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Catching Up with PFFC News

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2011, ... It's the most comprehensive collection in the converting industry of basic materials (including films, resins, foils, paper, and board); supplies and services; and equipment, accessories, and machinery. ...

Holographic Technology: Pattern Pressing

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... (UV)-curable resin is applied to the substrate and the holographic relief pattern is pressed into this from a roll of holographic film. The resin is cured under UV light while in contact with the holographic ...

PFFC Online Buyers Guide Goes LIVE!

(Trends/Management News)

June 15, 2011, ... revamped directory helps converters identify and locate over 750 suppliers by name in over 300 categories and subcategories, including Basic Materials (Films & Resins, Foils, Paper & Board); Equipment, ...

Make Peelable Lids

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2011, Appeel 22D843 lidding solution is said to provide an easy and effective way to make peelable lids for retortable PP packages. Sealant resin is pellet-blended Appeel 22D843 lidding solution is said to provide ...

Ashland To Raise Prices on Vinac and Flexbond Emulsion Products

(Coatings)

April 24, 2011, ... global leader in unsaturated polyester resins and epoxy vinyl ester resins. In addition, it provides customers with leading technologies in gelcoats, and pressure-sensitive and structural adhesives.  ...

'ICE Age' Forecasted for US Converting Industr

(Trends/Management News)

April 11, 2011, ... on slitting/rewinding and coating/laminating. TAPPI PLACE covered a variety of critical topics including: • New Developments in Renewable Source Resins and Films • Extrusion of Biopolymers • Employing ...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Announces Price Increase

(Flexpack News)

March 22, 2011, ... announced an Americas region price increase of $0.10/lb ($0.22/kg) on all grades of DuPont Elvax, Elvaloy AC, and Nucrel resins; $0.20/lb ($0.44/kg) for DuPont DPE20s; and $0.015/lb for DuPont Keldax resins. ...

INX Intl. Ink Co. Announces Price Increase

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 15, 2011, ... anymore,” said INX president and CEO Rick Clendenning. “Some of the major increases have been with select pigments and all resins used for litho inks, solvent based inks, water based inks and coatings. ...

OMNOVA Price Increases for Specialty Chemicals

(Coatings)

March 06, 2011, ... is announcing a 2% price increase for Plioway and Pliolite acrylic copolymer dry resins, and a $0.03 to $0.05/lb. increase on Pliotec acrylic and styrene acrylic lattices, depending on the grade. This ...

UV Flexo Ink Aids Sustainability

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

February 28, 2011, BioCure UV-curable flexo ink is based on bio-renewable resin technology. Said to offer high press performance and to enhance sustainability. Suitable BioCure UV-curable flexo ink is based on bio-renewable ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... where they are held in position against the mold wall by either static electricity or vacuum ports. The mold closes, and the container resin is blown or injected into the mold. The hot resin fuses and ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... of the issue's magnitude in the consumer's mind. Industrial recycling in the US may consider 1988 as its beginning; that's when SPI (The Plastics Industry Trade Assn.) created its resin identification ...

NAPIM Reports on Raw Material Shortages and Ink Price Volatility

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

February 28, 2011, ... and shortages to continue in 2011. They will likely see an increase in issues related to nitrocellulose, titanium dioxide, and additives, as well as persistence of the issues in rosin resin and some pigments. ...

Ribbon Is Economical

(Digital)

February 28, 2011, EM211 wax/resin near edge ribbon formulation is designed as an economical solution for high print performance on a broad range of materials for flexible EM211 wax/resin near edge ribbon formulation is ...

Sun Chemical Latin America to Increase Prices on Inks & Consumables

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

February 06, 2011, ... “Some of the most affected materials are the main components of our inks like nitrocellulose and alcohol, acrylic and polyamide resins, gum rosin and tall oil resins, TiO2, and pigments like blue, and ...

OMNOVA Solutions Ups Cost for Emulsion Polymers

(Coatings)

January 31, 2011, ... materials and is in addition to previously announced increases. This increase does not include ELIOKEM Pliotec, Pliolite or Plioway coatings resins, which were covered in a Jan. 20, 2011, pricing announcement. ...

Static Beat: Conductive Antistatic Layers

(Static Elimination)

December 31, 2010, ... no electrical path to ground. For example, resin-coated paper products generally have good static performance that is provided by the conductivity of the paper core. However, internal conductive layers ...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Increases Price in Europe for Ethylene Copolymer

(Flexpack News)

December 28, 2010, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced a price increase for Europe, Middle East, and Africa of Euro 0.35/kg on all grades of DuPont ethylene copolymer resins. These increases are effective Jan. ...

Materials Substrates: Building Blocks

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... 319 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Ecodear compostable bio-based films are manufactured with PLA resin. Thin, biaxially oriented films include a metallized heat sealable grade that delivers ...

DuPont Aims to Seal Customer Loyalty

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... fill, microwave, and retort applications. Kendig covered specifications on some of the newest grades of Appeel lidding sealant resins. This includes Grade 22D843, which can be used for retort applications ...