VaryFlex-F1 press to ...

Resin Enhances Shrink Applications

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, A film extrusion grade of cyclic olefin copolymer (COC), designated 9903D-10, extends the commercial glass transition temperature range down to 33 deg A film extrusion grade of cyclic olefin copolymer ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... adhesive-coated film. The clear, styrene-acrylic copolymer is designed for applications that require high water and blush resistance. Its high transparency makes it ideal for use in clear film labels used ...

Blown Film: Measuring Melt Temps

(Controls)

February 28, 2010, ... film of Davis-Standard LLC, Bridgewater, NJ. He has more than 28 years of experience in the film industry on the processing and machinery sides of the business. Keller received a BS in polymer science ...

Hot Melt PSAs Are 'Green

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, The Acrynax adhesives line of acrylic polymer hot melt PSAs is said to be good for both the environment and costs. This environmentally safe alternative The Acrynax adhesives line of acrylic polymer hot ...

NEWS CLIPS

(Magazine)

February 28, 2010, ... Solutions' Specialty Chemicals business, Fairlawn, OH, increases prices by $0.10/dry lb for styrene butadiene-based emulsion polymers effective February 15. Presstek, Hudson, NH, joins the Verdigris Project ...

PSA Ideal for Clear Film Applications

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... is a permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) said to be ideal for clear film applications that demand no hazing or blushing of the adhesive-coated film. The clear, styrene-acrylic copolymer is designed ...

News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

January 31, 2010, ... Fairlawn, OH, announces price increases up to $0.05/wet lb for acrylic, styrene acrylic, and vinyl acrylic emulsion polymers effective January 21. Society of Vacuum Coaters, Albuquerque, NM, reports ...

One-Stop Testing Solution Offered

(News Clips Archive)

January 31, 2010, ... Packaging Solutions will include: food deterioration; modeling studies; microbial studies; accelerating aging studies; chemical and physical analysis; polymer evaluation; gas mix optimization; MAP system ...

Flex-Pack = Opportunity

(Extrusion Coating)

January 31, 2010, ... is a wide choice of flexible package constructions involving papers, films, aluminium foils, and most recently, renewable polymer materials such as maize-based polylactic acid (PLA). Pouches are a popular ...

Tape Is Tough for Tabs

(Narrow Web)

January 31, 2010, ... targeted for protective tabs used in cylinder lithium batteries. APTIV film, made from Victrex PEEK polymer, is said to offer the best combination of friction and wear properties combined with high heat ...

It’s Nice to Be Back

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

January 19, 2010, ... world. I’ll be writing on various topics that the typical polymer processor would encounter on the job, whether it be an everyday activity such as die streaks, or a new plant start-up. In fact, that’s ...

Paper or Plastic?

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... reactive silicone polymers to allow a reduction in platinum catalyst costs; release coating reformulation to allow the use of lower-quality base materials without loss in silicone performance; and the ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... a film is stretched, aligning the polymer matrix, and annealed, setting the orientation in place. Monoaxial orientation strengthens and stiffens the film in one direction whereas biaxial orientation orients ...

Tobacco Crop Produces Bio-Plastic

(News Clips Archive)

November 30, 2009, CAMBRIDGE, MA | Metabolix Inc. has completed a field trial of tobacco, genetically engineered to express polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bio-based polymers. CAMBRIDGE, MA | Metabolix Inc. has completed a field ...

COIM Buys PUR Business

(News Clips Archive)

November 30, 2009, WEST DEPTFORD, NJ | COIM USA has agreed to buy Air Products' polyurethane pre-polymers business, marketed under the Airthane and Versathane tradenames. WEST DEPTFORD, NJ | COIM USA has agreed to buy Air ...

Renewable Films Offered

(New Products)

November 30, 2009, Company offers OPS and PLA specialty films including EarthFirst PLA Films, based on the NatureWorks LLC Ingeo polymer derived from annually renewable Company offers OPS and PLA specialty films including ...

Flue Filter

(First Glance)

November 30, 2009, ... with the additive in an aqueous polymer dispersion. Crosstex applies the treatment to the outer layer of the mask, a fluid-resistant spunbond material. The treatment, which chemically binds to the outer ...

Metabolix Completes Field Trial of Bioplastic-Producing Tobacco Crop

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2009, ... to express polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biobased polymers. CAMBRIDGE, MA | Metabolix, Inc., a bioscience company focused on developing sustainable solutions for plastics, chemicals and energy, has announced ...