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Global Specialty Products Cleaner is Eco-Friendly

(News | New Products)

March 06, 2016, NATURES GUARD is based on soy and cleans inks, adhesives, and resins reportedly with no harmful effects MT. HOLLY, NJ | Global Specialty Products reports the launch of a new line of eco-friendly soy-based ...

AWA M&A Forum Accentuates Middle Markets

(Trends/Management)

March 04, 2016, ... Benesch and Blaige & Co., the one-day forum was staged for the resin and fiber-based packaging, coating, and converting industry, and dedicated to strategic investing. Ian Murdoch of PwC Included here ...

Dow and Nordmeccanica Collaborate

(Coating/Laminating)

February 28, 2016, ... through our polyethylene and specialty resin offerings,” says Greg Bunker, Dow’s global business director for Adhesives for Packaging, Textiles and Hygiene. “It truly builds on Dow’s tradition of collaboration ...

Flexo Printing | Evolution of the Chambered Doctor Blade System

(Print)

February 25, 2016, ... and the special treatment of the carbon fiber surface with an antistatic resin, allowing a savings of a high percentage of the ink placed in the printing circuit. On-press cleaning with no contamination ...

Toray's New Bio-Based PET Film Is for Window Film Application

(Materials)

February 17, 2016, ... New Lumirror brand BioView PET film is manufactured with company’s proprietary sustainable resin blends, which are made with approximately 30% renewable feedstock.  Company says the BioView bio-based ...

MULTI-PLASTICS Launches Lidding Films

(Materials)

February 10, 2016, ... multiple options for peelable seals to a multitude of tray resins. Microwavable, ovenable, chillable, or freezable options are available. All can be printed if desired. “We have worked diligently to ...

Screw Design for Film Extrusion

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

January 11, 2016, ... design considerations are the bulk density of the feed stock, frictional properties of the resin, frictional properties of barrel and screw surfaces, specific heat of the resin, melt temperature, initial ...

Apex Launches High-End Sheet Operation with Davis-Standard System

(News | New Products)

January 05, 2016, ... PC/ABS and TPO resins in thicknesses ranging from .010 to .187 mil and in widths up to 54 inches. “After looking at several extrusion vendors, we chose Davis-Standard because of their quality, support ...

FPI Report Tracks Trends in Foodservice Packaging Supply Chain

(News | New Products)

December 14, 2015, ... brand on packaging. • Raw materials: “Green” packaging is apparent in raw materials, as different resins and papers are trending based on both the real and perceived environmental advantages of those ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2015

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2015, ... Lidding Film Toray Plastics (America) announced LumiLid bio-based, dual-ovenable lidding films manufactured with company’s proprietary sustainable resin blends, which are made with more than 50% renewable ...

MOCON Offers Oxygen Permeation Analyzer

(Controls)

November 30, 2015, ... high-barrier materials and packages.  It is said to be ideally suited for food, pharmaceutical, medical device, film converters, and resin producers who want to push the shelf life envelope by reducing ...

Avery Dennison Announces Bio-Based PE Film

(Materials)

November 21, 2015, ... a clear version. The resin used for the new bio-based PE films is made from Bonsucro Certified Sugar Cane, which reportedly follows rigorous social and environmental monitoring prior to certification. ...

Addivant Antioxidant in Commercial Trials

(Materials)

November 04, 2015, WESTON 705 liquid phosphite antioxidant is engineered for optimal resin processing, and company expects PE resins with it to be launched soon DANBURY, CT | Addivant reports that global polymer producers ...

Optimum Plastics Adds Extrusion Line

(Flexpack)

October 26, 2015, Company increases cast embossed capacity with new line, capable of producing film to five layers in many resin grades BLOOMER, WI | Optimum Plastics, a producer of custom engineered cast embossed and ...

Argotec Is Being Acquired by SWM

(Materials)

October 24, 2015, ... Argotec is a technology and quality leader in resin-based rolled goods with strong competitive positions in attractive niche market segments. Argotec films, which are complementary to our current extruded ...

Nordson Announces Nine-Manifold Die

(Flexpack)

October 21, 2015, ... said to be the first of its kind, has been successfully commissioned, producing nine-layer film from various resins. Company says this latest advance in coextrusion technology enables film processors—particularly ...

Epson Introduces SureColor P-Series Printers

(News | New Products)

September 27, 2015, ... black density; new Black ink is 1.5 times denser than previous ink formulation, providing significant improvements to overall contract ratio and optical clarity, and improved Resin Encapsulation Technology ...

World's First 9-Manifold Extrusion Die Debut

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 26, 2015, ...  first nine-manifold extrusion die. "A Nordson EDI nine-manifold flat die, the first of its kind, has been successfully commissioned, producing nine-layer film from various resins. The nine-manifold di ...

Converter Aids Output with Press from SPGPrints

(News | New Products)

September 11, 2015, ... a single-pass rotary screen coating and die-cutting line. Finally, the resin doming process creates the tile-realistic effect. The new converting operation has twice the productivity of the DSI press, ...

IMDA to Present Symposium and Exhibit

(Label/Tape)

September 09, 2015, ... the 2015 Symposium and Exhibit Hall October 28–29 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Skokie, IL.  Day One includes presentations on the following: • Polypropylene—What’s happening in Resin & Film ...