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BOPP Producer Needs Nine

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... six Atlas film slitters and three Titan secondary slitter/rewinders. This is in conjunction with three new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film production lines. The film lines are to be installed ...

Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity

(Label/Tape)

May 10, 2011, ... film materials such as bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) shrink to 10%-20% maximum. This allows only limited conformability potential for label contouring. New label materials offer shrinkages greater ...

BEST OF SHOW

(Magazine)

April 30, 2011, ... Domestic Best in Show honors for its KISS Cups entry in the In-Mold category. The cups feature four colors of highly reflective metallic ink plus silver printed on clear biaxially oriented polypropylene ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... and peg-display pouches. Replacing metallized oriented polypropylene (OPP) to reduce a three-ply structure to two plies, Cel-Met maintains an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of 4.0 cm3/100 in.2/day and ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... the barrier properties or performance of the barrier laminate for stand-up and peg-display pouches. Replacing metallized oriented polypropylene (OPP) to reduce a three-ply structure to two plies, Cel-Met ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... (PE) and polypropylene (PP), are chemically inert and nonporous with relatively low surface tensions. This makes them non-receptive to adhesion with interfaces such as printing inks, coatings, and adhesives. ...

Flexible Packaging: Eco Innovation

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... USA, Jackson, MO, receives two gold awards for the Fresh Step Cat Litter packaging. Using its FlexZiBox solution to replace polypropylene pails enables Clorox to cut packaging materials by nearly 80%, ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... — by working with grocery chains to identify all obstacles to utilize the rest of the plastic materials coded No. 3 to No. 6 [polyvinyl chloride (PVC), low-density polyethylene(LDPE), polypropylene (PP), ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... has been marked consolidation in the metallized paper production segment, with Vacumet emerging as the single largest commercial producer. As in all markets, biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) ...

Toray Plastics (America) To Build $2 million Solar Field

(Flexpack News)

January 04, 2011, Toray Plastics (America), a US manufacturer of precision-performance polypropylene, polyester, and bio-based films for packaging and industrial applications, has announced plans to begin construction in ...

Xeikon partners with Yupo To Expand Substrate Range

(Digital)

December 06, 2010, ... products, ranging from food/beverage items to household products. Yupo's synthetic substrates are extruded from polypropylene pellets at the company's manufacturing plant in Chesapeake, VA. Characteristics ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... terephthalate (PET), especially for “no label look” applications, but also polypropylene and polyethylene — is gaining market share and also has a strong environmental profile. While film release liner ...

Flexographic Printing: Super Setup

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

September 30, 2010, ... houses four flexographic central impression presses, a stack press, two laminators, and four slitters. The company runs polypropylene (PP), biaxially oriented PP, polyethylene, and a little paper from ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... oriented polypropylene (BOPP). The solid silicon oxide is heated by an electron beam and sublimates, then the vapor condensates, forming a very thin barrier layer on the film that is conveyed on a cooling ...

Bag Making: Strength in Numbers

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, It was mid-2008, and Coating Excellence Intl. (CEI) was facing an unlikely dilemma: There was a greater demand for its woven polypropylene bags than the It was mid-2008, and Coating Excellence Intl. (CEI) ...

Torayfan PC3 OPP Delivers Barrier Durability for Metallized PET & Foil Apps

(Flexpack)

September 22, 2010, ... Plastics (America) Torayfan PC3 advanced metallized polypropylene film, which reportedly delivers twice the moisture barrier and three times the oxygen barrier of previous generations of Torayfan metallized ...

2010 Greener Package Award Winners Announced

(Trends/Management)

September 01, 2010, ... Shine toothpaste carton Household Essentials, LLC | Ironing Board Cover & Pad Kentucky Fried Chicken | reusable polypropylene sides container The Coca-Cola Co. | 30% plant-based PlantBottled Vanguard ...

Web Lines: Mission-Detect Nip Variations

(First Glance)

August 31, 2010, ... a bubble-free wetted contact. I have found many polypropylene splicing tapes work well. Follow these steps: With the nip open, carefully place several strips of thin splicing tape on one of the nipping ...

Flex Americas To Double BOPET Production

(Flexpack)

August 15, 2010, ... 100 countries all over the world. Plants are located in India, Dubai, and Mexico. Another green-field plant is being built near Cairo, Egypt with an 8.7-m-wide biaxially oriented polypropylene film. It' ...

Laminating Corona Treating: Bond Boosting

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

July 31, 2010, ... operations. The machine combines an oriented polypropylene (OPP) with a cast PP. The resulting construction provides optical clarity and the heat resistance required for lidding applications. VP Chad ...