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CCP Expo 2007 Exhibitors

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October 22, 2007, ...  CEMA Champion Polymer Recycling Charter Films Inc. Cloeren Cognex Corporation COIM USA Inc. Coldkeepers, LLC Color Resolutions International Comco, division of Mark Andy Comexi North America ...

Eco-Friendly Packaging for an Eco-Friendly Product

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October 13, 2007, ... corn, not foreign petroleum. This material is produced from plastic that consists of polyactide, a corn-based polymer. Corn plastic is more energy efficient than other plastics and takes 60% less fossil ...

Eclipse Film Technologies Installs a W&H MDO Unit

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October 13, 2007, ... properties. These enhancements can be leveraged by converters, packaging engineers, and brand owners. Eclipse Film Technologies specializes soley in the machine direction orientation fo polymer films ...

Atlas Launches Webinar Education Programs

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October 10, 2007, ... specific needs. 2007 Webinar topics include: Pharmaceutical Photostability Testing: Small and Large Molecules According to ICH Guidelines. The Factors of Weather and Weathering Testing of Polymers. ...

the PLACE

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September 30, 2007, ... diffusion of dyed fatty esters through porous material, controlled enzymatic hydrolysis of lipids, and solid state polymerization of uncolored acetylenic monomers that produce highly colored polymers. ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2007, ... ten years as a producer of food-grade superabsorbent polymers (SAP). Ernst & Young Orenda is financial advisor to Glopak, Montreal, QC, Canada, a manufacturer of flex-pack, on its divestiture to Hood ...

FIRST GLANCE

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August 31, 2007, ... material; and package features a water-based heat seal coating. Company says edge-to-edge graphics provide marketing “pop.” Very Cool Pro-fax EP390S high-impact PP copolymer (opaque) resin from ...

WHAT'S NE

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August 31, 2007, ... Nonwovens EastONE technologies and performance polymers are said to enable production of the next generation in microfiber nonwovens. Renewable and bio-based cellulose esters provide a wide range of film ...

Reduce & Comply

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August 31, 2007, ... ton/yr (approximately 30,000 substances) will be subject to special registration and evaluation requirements. Additives, inks, and dyes are covered. Polymers and intermediates will be exempt, but manufacturing ...

News Clips

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August 31, 2007, ... recently. Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex, Research Triangle Pk., NC, has decided on a name for its patent-pending technology to produce emulsion polymers. The technology platform will be designated ...

10-Year Consumer Packaging Forecast

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August 13, 2007, ... in consumer packaging, as selected by industry experts, including shelf-life sensors, self-heating and self-cooling packaging, engineered polymers, and computer modeling. Disruptive technology trends ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

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July 31, 2007, ... increased commercialization of bio-based polymers and the latter from the introduction of medicinal and health products in dissolvable thin film form. For more information visit freedoniagroup.com. ...

Track & Trace

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July 31, 2007, ... of technologies: Chip-based with traditional etched antenna/chip-based with printed antenna. Chipless. Plastic polymer electronic circuits. Figure 4 illustrates the succession of technologies ...

the PLACE

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July 31, 2007, ... Some key extrusion variables are oxidation in the air-gap via heat and air-gap distance, heat via thickness and temperature, and choice of polymer. In this paper, the author limits polymer choice to a ...

ITW Acquires M&C

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July 30, 2007, ITW Performance Polymers, an Illinois Tool Works (ITW) company, has acquired M&C Specialties Co., a contract manufacturer of custom-fabricated die-cut adhesive components, tapes, and labels to markets ...

Dow Chemical Increases Prices on Polyolefin Elastomers

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July 23, 2007, ... elastomers are included in markets such as adhesives, automotives, durable and consumer goods, and building and construction. Dow Chemical continues to invest in specialty polymers to ensure long-time ...

New Products

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June 30, 2007, ... Integrated solvent density meter measures the percentage of polymer in washing solvent, topping it with fresh solvent when set-up values are exceeded. PFFC-ASAP 435 Mate Dissimilar Shafts Stafford ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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June 30, 2007, ... systems, aesthetically valued and user friendly coated paper based paper/poly lidding materials can be developed. Using polymer combinations and the knowledge on cohesive failure mechanisms, optimization ...

What's Ne

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May 31, 2007, ... through a user-friendly touchscreen on the front of the unit. Once processing is completed and machine is deactivated, brushes are washed automatically with fresh solvent to eliminate any trace of polymer. ...

the PLACE

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May 31, 2007, ... lamination films. Polyolefins can be nucleated using an insoluble or soluble nucleator. Without a nucleator, a polymer melt cools slowly forming large spherulite structures and a hazy material. When ...