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To Serve & Protect

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... rate); odor, flavor, or grease. Agree upon how a product [for example, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC)] will be used. If a PVDC is to be used as a barrier adhesive, what is the required bond strength? ...

Seafood is Served

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... can be achieved with metallization and PVdC coating. Film has a broad sealant range, excellent hot tack, and handles well on high-speed equipment, according to the manufacturer, and offers excellent thermal ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... come from EVA, although from a smaller base, due to greater barrier requirements in food markets. PVC and PVDC films are expected to exhibit the slowest increases. For more information contact Freedonia ...

Food & Packaging Enjoy!

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... a coating of a PVDC polymer in the packaging material. “Active packaging” is a major concern in the converting industry today. The term encompasses what used to be called “barrier packaging” as well ...

New Clear Barrier Film Resin Technology Replaces Coated Films

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... ultimately, cost-effectiveness also are prime considerations. Traditionally, PVdC (polyvinylidene chloride)-coated oriented polypropylene (OPP) film has been specified for demanding applications because ...

Materials

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... metals or halogens and to show superior crack resistance. BOPP Films Can Replace PVDC Toray Plastics, North Kingstown, RI; 401/294-4511; toraytpa.com Torayfan CB-S 70G and 80G heat-sealable and Torayfan ...

Switzerland

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... drug firms, such as Hoffmann-LaRoche and Novartis, are headquartered in Switzerland. This has led to a strong polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) coating industry. Aerni Lurch AG and Perlen Converting specialize ...

Removing Packaging Odors

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... the oxygen level within the package to near 0% within a few days. Other additives can be used as sachets and can reduce the oxygen within the package. Aluminum, metallized films, PVDC-coated films, ...

New Materials for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, New material products from: Argotec, CPFilms, Klöckner Pentaplast, Sicpa NA, Techni-Met, Thin Film Analysis, and Toray Plastics. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... Analyze Many Thin Films Thin ...

Materials

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... Barrier Mitsui Plastics, White Plains, NY, USA; 914/287-6815, mitsuiplastics.com Barrialox is a transparent aluminum oxide coated barrier PET film said to offer a higher barrier than PVDC. Available ...

Drupa New Product Digest

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... changes. Features are said to result in quick makeready and fast job changeovers. In-line operations such as cold seal, PVDC, varnishing, laminating, and sheeting are possible. Press can be manufactured ...

Film Supplier Klockner Pentaplast Acquires Greenway Plastics, Slated to Open Brazil PVC Plant

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2003, ... and Central American customers. The second phase will add a PVdC coating line for producing barrier films for the pharmaceutical market soon after phase one is completed. The third phase of the project ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... used blister films and foils, including PVC, PVDC-coated PVC, and PET. Described as the only commercially available paperboard that seals consistently to Aclar, product reportedly seals at lower temperatures ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... (MD) vs. trans-machine direction (TD) shrinkage with exceptional optical and mechanical properties. The barrier polymers used include polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), and ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... of barrier film located in Suzhou in the Jiangsu province of China. The line is designed to produce 2.1-m-wide barrier films from 35-250 microns using PP, PA, EVOH, and PVDC. Structures containing PVDC ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... putting holography within reach of more package designers, packaging engineers, and consumer product marketers. Alliance PVdC Latex Subject of New Alliance CHICAGO, IL, USA—Darex, a div. of W.R. ...

Brazilian Meeting Attracts Large Audience

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... at the meeting included "Nylon for Flexible Packaging" by Vagner de Castro of BASF Corp. and “Flexible Packaging Developments” by Rolf Thiele of Unipac. Pascal Dewael of Solvin SA talked on “PVDC—A Living ...

Pouches on the Cutting Edge

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... it developed for Elite cookies. That pouch, which is constructed of polyester, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), and polyethylene (PE) laminates that inhibit oxygen and water transmission, features a straight ...

Materials

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... such as treated polyolefins, PVDC-coated substrates, metallized films, nylons, and treated polyesters. Co. says in many cases the adhesive provides performance characteristics comparable to those of some ...

In Flexible Packaging, Barriers Are No Obstacles to Success

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2002, ... available blown film coextrusion equipment for producing films containing PVDC opens the door for making films that provide excellent oxygen and moisture barrier. “New equipment technology allows converters ...