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Converting Industry News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

May 31, 2010, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, Wilmington, DE, increases the price of all grades of Elvax resins by $0.05/lb effective June 1. Zenith Cutter DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, Wilmington, ...

Member directory

(Magazine)

April 30, 2010, ...  Filmquest Group Inc. FILMtech Inc. Finzer Roller First Quality Nonwovens First Technology Innovation Inc. Flexible Packaging Magazine FLEXcon Co. Inc. Franklin Adhesives & Polymers ...

A future for photovoltaics

(Metallizing)

April 30, 2010, ... is not ideal, it is common for a polymer layer to be deposited in the vacuum system before the inorganic layer is deposited in order to produce a new smooth and clean surface. This polymer deposition process ...

Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 28, 2010, ... die design varies between processes, the extrusion process is universal. If the temperature the polymer is exposed to is too hot, the rate of polymer degradation will accelerate. If the polymer is exposed ...

Taghleef Industries Enters Bioplastic Market

(News | New Products)

April 15, 2010, ... the development of sustainable packaging by introducing a fully natural film range based on NatureWorks PLA (polylactic acid) polymers marketed under the Ingeo brand name. The PLA polymers are claimed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Italian Producer Goes Nuts for High Barrier Film

(News Eclips)

November 01, 2009, ... moisture barrier of any single layer biopolymer film currently available, which has been achieved through Innovia Films’ unique coating technology, the company reports. New Factor was founded more ...

Experience Speaks: David Premo

(Experience Speaks)

October 31, 2009, ... had been pushing in one direction for so long, and all of a sudden, we realized we had cornered ouselves into being just a foam manufacturer. When we bought Dielectric Polymers, we greatly expanded into ...

Static, Be Gone!

(Static-Beat)

October 31, 2009, ... to dissipate the static on rubber- or polymer-covered rollers to minimize contamination and prevent sparks. Using static dissipative materials is an excellent way to get rid of roller static. The key to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

May 31, 2009, ... and Newfoil hot foil stamping equipment. Franklin Adhesives & Polymers has launched a website to provide label makers information on its PSAs and specialty polymers. Visit www.franklinadhesivesandpolymers.com. ...