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Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... heat-seals the ends, and cuts the joined packets into individual strips. Polyester prevents bleed-through of the epoxy resin or the curing agent that was used in this product. A shelf life of one year ...

Deciphering the complexities of the core/shaft/unwind relationship.

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January 31, 1996, ... plastic cores, "standard" plastic cores, and metal cores. Composition of reinforced plastic cores can be linen-based phenolic, fiberglass-based epoxy, or polyester resins. Plastic cores can be comprised ...

Brake and clutches improve to meet industry demands.

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December 31, 1995, ... as 80% asbestos, are a proprietary mix of binders and phenolic resins crosslinked with polyamids. According to Wissenback, the air-cooled disc system is the most effective as far as heat dissipation ...

Measurement technique improves metallized PP

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November 30, 1995, ... the original resin formulation, prior to stretching. The second type of pin-window is usually associated with "pits" in the film just below the pin window. Pits seem to occur much less frequently than ...

Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.

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September 30, 1995, ... to be $50 MM and consumes over 35 MM lb. of PE resin annually. Facilities include two coextruders (Fabricos y Servicio and Multiform), three laminators (Tuberias y Materiales, Fabricos y Servicio and Prepak) ...

Bagmaking operation refuses to stand still

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September 30, 1995, ... 50-lb. bags of resin went down an elevator to where the extruders were in the basement, and the film came up a stairwell. When the operation moved into a new building in the early 60s, Shields wanted to ...

Growing popularity of PET drives shortage to crisis level

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August 31, 1995, Widely hailed as the "green" resin of the '90s, polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, is now the wunderkind of the converting/packaging industry. Sometimes Widely hailed as the "green" resin of the '90s, polyethylene ...

Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain

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July 31, 1995, ... the customer wants. This is an area where smaller producers have trouble, Quinn says. "They just don't have the resin blending or coextrusion capabilities to make it happen." Sengewald USA is able to ...

Hot melt applications continue to grow

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June 30, 1995, ... technology, chemists now can blend chemicals and resins that couldn't be used before. "Five years ago you could heat a hot melt for about 50 hours before it would begin to degrade. Today's hot melts are twice ...

Book details Japan's packaging industr

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May 31, 1995, ... Plast, Kuriron Kasei, Chugoku Resin and among others." Future developments discussed include the mention that Nisseki Plast has succeeded in developing five-layer coextruded multilayer-oriented films ...

Costa Rican converter expands Latin market

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April 30, 1995, ... polyethylene, high-density polyethylene and linear low-density polyethylene film with resin supplied by Mobil, Quantum and Exxon. Three Bielloni and Schiavi flexo presses print oriented-polypropylene and ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

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April 30, 1995, ... in flexible packaging, it's isn't to soon to begin exploring our options. ICI s new Melinex ECO film is a product containing a minimum of 25% PCR resin which comes from waste beverage bottles. This PCR ...

Quick changeovers, quality top bagmaking demands.

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March 31, 1995, Manufacturers and suppliers of bagmaking machinery and equipment are finding that quick changeover, servo drives and computer controls are essential in Manufacturers and suppliers of bagmaking machinery ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ... new technology can be used with numerous resins. Bags are produced with a low-density polyethylene-based structure. Solid-state nonvolatile pieces of material are bonded into the polymer chain at the atomic ...

Company develops line of cost-saving packaging

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March 31, 1995, ... polyester and polyurethane resins with high-molecular weights ranging from 15,000 to 30,000, manufacturers can formulate flexible-laminating adhesives to meet specific user requirements. Bostik is working ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... "A lot of the polyester resin suppliers are in the Pacific Rim," Bill Symington, president of Canslit Inc., Milton, Ontario, Canada, said, "Japanese manufacturers aren't shipping to North America because ...

State legislative action includes removal of 2 bans: 1994

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February 28, 1995, ... plastics, including an analysis of potential impacts from mixing biodegradable plastic resins with other plastic resins. * Colorado SB 144, restrictive packaging legislation, was defeated. The proposed ...

Latin American industry remains untapped market

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February 28, 1995, ... the next few months." Another problem is the high price of imported resin for Mexican converters. Heavily dependent on this resin, converters have to source it domestically. This causes problems in ...

Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995

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January 31, 1995, ... industry, which is already occurring, is a trend expected to accelerate in the future, according to the report. Resin A strong US economy together with plastic's innate versatility spurred continued ...

Controlling costs challenge label stock, liner suppliers

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December 31, 1994, ... MN. "Where we have 1 1/2 and 2 mil now, we're going to 1 and 1 1/2 mil," he said. "This makes formulation as well as production a challenge. We have to work with the resin people and the press manufacturers." ...