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RKW Sweden Films Suited for Food Packaging

(Flexpack)

June 05, 2016, ... can be used as an aluminum-free wrap for butter, providing excellent barrier properties and improved tear resistance.  FPO is made from the polymers polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE), to ...

DuPont Announces 2016 Award Winners

(Flexpack)

June 05, 2016, ... Copolymers. “We are inspired by the breadth of advances, including interactive user experiences, clean labeling, advances in safety and sustainability, and expanded manufacturing options and lower production ...

ExxonMobil Launches Performance Polymer

(Flexpack)

April 24, 2016, ... the introduction of Exceed XP performance polymers. The company announced the new polymers April 25 during a global webcast held at Chinaplas, saying product is designed to provide extreme performance ...

Uflex Reports Film with Water and Oxygen Barriers

(Flexpack)

March 13, 2016, ... chairman and managing director, Uflex Limited. “During the initial phase of trials,” he says, “the technical team came up with the nuances of tropical produce and felt that the traditional polymers being ...

DuPont Joins ADM to Offer Bio-Based Material

(Materials)

January 19, 2016, ... renewable, high-performance chemicals and polymers with applications across a broad range of industries. ADM is an agribusiness powerhouse with strong technology development capabilities. They are the ...

AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference a Huge Success

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 04, 2015, ... Coating", focusing on "biopolymers".  This was a fundamental paper, serving as a good primer on adhesion for both new and experienced engineers.  Bruce reviewed the process conditions required to achieve ...

Optimum Plastics Adds Extrusion Line

(Flexpack)

October 26, 2015, ... of producing custom cast embossed film in up to five layers and can run multiple resin grades including polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, and various specialty polymers. It is anticipated the line will ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2015 Grows To Eight Halls

(Trends/Management)

August 18, 2015, ... digitally printed folding cartons. Integrated inline, it contributes to a seamless single-pass sheet-fed print/coating operation.    WACKER (7A27) will focus on four new silicone polymers for industrial ...

ExxonMobil Has New Platform for Hot Melt Adhesives

(News | New Products)

August 17, 2015, ... polymers. These polymers for high-performance, cost-effective hot melt adhesives used in packaging, hygiene, and assembly applications are based on company’s proprietary metallocene technology. They ...

Sun Chemical Launches Lamination Adhesives in Latin America

(Coating/Laminating)

August 11, 2015, ... to preserve the contents and avoid migration. “Since DIC manufactures its own polymers used in both inks and adhesives, Sun Chemical is the only global ink supplier that can offer an integrated ink and ...

INX to Show Range of Inks, Coatings at Graph Expo

(News | New Products)

July 26, 2015, ... polymers. It reportedly eliminates the need for conventional press varnish and solvent-based topcoats and is environmentally safe. ProCure offers high performance sustainability and can be used over nearly ...

Web Lines | When Do Small Rollers and Cores Cause Defects?

(Technical Reports)

July 07, 2015, ... over a roller for a few milli-seconds is different than bending over a core for a week. Polymers flow viscoelastically in long time scales. Thick webs with low yield strains will need bigger roller diameters. ...

CPP EXPO Conference Agenda Covers the Industry

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2015, ... range of polymers suitable for replicating many molding processes are available. More are under development. Aqueous inks in combination with layered powders produce both positive and negative structures—the ...

Static Problems with Metallized Webs

(Static-Beat)

May 31, 2015, ... with metalized layers should have no static problems. After all, static problems occur of polypropylene, polyester, and other insulating polymers because static charges can accumulate on the insulating ...

CPP EXPO Reports on Conference Agenda

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2015, ... engineering usually requires days. Inkjet is remarkable in being suitable for the very small and the very large. With UV cure inks a sizable range of polymers suitable for replicating many molding processes ...

DuPont Awards | Salsa Container Blends Rigid and Flexible To Earn 2015 Highest Honor

(Flexpack)

May 26, 2015, ... more message space. “This year’s winners stand out as leaders in packaging innovation,” said William J. Harvey, president, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers. “They exemplify how collaboration, innovation, ...

On Print | UV/EB Inkjet for Food Packaging

(On Print)

May 11, 2015, ... groups, so they will become part of the polymer on curing, a great advantage given that, for obvious reasons, polymers don’t move. Additionally, the cure rates for EB are high. The only drawback of EB ...

NPE 2015 Wrap-up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 31, 2015, ... that Dow offers a full range of autoclave and tubular reactor products, including LDPE, LLDPE, mLLDPE, elastomeric LLDPEs, many copolymers, including ionomers.  In addition to their resin portfolio, ...

The Benefits of Ozone in Extrusion Laminating

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

February 26, 2015, ... Phil Sherman of Sherman Treaters (http://www.tappi.org/Bookstore/Books-CD-ROMs/Books/Polymers-Laminates/Extrusion-Coating-Manual-Fourth-Edition.aspx, Chapter 10, pp77-87). Erkki Laiho et al of Borealis ...

Sensor Films Reports Agreement with Xerox

(News | New Products)

February 22, 2015, ... environment. “The technology solution from [our company] could be a game-changing development,” says Peter Hessney, president of Sensor Films. “By using conductive polymers as a low-cost alternative ...