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Materials

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January 30, 2002, New materials from: Atlantis Plastics, Chevron Phillips, INX International Ink Co., and New England Extrusion. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... Films Offer Clarity, High OTR Atlantis Plastics, ...

Russian Flex-Pack Markets Holds Potential

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January 23, 2002, ... laminator and a Soloflex press from Windmöller & Hölscher. The company is ISO-9001-2000 compliant. It has a complete design studio with photopolymer plate production capabilities and and digital ...

One New Treater, Many New Benefits

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November 30, 2001, A new production line at Optimum Plastics is the impetus for a new, portable corona treater system from Corotec Corp. Optimum Plastics Inc. needed a third coextrusion line, and that meant another corona ...

Battling the Biothreats

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November 30, 2001, ... "On June 9, 2000, the FDA approved the AgION compound for use in all food contact polymers. All No-Tox inks and coatings are manufactured in a dedicated current Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) facility," ...

Materials

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November 29, 2001, New materials from: Colorcon, National Starch and Chemical Co., UCB Films, Westvaco, and Yupo Corp. of America. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... Inks and Coatings Use Antimicrobial Technology ...

Battling the Biothreats

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2001, ... "On June 9, 2000, the FDA approved the AgION compound for use in all food contact polymers. All No-Tox inks and coatings are manufactured in a dedicated current Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) facility," ...

Image This! Among the Acronyms, Flexo Finds Its Fit

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October 30, 2001, ...  • Continuous photopolymer printing sleeves are (CPPS) expensive to produce • Digital seamless sleeves: coated with a laser-sensitive mask • Least sophisticated technology: “plate-on-sleeve”; ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

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September 30, 2001, European Conference Draws Large Audience by David A. Markgraf The Eighth European Polymers, Films, Laminations, and Extrusion Coatings Conference sponsored European Conference Draws Large Audience by ...

VOC-Compliant Inks: What State Are They In?

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September 30, 2001, ... quality competitive are advances in press design, anilox rolls, ink metering, printing inks, and photopolymer plates. Perhaps for the first time, the case for flexographic quality as an equal to lithography ...

Making Choices for Coating with a Laminating Adhesive

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September 30, 2001, ... That substrate is the obvious choice for the laminator to make. David J. Bentley Jr. is a recognized industry expert in polymers, laminations, and coatings with more than 30 years of experience in R&D ...

The Miracle of Coextrusion Makes Believers of Many

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August 31, 2001, ... different constructions using alternate materials for new applications. Since its introduction only a few decades ago, coextrusion of polymers has become something of a miracle in the plastics industry, ...

Reporter Clips

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August 31, 2001, ... of label presses. In addition to mercury lamps, the co. has developed a wide range of metal halide lamps that create specific wavelengths of UV radiation to match the sensitivity of the photopolymer being ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... reportedly can be used as splitting roller as well as lay-on roller. Both executions are air pressure adjusted during operation. TOPCOATING PERMITS INK JET PRINTING PDL Polymers, Akron, OH; 330/794-6616 ...

Electron Beam Curing in Flexible Packaging

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August 31, 2001, ... containers in the liquid packaging field. Several film manufacturers were using EB technology in the production of film for food packaging. The EB units crosslinked and modified the polymers used to produce ...

Materials

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June 30, 2001, New from: ADMTronics, Avery Dennison, BBA Nonwovens, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., International Paper, Metallized Products, Polymer Valley Chemicals, Sensor Products, and Sun Chemical. Substrates, Inks, ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, The Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Conference offers something for everybody in the flexible packaging and converting industries this year, according “The Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Conference ...

Materials

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April 30, 2001, ... offers Staticon 452 as an additive for all water-based liquids where antistatic properties are desired. Its polymeric structure creates an electrolytic latice formation that has conductive properties in ...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

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April 30, 2001, From fake flowers to hygienic-paper packaging, Germany's Böhme family has been in plastics for nearly 50 years. For almost as long, the company has linked its print quality to Fischer & Krecke presses. ...

High Clarity Linear Low Density Polyethylene for Packaging Applications

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April 30, 2001, ... weight distribution metallocene catalyzed polyethylene or use a totally different polymer in their films. A new option is now available to polyethylene film extruders. This LLDPE has improved optical ...

Pellet Transfer: Preventative Measures Employed to Reduce Streamer Formation

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April 30, 2001, ... is an expanded summary of a complete paper available on the TAPPI web site at tappi.org. On the page, click "the PLACE" in the section designated "Journals." Polymer pellets typically transfer through ...