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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 ...

Toray OPP Films Suited for Non-Retort Pouches

(Materials)

October 08, 2015, ... new TreaTear LT Series of linear-tear, polypropylene sealant films for any type of non-retort pouch lamination, including stand-up pouches, requiring a low SIT (seal initiation temperature) and high heat-seal ...

Atlas Converting Equipment Installs Slitter in Portugal

(News | New Products)

September 18, 2015, ...  Poligal (Polipropileno de Galicia S.A.) is part of the privately owned Grup Peralada and has an annual BOPP production of 50,000 tonnes/yr and 12,500 tonnes/yr of CPP (cast polypropylene). The company ...

IMDA to Present Symposium and Exhibit

(Label/Tape)

September 09, 2015, ... the 2015 Symposium and Exhibit Hall October 28–29 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Skokie, IL.  Day One includes presentations on the following: • Polypropylene—What’s happening in Resin & Film ...

Caparol Sweden Launches Enamel Paints with IML Packaging

(Label/Tape)

August 25, 2015, ...  No metal buckets, but polypropylene Per Törnqvist, marketing manager, DAW Nordic AB, explains: "Why did we choose IML packaging? The production cost is lower than for metal buckets, and IML also ...

Verstraete Offers Lacquer Option for IML

(Label/Tape)

August 22, 2015, Option is said to provide a natural and/or retro look for packaging and to be environmentally friendly MALDEGEM, BELGIUM | Verstraete offers the matte in-mold label lacquer option in addition to the ...

Eleven Are Awarded IMDA Accolades

(Label/Tape)

August 03, 2015, ... that has helped increase sales of this product significantly, according to P&G. It gives the brand 360-degree graphics with more space for additional product information. The package is now 100% polypropylene, ...

Nordmeccanica Holds Open House in Italy

(Coating/Laminating)

August 02, 2015, ... metallization and adhesive lamination capabilities to more than 200 guests from four continents.  Attendees saw a demonstration of the vacuum metallization of 2.9-m-wide (115 in.) polypropylene as well ...

Toray Plastics (America) Celebrates 30 Years

(Materials)

July 20, 2015, ... of three divisions: Torayfan Polypropylene Film and Lumirror Polyester Film Divisions, located at its 70-acre campus in North Kingstown, and the Toraypef Foams Division, located on 168 acres in Front Royal, ...

Jindal Films Europe Invests in Energy Efficiency

(News | New Products)

July 04, 2015, ... sustainability capability at its Brindisi plant in Southern Italy. The company develops and manufactures specialty oriented polypropylene (OPP) films, including multilayer white opaque films, metallized ...

PCI Films Issues Study of BOPP Film Market

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2015, ... BOPP Film Market Trends to 2019. In the last five years average compound annual growth rate growth in global consumption of bioriented polypropylene (BOPP) films has averaged 6.2%, almost twice average ...

Chocolates Packed in BOPP Film with Mineral Oil Barrier

(Flexpack)

June 02, 2015, ... white paper: ‘Mineral Oil Barrier Testing of Cellulose-based and Polypropylene-based films’, G. O’Connor, N. Hudson and S. Buckley, Packaging Technology & Science, DOI: 10.1002 /pts. 2082, Copyright® (2014), ...

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 ...

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

(Flexpack)

May 26, 2015, ... is an injection molded polypropylene container that is made by fusing a thin, flexible in-mold label (IML) film to a sturdy, rigid frame. This process ensures that a strong adhesion exists between the ...

Acucote Achieves British Standard BS5609

(Label/Tape)

May 23, 2015, ... certification includes the evaluation of two film products: Inkjet Kimdura with P50 permanent acrylic adhesive and 2.6-mil White Premium Thermal Transfer Polypropylene with P50 permanent acrylic adhesive. ...

On Print | UV/EB Inkjet for Food Packaging

(On Print)

May 11, 2015, ... discussed in the presentation were plastic containers —polyester beverage bottles and polypropylene tubs for dairy products. Both polymers are moderately good barriers to organic compounds, so other potential ...

Innovia Films Offers BOPP with Barrier

(Materials)

May 10, 2015, Propafilm RCU acrylic coated BOPP film is said to offer barrier to mineral oil migration, and a white version is on the way   CUMBRIA, UK | Innovia Films recently launched Propafilm RCU, its first ...

HERMA Announces Peel-Off Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

May 10, 2015, ... thermoplastics, PET, polyethylene foils and bottles, food packaging made from polypropylene and polystyrene, and ABS, which is often used in the automotive and electronics industries as well as in household ...

Color-Logic Special Effects Offered for Flex-Pack

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2015, ... flexible packaging mock-ups or proofs, has collaborated with Color-Logic to streamline prototyping and proofing of metallic flexible packaging. JetComp 2-mil Silver Metallized Polypropylene film is now ...

Corona Treating | Why All Films Do Not Treat the Same

(Surface Prep)

March 29, 2015, ... 2.0 watt density yields very different results on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) compared to polypropylene (PP), and a nominal change in watt density can produce unexpected results. This article looks ...