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82 Years Dedicated to Web Handling Expertise and Innovation

(News | New Products)

April 27, 2020, ... Coatings Plasma Coatings was developed as a unique dual-coating system that offers the wear and abuse resistance of thermal spray materials such as Tungsten Carbide with high release polymers like Teflon. ...

European Recycling Markets Reel From Coronavirus

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2020, ... of food-grade material across all recycled polymers - both on the collection and reprocessing side. Take R-PET as an example. Reprocessing capacity for food-grade approved pellets stands at 300,000 tonnes/year, ...

Synrad Sheds Light on Converting Applications

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 05, 2020, ... paperboard Cardboard Plastics Polymers Thin films Foils Textiles Leather Labels The benefits high performance CO2 lasers offer converters and material processors are many: Multiple ...

Leaders in Sustainability

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 05, 2020, ... in the world. Starting from the production of recyclable polymers of DOW, to their extrusion with the advanced green technology of HOSOKAWA-ALPINE and BRÜCKNER, passing through the innovative techniques ...

Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?

(Flexpack)

March 02, 2020, ... but we believe we are in the process of making a breakthrough.” A Watershed Moment for Our Oceans? Because it is the combination of various polymers that makes recycling plastics so difficult, the ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... total carbon footprint by not relying on 100 percent virgin polymers. Sun Centre USA announced its latest pouch machinery is successfully producing multi-chamber pouches based on Arranti’s patented pouch ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... packaging materials without sacrificing the security, freshness, appeal and visibility of the product inside. Most flexible packaging is a combination of several materials, or polymers (e.g. polyester, ...

How Flexible Packaging Converters Stand to Benefit from Rising Snack Culture

(News | New Products)

October 17, 2019, ... from bio-based polymers. As a result, converters have access to the latest high-performance, bio-based thermoplastic starch and polylactic acid films. These advancements will allow the converting industry ...

FPA Announces Speaker Lineup for Upcoming Fall Executive Conference

(News | New Products)

July 23, 2019, ... an update on the polypropylene market. Morales is currently the service leader of three market advisory subscription services: The Global Plastics and Polymers Report, the North American PE Report and ...

Nordmeccanica Machinery and Novacote Adhesives by COIM Group Partner for Adhesive Technology Solution

(News | New Products)

February 13, 2019, ... speed limitations once converting barrier compounds. It is the case of metallized films, foil and polymers highly impermeable to oxygen and moisture. The development of a technology that combines the benefit ...

Davis-Standard to Host Plastic Extrusion Seminar in April

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2019, ... of various polymers and the mechanics of essential downstream processes. Seminar topics include extruder components, temperature control, maintenance and screw design. In addition to instruction, course ...

Will it Process?

(Extrusion Coating)

December 11, 2018, ... etc., or for the degree of functionality that they offer, for instance, sealability, barrier resistance, etc. Film manufacturers and formulators produce modified structures from polymers such as polyethylene, ...

TLMI Launches PET Release Liner Recycling Program

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November 29, 2018, Circular Polymers has approved PET release liner as a material that the company can fully recycle.MLFORD, OH | The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) announces that the association has launched ...

Advancements of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in the Flexible Packaging Market

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... Taylor has a degree in industrial engineering. -- References Biopolymers: Potential Biodegradable Packaging Material for Food Industry. (2014). Polymers for Packaging Applications, 153-171. ...

An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 11, 2018, ... of articles will focus on extrusion of polymers through flat or round dies. Extrusion, as we know, is today is more than 100 years old.  Early extruders were used to extrude rubber, an elastic material.  ...

An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 05, 2018, ... for more than 30 years and writes a column, Poly Ploys, for PFFC. It focuses on the field of polymers, laminations, and coatings with emphasis on R&D, quality assurance, manufacturing, marketing, operations, ...

Greif Technology Aids Barrier of IBCs

(Carton Box)

June 24, 2018, ... first company to introduce the blend of polymers to proactively reduce permeation from IBCs. Ultimately our investment means that customers benefit from a longer product shelf life; a reduction in dangerous ...

Emsur Announces Compostable Solution

(Flexpack)

June 04, 2018, ... to replace the traditional plastics derived from petroleum. They are composed of polymers from renewable resources, partially or totally, such as corn, cellulose, plant oils, animal fats and oils, among ...

Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 14, 2018, ... inks, coatings and supplies, pigments, polymers, liquid compounds, solid compounds, and application materials. Together with DIC, Sun Chemical has annual sales of more than $7.5 billion and over 20,000 ...

ExxonMobil Announces Performance Polymer

(Flexpack)

May 06, 2018, Exceed XP 8784 is a new polymer grade developed for high-performance coextrusion films HOUSTON, TX | ExxonMobil has extended its Exceed XP performance polymers portfolio with the introduction of a ...