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Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, Application: Examining and comparing high barrier polymers and structures provides guidelines for matching film performance with application. PEER-REVIEWED TECHNICAL PAPER: Following is an expanded summary ...

Division Issues Call for Papers

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... to adhesives in areas such as raw materials, novel properties, processing and applications. Printing methods, materials, equipment, and applications are also suitable subjects for the conference as are ...

A Global Focus on the Market

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... value chain itself is undergoing a change: The historical disconnection of raw material supplier from release liner producer and user is being eroded as user requirements become more performance-critical ...

New Market Study on Asia

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... and medical. It evaluates material trends in terms of base papers and films, silicones, and raw material prices, as well as detailing current market structure and preferences. Present and future opportunities ...

Dow to Up Prices on Surfactants

(News | New Products)

September 21, 2003, ...  Carbowax MPEG Industrial and SENTRY Grades 350, 550, 750—$0.05/lb According to Dow, the price increase is being implemented in response to continued rising costs for energy and key raw materials. In ...

Sonoco to Sell High Density Film Biz

(News | New Products)

September 14, 2003, ... Unfortunately, this action is necessary to reduce Sonoco's overall cost structure in light of general economic conditions and rising costs associated with raw materials, energy, medical, and pensions and ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, ... rollers like this is called a draw zone, where relative speeds — not tensions — are controlled. After the slitting draw zone section, the slit strands are tensioned by the torque of the winding shafts. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... a market for more than 6 billion lb of raw materials, of which more than half will be plastics. This is the conclusion of a new report from The Freedonia Group. The reports adds growth will be stimulated ...

Europe: Label's Leade

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ...  A relatively low number of raw material suppliers are represented in the label industry value chain now, due in part to the high level of consolidation and in part to the specialized nature of the ...

When It Comes to Sleeves, Thin Is Not In

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2003, ... Anthony Foley, national marketing manager for Edward Graphics (egs.com), Niagara Falls, NY. “Key issues are raw materials, the manufacturing process utilized, as well as the sleeves' ability to maintain ...

Active Packaging Product Update

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... to LumBrite's consistency and smoothness, while end-users are drawn to the film's bright, crisp appearance.” The film can be used to produce custom holograms and is called ideal for film-to-board laminated ...

European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... and extrusion coating industries. It reviewed new developments in polymers as they pertained to raw materials, processing, converting, and applications. A special feature was an overview of the polymer ...

A New Enhanced Polyethylene for Extrusion Coating and Laminating

(The Place)

July 31, 2003, ... that provided the greatest value from each product family. When processing on extrusion coating equipment, blends of these plastomers with HP-LDPE polymers have unexpectedly good draw-down, neck-in, and ...

Testing Equipment: Does Your Lab Measure Up?

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... you're using can be of great value. It can be used to establish tighter specifications on raw materials, process tolerances, and finished converted products, says Avalon. “This leads to improved quality ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... advantages, while minimizing or eliminating the sometimes frustrating problems caused by its disadvantages. Raw materials and processing are areas of potential improvement. Addressing the aspect of ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... easy to drive most digital cutters and print/cut ink jet plotters using cutting paths created in popular draw applications. Said to be simple to use and to excel in scenarios that require printing an image ...

FTIR Spectroscopy Means Faster, More Reliable Analysis

(Materials)

May 31, 2003, ... and identify contaminants. Using the FTIR as a tool for assessing quality can reduce many incoming tests on raw materials. Batch-to-batch comparisons can be made readily, and rejection standards can ...

Catty Corp.: Flex-Pack Converter

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2003, ... history and be ready to help them out.’ We do a lot of stocking of raw materials for customers, even though we don't have orders yet, so we're prepared to convert their product. Some of our customers also ...

Good Advice Is Key When Purchasing UV/EB Inks

(Materials)

May 31, 2003, ... focus on food-type packaging, although it's secondary packaging,” explains Gupta. It's giving us this window of having lower odor and lower extractability.” Changes in the raw materials used to create ...

CFPA Recognizes Cascades or Environmental Efforts

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, ... and continues through the pulp/paper-making process. This certification ensures the delivery of products that are manufactured from sustainable raw materials in a chlorine-free process." Adds the assn., ...