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A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, Improving productivity with automated slitter positioning, polymeric nanocomposites enabled by controlled architecture materials, benefits of new technology ionizers for web handling, and the effect of ...

Personal Care Items & Packaging

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... expert in polymers, laminations, and coatings with more than 30 years of experience in R&D and technical service. Contact him at dbentley@unm.edu. To read more of David J. Bentley’s PLC Probe columns, ...

Cut With Glass

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, Energy bills getting you down? Cut costs by switching to glass-covered rolls for corona treatment. Corona Treating Polymer films—used for packaging and many industrial purposes—are made and combined ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... Addison, IL, is a new option for thermoform/fill/seal applications in medical and frozen food end-use markets. The product is a proprietary copolymer blend said to offer outstanding toughness and clarity, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, Advantages in melt fracture elimination technology; high barrier advancements in metallized films; comparison of corona and flame treatement of polymer film, foil, and paperboard; and the latest UV/EB ...

Under Pressure

(Archive)

January 30, 2006, ... by polymeric calendered vinyl and, in 20% of applications, the high-margin cast vinyls. The threat to low-cost monomeric films from non-adhesive substrates—banner materials in particular—is strong, but ...

Coating & Laminating Services Directory 2006

(Archive)

January 30, 2006, ... Gravure, 36 inches Polymer Science 2787 S. Freeman Rd., Monticello, IN 47960 p: 574/583-3751; f: 574/583-3984; sales@polymerscience.org; polymerscience.org; John Biddle Coating Type: 100% Solids, ...

Trends & Technical Solutions

(Archive)

December 30, 2005, ... solids) delivery systems. Solventless systems may be based on either vinyl or hexenyl polymers. Solvents frequently are added to solventless coatings to improve spreading and as an aid in processing. Table ...

New Products

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, New products from: Montalvo, Eckart America, Dielectric Polymers, Precision AirConvey, RIPit, Mamata, Tidland, Adchem, Simco, Hudson-Sharp, Creative Film Corp., DRI, and Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering. ...

New Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... raising film clarity well above that of the base resin, company reports, adding tests show new additive masterbatch makes LLDPE film as much as 65% clearer than the base polymer. Also said to improve gloss ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... layers of a three-layer blown film whose inner layer was made by an ethylene-octene LLDPE Z-N copolymer on haze. A small amount of LDPE greatly improved total and surface haze of the film. Attempts to ...

Measuring Force

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... the force holding the A/B interface together. If we let A be a plastic film and B be a coating, such as aluminum in a metallized film (could be a polyvinylidene chloride or other polymer coating), ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... $75 million No. of lab employees: 10 ISO certified The company’s film and coating line is for prototype sample development. All equipment is for polymer extrusion applications; sheet extrusion, blown ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... systems built around its Izon deep, 3D photopolymer-based labels. DAS will maintain and enhance its manufacturing facility in Logan, UT, where Izon products are produced. DAS also will invest in new capacity ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, New terpolymer for Al-based peel lids by extrusion coating of a mono-layer and laminating adhesives state-of-the-art and future Technologies. Providing practical information to the converting and packaging ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... properties.” SUPPLIER INFO: Sandvik Diecutting Products—smt.sandvik.com INDUSTRY STUDIES Study Focuses On Metallocene, Single-Site Polymers CLEVELAND, OH—A new study concludes the demand for ...

People & Places

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... promoted to VP, Ashland Specialty Chemical, and general manager, Specialty Polymers & Adhesives. Both will be based in Dublin, OH. Mark Campbell is promoted to president and CEO at Equipment Control, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... include oxygen absorbers, moisture absorbers, and ethanol vapor emitters. Direct incorporation involves blending the agent into the polymer melt or coating the surface of a film using a polymer that acts ...

Seeking a Converting Superhero

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... that has found a certain amount of promise in foil replacement, but it is not the complete answer yet. Eliminating metal completely by using a film of a super polymer is the ultimate dream of many people ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... Polymers, Substrates, Adhesives… Brushed, Metallized Paper Offered Brushfoil, Guilford, CT; 800/493-2321; brushfoil.com Paper stocks have the appearance of "brushed metal." Product is offered in rolls ...