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Reduce & Reuse

(Extrusion Coating)

November 30, 2008, ... polymers are replacing solvent-based lamination for film, paper, and aluminum laminates in such applications as sachets and pouches. Competitive approaches to differentiation include film coextrusion to ...

Web Exclusive: Slitting Film

(Archive)

November 11, 2008, ... untapped packaging possibilities. Plastic films and newer combinations of existing synthetic and natural materials in the form of co-polymerization products continue to be developed. The possibility ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

October 31, 2008, ... system. Graphic Whizard | 800-265-3376 | www.graphicwhizard.com PFFC-ASAP 414 Analyze Many Materials The MMR Duplex is suited for analysis of materials, including polymers, films, carbon fibers, ...

Door to Door QC

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2008, ... plant and sends a finished product out the other end. We're the only guys that go from polymer, pigment, and grit all the way through to the finished product. It's a total solution in one phone call.”  ...

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, ... very viscous oligomers studied could not be used at high percentages in a commercial UV flexo ink. Cure speed among the UV flexo inks depends on three factors: the homopolymer Tg (glass transition temperature), ...

New Product Digest

(New Products)

August 31, 2008, ... | 828-651-4800 | www.upmraflatac.com PFFC-ASAP 400 Adhesive Is Ultra-Removable Covinax acrylic, polymer-based PSA formula is said to offer optical clarity that can be used on any application requiring ...

Dyne Levels Part 2

(Process Management)

June 30, 2008, ... acid or oxidizing agents, such as nitric acid (NHO3) or potassium chromate (K2Cr2O7), to change the polymer surface chemically. Finally, the film is rinsed clean of the etching chemicals and dried. This ...

Sustainable Packaging for Specialty Meat

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... plastics into EarthClear packaging made from sustainable Ingeo biopolymers [from NatureWorks LLC], you will save 1,630,360 gallons of gasoline annually and reduce greenhouse gases equivalent to driving ...

AWA Publishes North American, European Market Studies

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2008, ... are polymer extrusion coated or laminated. Data is also presented for the global market. This study provides market data by application, addresses trends for each category of application, and covers marketplace ...

AWA Publishes North American, European Market Studies

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2008, ... market segmentation of the extrusion coating market in North America and focuses on web materials—papers, boards, films, aluminum foils, and non-wovens—that are polymer extrusion coated or laminated.  Data ...

The Flexo Process: Be Careful

(Flexography)

April 30, 2008, ... wet ink thickness of around 0.75 microns. Thinner plates have many advantages. They conform well to the plate cylinder, lift less, and hold more rigid and higher durometer dots. Digital photopolymer ...

Emerging Nations

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2008, ... Short Supply — Although the European Bioplastics Conference is fully attended, there is a definitive shortage of bio-based polymers. Germany and Italy are leaders in utilizing these materials for both ...

AWA Publishes Extrusion Coated Materials NA Market Study 2008

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2008, ... and nonwovens -- that are polymer extrusion coated or laminated. Data is also presented for the global market. This study provides market data by application, addresses, trends for each category of application, ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

March 31, 2008, ...  PFFC-ASAP 412 Proof Plates with New Features New Perfect Proofer ink proofing head for photopolymer plates allows ink technicians to preflight inks with actual plate/anilox combinations comparable ...

TOP 10 EClips PFFC's electronics clipping service for converter

(New Products)

February 29, 2008, ... and yarns, made from most common textile polymers, can be custom-designed for specific applications, including authentication of currency and other secure documents. Each fiber incorporates brand owner-specific ...

Peak Performance

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

February 29, 2008, ... didn't have the market reach of Victrex's own worldwide sales and marketing network, explains Mike Percy, global technical leader, Victrex APTIV films. “We felt there was a greater opportunity for PEEK polymer-based ...

Partnering in MDO

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2008, Eclipse Film Technologies produces MDO (machine direction orientation) polymer films using a range of substrates Cincinnati, OH | Eclipse Film Technologies produces MDO (machine direction orientation) ...

Barrier Wanted

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... the development of in-chamber polymer and nano-coatings, vacuum coating remains a forward-looking industry with a strong future. Metallized Boards Metallized boards are produced mostly by transfer ...

Melamine Revisited

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... higher cycle times are achievable. The low coating temperature also makes it possible to coat temperature-sensitive polymers such as polyethylene, and unlike aluminum (Al) metallization, there is no ...

Roll Winding Dynamics

(Web Handling)

January 31, 2008, ... making them useful for packaging many food items; when used as a multi-layer structure, they have an affinity with ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and ethylene-methyl acrylate (EMA) co-polymers, and enhance ...