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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... raw materials in the adhesives, packaging, construction, and compounding sectors. The expansion, expected to be complete by mid-2004, will double the capacity of the G-1 unit at the Belpre plant.  ...

Finding Your Comfort Zone in Tomorrow's Econom

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... at prices that are less than the cost of the raw materials. No efficiency program can be developed to combat this. Silverstein feels definitive actions should be taken to address difficulties in manufacturing ...

Structured for Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

October 31, 2003, ... properties desired, selection of raw materials to achieve those properties, trials of different coating methods to make the final product, customer evaluation of those trial products, and refinement of ...

What Works Best?

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... “one of the finest pilot lines around.” The company's 260,000-sq-ft pilot lab is used both internally, to develop polymers and conduct quality control checks on raw and extruded materials, and by customers ...

Cast Film Lines for Barrier Films

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, ... thermoforming or deep-draw capability, and economically efficient operation of the extrusion line. Unnecessarily high use of valuable and expensive raw materials such as polyamide or other resins in the ...

Coating Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2003, ... step. The coating process is serial in nature in that it starts with raw materials, which are converted to the final product in the subsequent steps. A base roll with defective gauge bands and poor ...

Flexible Packaging & European Disposal Laws

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2003, ... Agency or paying a membership fee to participate in an industry-sponsored recovery program. Fees are apportioned among raw material suppliers, converters, packaging businesses, and retailers or end-users. ...

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 ...