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ANI Reports Raw Material Supply Crisis for UV and Water-Based Inks

(Archive)

January 23, 2005, ... are another part directly affected by the oil price, styrene costs are affecting cost of acrylic resins. The acrylic acid situation throws everything on the binder side into a historical situation of potential ...

New Report Focuses on Worldwide Nonwovens Industry

(Archive)

January 18, 2005, ... include: statistical information from 1994, 1999, 2004 and projections for 2009 worldwide production data by region and by technology nonwoven growth by technology staple fiber/resin consumption ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... Films Subject of New Study CLEVELAND, OH—A study from The Freedonia Group projects US plastic film demand will expand 2.7%/yr to 15 billion lbs in 2008, valued at $9.5 billion (resin cost only). Total ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... enhancements to its Microtaggant identification particle technology as well as the availability of several ready-to-use solutions for brand protection. Solutions include compounded plastic resins, films, ...

Mission: Accomplished

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... the need for adhesive and helps reduce overall resin weights used to make in-mold containers. "The adhesive or the hot melt always works," raves Garcia. "The material has been treated to reduce the level ...

Water-Based Printing Inks & pH

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December 30, 2004, In a water-based ink, many of the ink components contribute to the ink pH. For example, the common acrylic resins used in water-based inks are acidic. They are not soluble in water but are soluble when ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... of a hard temper foil starts increasing also. For a 9% EAA tie resin on hard and soft foil, reasonable adhesion occurs with or without treatment. On soft foil at 100m/min., initial adhesion increases with ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 4

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... and the high cost of raw materials—particularly petrochemicals and resins—a degree of rationalization has taken place. This involves primarily the laminators, most of whom are global players, but pan-European ...

RK's FlexiProof Serves as a Flexo Training Too

(Archive)

December 07, 2004, ... runs, while the FlexiProof with integrated UV curing is being used by ink, resin, and chemical manufacturers, envelope printers, flexo label printers, board manufacturers and converters, substrate producers, ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

November 30, 2004, ... to the converting and packaging industries Executive Summary High Value Polypropylene Resins For Extrusion Coating By M. Kirchberger and M. Stadlbauer, Borealis GmbH Application: Long chain branched ...

Conductive Polymers Examined

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November 30, 2004, CLEVELAND, OH Conductive polymers will provide a 440-million-lb market for base resins, driven by the development of improved resin grades with cost, CLEVELAND, OH — Conductive polymers will provide a ...

EVALCA Doubles EVOH Capacity

(Magazine)

November 30, 2004, ... double its production capacity, increasing it by 53 million lbs/yr. The company reports this is a response to the strong and growing worldwide demand for EVOH copolymer resin. Production capacity following ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... resin. Production capacity following the expansion, scheduled for completion in March 2006 at a cost of US$150 million, will be 104 million lbs/yr. Industry Studies Survey Studies Printing Ratios ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... oxygen and water vapor barrier properties approaching those of aluminum foil. Supernyl coextruded nylon film is biaxially oriented and contains a barrier resin in the core. Santonyl nylon film is bi-axially ...

Good News Hunting

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... as NPE (next slated for June 19-23, 2006), the Society of Plastic Industries, producers of the show, surpassed attendance objectives and were on the whole pleased. Presently, cost for plastic resins ...

thePLACE

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... of Borealis GmbH on “High Value PP Resins For Extrusion Coating — The Move To Better Economics In A Critical Processing Technology.” Otto M. Plassmann of BP Koeln GmbH and Guenter Schubert of Hydro Aluminium ...

Extrusion Dies

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... is new business in high-barrier products, which include stand-up food pouches and medical packaging. Besides the roughly $0.50/lb cost of commodity resins such as low-density polyethylene (LDPE), the dominant ...

Technical Facility

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October 30, 2004, ... Dr. Jürgen Breil, head of division — process technology and R&D. “Most of our customers are resin producers or film producers who test resins, blends, compounds, and new film structures. But often customers ...

Sun Chemical Raises Prices on Packaging Inks

(Archive)

October 28, 2004, ... he continues, "we also have seen prolonged shortages on some key materials such as titanium dioxide, nitrocellulose resins, and acrylic acid-based derivatives where producers have either stopped or cut ...

Inks, Coatings, Compliance

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... components of coatings. 21 CFR 175.105: Adhesives used as components of articles intended for use in packaging, transporting, or holding food. 21 CFR 175.300: Resinous and polymeric coatings intended ...