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VCF Films Invests in New Thin Film Line

(Flexpack)

March 11, 2012, A new custom-designed thin film line adds manufacturing capabilities at VCF Films   HOWELL, MI | VCF Films (VCF) a manufacturer of thin polymer films and coatings, today announced a broad new range ...

Thin Films Expert VCF Films Expands Manufacturing Capabilities

(Coating/Laminating)

March 06, 2012, New web coating line produces specialty materials for application to virtually any flexible roll-to-roll substrate PHOENIX, AZ | VCF Films (VCF) a leading manufacturer of thin polymer films and coatings ...

VCF Films to Sponsor Speaker on Thin Films

(Coating)

January 22, 2012, ... polymer films and coatings for a variety of industries, will sponsor a presentation by web-coating expert Dr. Edward Cohen, at the 2012 Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference and Exhibition being ...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Announces Price Increase

(Flexpack News)

March 22, 2011, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced an Americas region price increase of $0.10/lb ($0.22/kg) on all grades of DuPont Elvax, Elvaloy AC WILMINGTON, DE | DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers ...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Increases Price in Europe for Ethylene Copolymer

(Flexpack News)

December 28, 2010, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced a price increase for Europe, Middle East, and Africa of Euro 0.35/kg on all grades of DuPont ethylene copolymer resins. These increases are effective Jan. ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... barriers are provided by the dense nature of the material. With thin plastic films, the situation is different. The molecular structure of polymer plastic films is in the form of chains, oriented like ...

Primer for PET Films

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2010, ... excellent weatherability, non-yellowing characteristics, and a reliable and durable solution for PET film primer needs. This press-ready aqueous polymeric dispersion is called ideal for durable, industrial ...

PLA Films Coming

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... Taghleef Industries (Ti) is introducing a fully natural film range based on NatureWorks PLA (polylactic acid) polymers, which are marketed under the brand name Ingeo and which are 100% made from renewable ...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Ups Price for Elvax Resins

(News | New Products)

May 25, 2010, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced a price increase of $0.05/lb on all grades of DuPont Elvax ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) resins WILMINGTON, DE | DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... a film is stretched, aligning the polymer matrix, and annealed, setting the orientation in place. Monoaxial orientation strengthens and stiffens the film in one direction whereas biaxial orientation orients ...

Renewable Films Offered

(New Products)

November 30, 2009, Company offers OPS and PLA specialty films including EarthFirst PLA Films, based on the NatureWorks LLC Ingeo polymer derived from annually renewable Company offers OPS and PLA specialty films including ...

Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, ...  production capabilities include mono and coextruded cast films; polyolefins and their copolymers, including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), nylon, ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer, ethylene viny ...

Films Face Off

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, ... metal adhesion. Of the three films under consideration, OPP, a pure hydrocarbon polymer chain containing no oxygen or nitrogen molecules to polarize it, requires the highest degree of functionalization ...

Biodegradable Films Today

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2005, ... available today involves adding components such as starch. Two techniques have general use. One is to incorporate starch or a special monomer into the mixture of monomers used to polymerize a film. The ...

Discoloration Resistant Polyolefin Films

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... and white pigmented films. Manufacturers of film grade polyolefins and the downstream fabricators of film products often look for new advances in polymer stabilization to ensure that they can provide ...

Breakin' Bounds in Barrier Films

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... tends to be a low-cost polymer, but up until the last few years, it hasn't provided strong barrier. You had to alter it. This new technology allows polypropylene to deliver ultra-high barrier, both in terms ...

Binary Blends of EVA and Metallocene Catalyzed Ethylene-a-Olefin Copolymers & Their Film Properties

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, Application: Blends of ethylene-vinyl-acetate copolymers with metallocene based ethylene-?-olefin copolymers can provide a good balance of properties and processability according to a study of the effect ...

Pliant Corp. Expanding Capacity for Production of Revolution Brand Films

(Archive)

April 27, 2004, ...  technical director of its industrial films division John Cook, "It has taken many years of development with polymer science and manufacturing approaches to perfect this product line, and we are very prou ...

Cast Film Lines for Barrier Films

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, ... of polymers, the layer configuration, and the thickness of the individual layers depend on the intended film use. PEER-REVIEWED TECHNICAL PAPER: Following is an expanded summary of a complete paper available ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, Application: Examining and comparing high barrier polymers and structures provides guidelines for matching film performance with application. PEER-REVIEWED TECHNICAL PAPER: Following is an expanded summary ...