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Dow Opens First Commercial Plant for Versify Plastomers and Elastomers

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November 18, 2004, Dow announced the successful start-up of the first commercial plant for its new family of specialty propylene-ethylene copolymers, Versify Plastomers and Elastomers, in Tarragona, Spain. PRESS RELEASE ...

FDA Approves BASF's Heliogen Green K 9360 Pigment for Plastic Food Packagin

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November 04, 2004, ... their products effectively in the dynamic retail and grocery-store environments." The company adds that its Heliogen Green K 9360 can be used to color all types of polymers. "It has excellent heat resistance, ...

RadTech to Hold 2005 Fall Membership Meeting Same Time as Las Vegas-Based CPP Expo

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November 02, 2004, ...  the PLACE (polymers, laminations, adhesives, coatings, and extrusions) division will hold their events during the same time period next September. Says CPP president Leo Nadolske, "We are delighted t ...

Vehicle Retention is a Drying Not a Driving Issue

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October 30, 2004, ... problem at all costs. David J. Bentley Jr. is a recognized industry expert inpolymers, laminations, and coatings with more than 30years of experience in R&D and technical service. Contact him at ...

thePLACE

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October 30, 2004, ... such as polymers, on-line measurement techniques, die technology, films, coatings, primers, and similar items. Speakers vied with each other in a friendly and amusing way to garner the most attention of ...

Extrusion Dies

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October 30, 2004, ... resin for extrusion coating, these applications call for barrier, tie-layer, heat-seal, or other specialty polymers in the $1.50-$2.00 range. The high cost of these materials makes it doubly important ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 2

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October 30, 2004, ... solution that does not require users to compromise processing or release performance has been developed. This solventless, platinum-catalyzed, thermal-cure release coating system features new base polymers ...

Food & Packaging Enjoy!

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September 29, 2004, ... a complex coextrusion product comprising many layers of different polymers. Without proper packaging, consumers will not be able to enjoy their food. David J. Bentley Jr. is a recognized industry ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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September 29, 2004, ... led the June 2004 Virtual Seminar entitled “Recommending Surface Activation Systems For Optimizing Adhesion To Polymers. Active in the PLACE Division for many years, Wolf is currently the chair for ...

Inks, Coatings, Compliance

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September 29, 2004, ... conditions are being developed. Over the last few years, a new line of polymers was introduced by Johnson Polymer to meet the wider range of direct food contact applications. These new products are called ...

Materials

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September 29, 2004, New material products from: Ashland, BBA Fiberweb, CYRO Industries, Dow Corning, Flint Ink, International Paper, Klöckner Pentaplast, MACtac, Novacel, Prisco, Trident, and Vinamul Polymers. Substrates, ...

Discoloration Resistant Polyolefin Films

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September 29, 2004, ... other color critical applications have also used this approach such as polypropylene homopolymers and copolymers. Although the “phenol free” systems have consistently solved most discoloration problems, ...

The Buzz on Remote Diagnostics

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August 30, 2004, ... remote diagnostics will not replace old-fashioned problem-solving completely in all instances. David J. Bentley Jr. is a recognized industry expert in polymers, laminations, and coatings with more ...

New Inks Have a High IQ

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August 30, 2004, ... applications. Electrochromics can change color when exposed to electrical currents or high pressure. In the mid 1970s, Pilot Ink Co. of Japan introduced Metamo Inks, which utilized thermochromic polymers. ...

Materials

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August 30, 2004, New materials from: Argotec, Regal Graphics, Sumitomo Chemical, Ticona, and Toray Plastics. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... Printable Films for HP Indigo Regal Graphics, Kansas City, MO, USA; ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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August 30, 2004, ... and sportswear. Sports stars— among them participants in the 2004 Athens Olympics— will offer live demonstrations on how polymers help competitive sports. For more information on K 2004, visit k-online.de. ...

Avoiding Surface Contamination

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July 31, 2004, ... converting requires clean and uncontaminated surfaces. Wise converters will consider this in their use of any substrate. David J. Bentley Jr. is a recognized industry expert in polymers, laminations, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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June 29, 2004, ... The papers will cover the use of waxes, stabilizers for hot melt products, and styrene block copolymers. A paper by John A. Harvey of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. entitled “Market Trends in Packaging, Non-Wovens, ...

Safety in Converting: Part III

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June 29, 2004, ... should be constantly on the minds of everyone involved in a converting operation. David J. Bentley Jr. is a recognized industry expert in polymers, laminations, and coatings with more than 30 ...

Materials

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June 29, 2004, ... America, and Spinnaker Coating. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... MDO Technology Delivers Performance Avery Dennison, Painesville, OH; 800/944-8511; na.fasson.com Company says coextruded films ...