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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 ...

Hot Melt Symposium Offers Varied Program

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August 31, 2001, “2001: A Hot Melt Odyssey” was the theme for the annual symposium of the Hot Melt Committee of the Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Division of TAPPI. The three-day trip began on June 10, 2001, at the ...

High Initial Strength with Long Open Time Reactive Hot Melt Adhesive

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August 31, 2001, ... different glass transition temperatures of functional acrylic copolymers. The test results indicated that RHMs containing the reactive type acrylate have better solvent and hydrolysis resistance. The data ...

Electron Beam Curing in Flexible Packaging

(Magazine)

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 ...

DuPont Packaging Unveils Resin "Transcend" at TAPPI Conferenc

(News | New Products)

August 30, 2001, At TAPPI's Polymers, Laminations, and Coatings Conference Monday, DuPont introduced Transcend, a mid-performance extrusion coating sealant resin. SAN DIEGO, CA, USA—At TAPPI's Polymers, Laminations, and ...

Coaters and Primers: Should You Apply In- or Out-of-Line?

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July 31, 2001, ... never be used out-of-line, but out-of-line materials may be suitable for use in-line. David J. Bentley Jr. is a recognized industry expert in polymers, laminations, and coatings with more than 30 years ...

What Makes a Meeting a Must?

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... with targeted programs is TAPPI's Polymers, Laminations & Coatings Div. (See “the PLACE” in every issue of PFFC, this month starting on p. 62.) Come August 26-30, PLC will stage its annual conference at ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... Jensen, 3M; Jerry Serra and Anne-Marie Baker, Tyco Adhesives; Steven Hebert, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics; Thomas Godonis, American Biltrite; and Lawrence Kuntz, Dielectric Polymers. Comprising 12 ...

Tamper-Evident, Tamper-Proof Packaging Part of Life Today

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, A tamper-proof package, i.e., one that could never be opened, would mean no one could tamper with the cookies, but no one could eat them either! In the packaging industry, tampering is the adulteration ...

Materials

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June 30, 2001, ... Adhesives, Polymers... Color-Coded Release Liners Simplify Selection Metallized Products, Winchester, MA; 781/729-8300; 888/MPI-8088 Color-coded release liners feature radiation-cured silicone coatings ...

What Is Converting? It Helps to Ask That Simple Question

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... problems and be able to solve those that do occur more quickly. David J. Bentley Jr. is a recognized industry expert in polymers, laminations, and coatings with more than 30 years of experience in R&D ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

(Magazine)

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 ...

The Sweet Smell of Success in Coatings and Adhesives

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... applications, odors of almost any sort are unacceptable. Most adhesives and coatings use high-molecular-weight polymers as the principle active ingredient in their formulations. Other ingredients such ...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

(Magazine)

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. ...

Win Free Registration And Airfare For Boston Conference

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April 30, 2001, Attendees at the Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Conference in San Diego in August can win a free registration and round trip air transportation on Attendees at the Polymers, Laminations and Coatings ...

Hot Melt Committee Selects New Officers

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April 30, 2001, The Hot Melt Committee of the Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Division has announced its new officers. Richard Stultz of Bostik Findley, Inc., in Warminster, The Hot Melt Committee of the Polymers, ...

Some Smart Ways to Face Inevitable Price Increases

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, What action can a converter facing a price increase take that might be… palatable? In many cases, the answer is efficiency. You know that economic conditions in 2001 are not as good as they have ...

A Proposal for Spreading Base Web During Melt Extrusion

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, Melt extruded resin polymers on cloth and other webs sometimes result in transverse direction (TD) curl of the laminate. And this curl often causes poor roll formation when the base roll is slit into large-diameter, ...

Hot Melt Committee Holds Annual Symposium

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... Ahmed Sharf of H.B. Fuller is “Hot Melt Adhesives Comprising Crystalline And Amorphous Polymers.” The chairperson for the afternoon session on June 11 is John A. Lovrak of Firestone Polymers. The first ...

Benham Joins TAPPI Board Of Directors

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... contributions to the Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Division and to TAPPI. He has held many leadership positions in the division including Chairperson from 1996-1998. He has also served the division ...