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- New Roles for Converters
- (Archive)
- September 30, 2009, ... conductive polymer in organic light-emitting diodes. The coating and printing processes are essentially the same process in that they apply a coating to a substrate. The difference is that printing applies ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- September 30, 2009, ... additive system for polyolefins. In a compost environment, the present temperature and oxygen will initiate the molecular breakdown of the polymer. Said to have no negative or toxic effect on the created ...
- Experience Speaks: Dhuanne Dodrill
- (Experience Speaks)
- September 30, 2009, ... that made my polymer engineering courses much easier, I saw that packaging was a rapidly evolving field that could provide fascinating challenges. When I received my degree in chemical engineering, I began ...
- People
- (News Clips Archive)
- September 30, 2009, Fred M. Singer (83), marketing manager at Mica Corp. from 1982 until his retirement in 2006, has passed away. He was the recipient of the 1995 TAPPI Polymers, Fred M. Singer (83), marketing manager at ...
- Iowa State Developing Bioplastics Software
- (News | New Products)
- September 16, 2009, ... of data, this software takes a simpler approach and only considers the direct energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, costs of raw materials and processing." Grewell chairs Iowa State's Biopolymers ...
- How To Prevent Winter Static
- (Static Elimination)
- August 31, 2009, ... surface. Maintain these rollers according to the manufacturer's recommendations. The rubber or polymer coverings on drive, nip, cleaning, spreader, and lay-on rollers often are static dissipative. Electrical ...
- Gravure Sleeves: The Time Is Now
- (Process Management)
- August 31, 2009, ... look at gravure sleeves as a possible analog of photopolymer plates. In flexo printing, the almost complete change to photopolymer plates could not have happened without supporting collaborative change ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... sheet feeding, treating, and stacking solution provides sheet-fed printers with in-house ability to treat and print on a wide variety of nonporous polymer-based materials and synthetic papers. Said to ...
- News Clips Aug 2009
- (News Clips Archive)
- July 31, 2009, NatureWorks, Minnetonka, MN, partners with Netherlands-based Avantium to conduct in-house testing of Avantium's bio-based Furanics polymers, which would NatureWorks, Minnetonka, MN, partners with Netherlands-based ...
- What's New Products Narrow Web & Labe
- (Narrow Web)
- July 31, 2009, ... Copolymer Is Tough Covinax 462 is a clear, styrene-acrylic copolymer for permanent p-s applications that require high resistance to water and blush. High transparency makes it ideal for use in clear ...
- Seeing Clearly
- (Coatings)
- July 31, 2009, ... coater/laminator purchased in 1995. Overall, CLC also specializes in thin, optically clear, solvent-based polymer coatings on high performance polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films. “I do think the ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- July 31, 2009, ... AWP DEF photopolymer plate technology produces a solid water-washable plate. Said to provide high quality printing; well-balanced reproduction of large tonal areas, fine text, and halftone elements; compatibility ...
- Tuflex India Inaugurates Greenfield Converting Plant
- (Flexpack Main)
- July 20, 2009, Tuflex India's specialized knowledge in the field of polymers and the strong desire to grow its business led the company recently to embrace a major diversification of its product portfolio into the flexible ...
- TAPPI Accepting Abstracts For 2010 PLACE Conference
- (News Eclips)
- July 07, 2009, ... participate in the 2010 PLACE Conference Technical Program, April 18-21, 2010, in Albuquerque, NM. Sponsored by TAPPI’s Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings and Extrusions (PLACE) Div., this conference ...
- PTI To Produce Small Quantity Prototypes
- (News Clips Archive)
- June 30, 2009, ... include PET, PP, barrier polymers, and PLA. “We believe we are one of the first companies to offer film and sheet prototyping capability from small resin quantities — 10 to 40 pounds,” says Jason Haslow, ...
- Double-Duty Packages
- (Substrates)
- June 30, 2009, ... F. Weber, VP and general manager for DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, requires that the industry works “together to achieve these kinds of innovations, which is why DuPont sponsors the independently ...
- Tape Makers Merge
- (News Clips Archive)
- June 30, 2009, Easthampton, MA | Stik-2 Products has merged with Dielectric Polymers, Holyoke, MA, and the two entities will operate as Adhesive Applications (www.adhesiveapps.com) Easthampton, MA | Stik-2 Products has ...
- Digital Detection
- (Archive)
- June 30, 2009, ... normal ink (color, black and white, or varnish) can be applied to primary and secondary packaging and labels.2 Paperboard cartons, aluminum foil, and polymer-laminated foils can be used. Offset, rotogravure, ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: July 200
- (New Products)
- June 30, 2009, ... Aid Quality MVP and digital MVP photopolymer, medium-durometer printing plates are said to have exceptional resilience, allowing faster press speeds and reduced bounce, and resulting in overall higher ...
- People News - July 2009
- (News Clips Archive)
- June 30, 2009, ... M. Genco, Norman F. Marsolan Jr., John R. Martin, John A. Neun, Thomas E. Rodencal, Michael Y. Sun, and Peter D. Wallace. Equipolymers, Horgen, Switzerland, announces the retirement of president ...