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Pilot Coating Line Aids Both R&D and Production

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October 31, 2000, ... Info. Faustel Inc., Germantown, WI; 262/253-3333; faustel.com Delta Converting Equipment, Blackburn, U.K., +44 1254-677100 Rohm & Haas Polymers and Resins North America, Philadelphia, PA; 215/592-3000; ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ... Usher of Milliken & Company as Committee Technical Program Chairpersons. The meeting began with three simultaneous primer sessions entitled "Extrusion Primer, Plus," "Extrusion Coating Primer," and "Resin ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... and vinyl ester resins, effective with shipments on and after Aug. 14, 2000. The increase, reports Ashland, is due to continued, significantly rising costs of key raw materials. BASF announces it increased ...

Materials

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September 30, 2000, ... than conventional metallocene catalyzed PE. Resins are produced with co.'s ENERGX catalyst technology. They feature melt indices from 0.5-2.0 dg/min and densities between 0.906 and 0.910 g/cc. Reportedly ...

Hot Melt Symposium Covers Many Topics

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September 30, 2000, ...  This might be a new resin, new technology, etc. Presenting a paper gives the speaker an excellent occasion to offer technical information and provide `brand awareness' to a very receptive audience."  ...

Assessing Real-Life Sealant Performance in Flexible Packaging

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September 30, 2000, ... because it characterizes the "caulkability" of a sealant resin. Single-site catalysts have revolutionized the design, manufacture, and use of polyolefins in flexible packaging applications. New catalyst ...

Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

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September 30, 2000, ...  The filled resins used in the production of PaperFeel are highly viscous. So, to achieve the temperature uniformity and dispersive mixing required for the finished product, the Battenfeld machine employs ...

Solving the Problem of Press Part Replacements

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September 30, 2000, Clear Lam Inc., an Elk Grove Village, IL, converter of films, foils, and poly laminates, prides itself on delivering "a good quality product, excellent Clear Lam Inc., an Elk Grove Village, IL, converter ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ...  Intl. BV sub. has agreed to acquire Neopac A/S, a Danish corrugated operation comprising two plants with a combined annual production capacity of 65,000 tons. Industry Studies Demand for PET Resi ...

What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?

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August 31, 2000, ... printing is, to a large degree, based on additives that are incorporated into the ink to optimize specific properties. In a typical ink formula, the ink is composed of a colorant, resin binder, solvent, ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... edges aligned. Enhanced LLDPE Resins for Films Chevron Chemical, Houston, TX; 800/231-7575 Vytek and Dynex LLDPE resins are said to feature improved physical properties and provide an alternative, ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, ... longer shelf life for produce, meats, and other products; novel resins such as metallocenes that are stronger and more breathable than traditional films; and convenience features such as zippered bags ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... shelf space. Aluminum foil combinations in packaging increase. Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) resins and films introduced in Japan; EVOH films offer several features suited for snack food packaging, ...

Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade

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June 30, 2000, ... the forecast for some segments of our industry. Remaining are paper and allied products; and plastics materials and resins. Paper and Allied Products The Outlook begins its discussion of this sector ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

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May 31, 2000, ... He notes the plant runs low-density polyethylene primarily and consumes in the neighborhood of 55 million lb of LDPE resin per year. But, he adds, the plant extrudes other resins and has substantial laminating ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

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May 31, 2000, ... calls for coating an epoxy-type resin onto a fiberglass woven web," says Sangl, "which has a feathered edge and tends to accumulate resin. As it gets sheeted down into a cut length, we trim away this edge, ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

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May 31, 2000, ... of the advantages of ALUphane is that, unlike other tinted decorative wraps made from PP, the color in ALUphane film does not contaminate the food due to the use of K-Resin styrene-butadiene copolymer ...

Globalization Is Driving Force Behind Fast-Growing NPE

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April 30, 2000, ... companies supply primary processing and auxiliary equipment systems; machine and mold components; resins and compounds; additives, fillers, and reinforcements; and mold-making services. In a recent ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

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March 31, 2000, ... Labor Day that year," Barrett recalls, "and by mid-November we put the first resin and paper through the machine. We were selling commercial products off the line by Christmastime." Both lines run at ...

Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

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February 29, 2000, ... adhesives. PE resin is purchased from Poliolefinas and Petroquimica Truinfo. Ink suppliers are Belcar and Castiglioni. ISMA is a major supplier to Fleischmann Uruguaya (Nabisco) and Pepsico Snacks with ...