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Food Packaging Boosts Demand for Plastic Sheet

(Substrates)

June 30, 2008, CLEVELAND, OH Demand for plastic sheet in the US is projected to grow almost 3%/yr to 7.7 billion lbs in 2011, valued at $7.2 billion (resin content only). CLEVELAND, OH Demand for plastic sheet in the ...

Materials/Substrates: Custom Fit

(Substrates)

May 31, 2008, ... durability. Smoothness and consistency reportedly allow for superior printing and converting. MeadWestvaco | www.meadwestvaco.com PFFC-ASAP 316 Appeel lidding sealant resins and Appeel AF (antifog) ...

W&H Offers Increased Output By Retrofitting Older Equipment

(News | New Products)

May 08, 2008, ... efficiency by increasing up-time, flexibility and reducing waste, the company reports. Retrofit solutions include resin feeding, gravimetric feeding, extruders, dies, sizing cages, haul-offs as well as ...

European Ink Portfolio Is Announced

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 30, 2008, ... flexo; MultiRange PVB-based ink systems for gravure and flexo; ElioRange PVC resin-based inks for gravure; ProRange CAP-based inks for gravure and flexo; SentryRange inks, whites, lacquers, and primers ...

Emerging Nations

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2008, ... boxes ($82 million annually), 45%-55% of labels, and 70% of label paper. Oversupply/High Prices With increased resin prices causing a squeeze on converters, European flex-pack converters are gearing ...

How To Choose the Best Adhesive System

(Archive)

March 25, 2008, ... stereotypes rather than considering the many individualized technologies that are available. Simply making a choice from one of the four basic resin categories or two general processing methods fails to ...

Antimicrobial Protects Plastics Without Leaching

(Archive)

March 02, 2008, ... resins. When incorporated into plastics compounds, the BIOSAFE product reportedly adds $0.25 to $0.50 in raw material cost per lb. of finished plastic product. BIOSAFE provides an environmentally sustainable ...

No-Wait Welding

(Coating/Laminating)

February 29, 2008, ... time.” The custom-built Davis-Standard line includes a 4-in. (100-mm) extruder with in-line resin-blending capabilities, a 90-in. (2,286-mm) extrusion laminator, shaftless unwinds, and jumbo surface ...

Peak Performance

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

February 29, 2008, In a twist on the old cliche, one long-time UK-based resin supplier decided that if you want something done at all, sometimes you just have to do it yourself. In a twist on the old cliche, one long-time ...

National Adhesives Publishes Brochure on Adhesives for Corrugated Products

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2008, ... starch adhesives. The company's liquid performance additives deliver higher tack and runnability for greater corrugator speed. Waster resistance resins from National Adhesives provide high water resistance ...

EDI's New Tech Cente

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2008, ... labs for characterizing flow and other properties of resins to be run in dies ordered by customers, and trial labs available for rent. The rental facilities are fully equipped process laboratories that ...

Process Management: Drying Part 1: Liquid Inks

(Magazine)

January 31, 2008, ... this reason, they are often favored in gravure printing of paper and board due to lower tendency to plug the image cells. Water-Based Inks These inks are based on a combination of acidic resin held ...

Roll Winding Dynamics

(Web Handling)

January 31, 2008, ... are non-porous and thus impermeable to liquids such as water, blood, and bacteria. When used as a mono-layer film, co-polyester thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) resins have a desirable non-stick tendency ...

Reflective P-S Film Series

(Archive)

December 20, 2007, ... acrylic adhesive and backed with either a 50-lb. kraft roll liner or a 90-lb. logo imprinted layflat sheet liner that is imprinted with the REFLECTAmark logo. PG products are printable via resin thermal ...

BE Takes Blown Film to 11 Layers

(Archive)

November 08, 2007, ... With multi-layer capabilities, processors harness the properties of many resins to produce a package. Depending on the application, different resins are targeted to specific layers to make the same package ...

Clariant Shifts Specialty Polymers Distribution to Masterbatches Division

(Archive)

October 31, 2007, North American distribution of a range of specialty resins and polymer additives now will be handled by Clariant Masterbatches PRESS RELEASE MILFORD, DE | North American distribution of a range of specialty ...

The place

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... shop floor where they occur. The important components of extrusion coating equipment are the extrusion screw that creates the melt from the solid resin and the film die that distributes the melt stream ...

BE to Showcase AquaFrost Line at K 2007

(Materials)

October 23, 2007, ... is said to give the film balanced mechanical properties, permitting the use of less expensive resins than required in cast. Its high heat transfer rate minimizes the time the melt spends in the crystal-growth ...

CCP Expo 2007 Exhibitors

(Archive)

October 22, 2007, ...  Raytek Corporation Remmele Engineering Inc. Resin Technology Inc. Retroflex, Inc. R G Engineering Rockwell Automation Rossini North America Royal Adhesives Sage Automation, Inc. Sicpa Securink ...

CRI Increases Prices on Ink

(Archive)

October 15, 2007, Color Resolutions Intl. (CRI) has announced that effective November 1, 2007, prices on all packaging inks will be raised from 7% to 14%, depending on the color and resin technology. PRESS RELEASE FAIRFIELD, ...