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- Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films
- (Substrates)
- February 28, 2009, ... production capabilities include mono and coextruded cast films; polyolefins and their copolymers, including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), nylon, ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer, ethylene viny ...
- Green Is Global
- (Archive)
- January 31, 2009, ... Metallized film is the most popular medium, with polypropylene (PP) and PET taking 55% and 38% of the market respectively — for applications in clear oxide and other opaque barrier coatings for flexible ...
- Meeting the Sustainability Challenge Without Compromising Barrier Performance
- (Archive)
- January 28, 2009, ... oriented polypropylene (OPP) or foil in the case of high moisture barrier applications. Table I exhibits the various layer elimination opportunities available. Table II shows barrier and sealant properties ...
- Eco-Friendly Line of Absorbent Pads
- (News | New Products)
- January 14, 2009, ... Socks control larger spills and protect drains. The pads will absorb up to 20% more than melt blown polypropylene pads, yet cost less. All are available in a variety of weights and finishes. Product ...
- Toray Industries Wins UN Environmental Award
- (News | New Products)
- January 13, 2009, ... Award was also presented to Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations, and Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of Iceland. Toray Plastics (America), Inc., manufactures polyester and polypropylene ...
- Reduce & Reuse
- (Extrusion Coating)
- November 30, 2008, ... flexible packaging encompass a wide range of substrates. Foils and films — PE, polypropylenes, polyesters, and polylactic acid — have increased their share at the expense of papers. Extrusion-coated ...
- Web Exclusive: Slitting Film
- (Archive)
- November 11, 2008, ... account the extensible nature of many of the materials in question. To run plastic (flexible) materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene at commercially acceptable speeds and to high quality, ...
- Tag & Label Awards: Tricks of the Trade
- (Label/Tape)
- October 31, 2008, ... on top-coated, clear polypropylene using 150 lpi screen ruling and rotary cutting. Suppliers include DuPont Cyrel (plates), UPM Raflatac (film), Gerhardt (rotary flexible dies), and RotoMetrics (UniFlex ...
- Adding Capacity
- (Flexography)
- September 30, 2008, ... polypropylene (PP), polyester (PET), saran-coated PET, metallized PP, polyethylene, and coated paper. Slitting is accomplished on a 60-in. Ashe slitter, and 13 bagmaking machines from Hudson-Sharp and ...
- UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- September 30, 2008, ... Starting at the bottom of Figure 1, the substrate — usually polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented polypropylene, polyethylene, or a metallized film — acts as a surface to accept the printing. It ...
- ITC Rules in Favor of Petition Against Woven Sacks Imports from China
- (News | New Products)
- September 03, 2008, US producers of laminated woven polypropylene sacks recently won a victory against dumped and subsidized imports of these products from China WASHINGTON, DC | US producers of laminated woven polypropylene ...
- Weight Reduction
- (Archive)
- August 31, 2008, ... developments, the “SuperTube” mesh bag for large packages of pet foods, has fueled its recent growth both in North America and overseas. Introduced in 2005, the single-polymer polypropylene bags met the ...
- US Plastic Film Demand to Exceed 16 Billion Pounds
- (News Eclips)
- August 12, 2008, ... Polypropylene film will be higher than LDPE demand, expanding at 3.4% annually, driven by produce, grain mill, dairy product, and other food packaging applications. Continuing to decline in demand is ...
- DuPont Awards Recognize Packaging Innovation
- (News Eclips)
- May 29, 2008, ... packaging. The notables include: The first polypropylene container made of 100 percent post-consumer recycled material. A new cosmetic applicator made entirely of a single material for easier ...
- Emerging Nations
- (Flexpack)
- April 30, 2008, ... by big discounters like Aldi and Lidl, standard trays are used. Other regions, such as France, Spain, and Benelux, use specific tray sizes. Differences also exist in packaging materials. Some use polypropylene ...
- Certifiably Clean
- (Bag Pouch)
- March 31, 2008, ... convert polypropylene/low-density (LD) and linear LD polyethylene (PE)/high density PE materials from 10-100 microns. Fisher says production speed was a priority when choosing the Mamata because “it had ...
- Quality Time
- (Gravure)
- March 31, 2008, ... adhesive lamination of oriented polypropylene (OPP)/ink/adhesive/metallized OPP/adhesive/polyethylene (PE). Solvent-based inks and solvent- and water-based adhesives are used. Printing is on a Schiavi ...
- Toray Plastics to Lead Toray Industries' Expansion in Europe
- (Archive)
- March 02, 2008, Toray Industries is establishing Toray Films Europe S.A.S. (also known as TFE) in Rhone-Alpes, France, for the production of Torayfan biaxially oriented polypropylene high-barrier metallized film. NORTH ...
- No-Wait Welding
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 29, 2008, ... polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheets for use primarily as covers and liners in agriculture, construction, landfill applications, and marine markets. Integra purchased ...
- Metal Is in the Mix
- (Metallizing)
- February 29, 2008, ... polypropylene (BOPP)/ink/adhesive/metallized BOPP/adhesive/2.25-mil modified low-density polyethylene (LDPE). Unlike traditional pouch-in-carton packaging, this metallized structure uses less packaging ...