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February 28, 2001, ... patented innovations, including EasySplice, Easy CoverAuto, and 64007, a tamper-evident carton sealing tape. Tapes are said to offer improved security, lower total costs, and easier application. According ...

Converting Industry News

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February 27, 2001, ...  The Grip & Go™ carton from Westvaco is designed to offer supermarket customers a comfortable handle for carrying rotisserie chicken, while securely sealing the dome's top and bottom to prevent leakage. ...

Converting Industry News

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January 31, 2001, ... the food contact layer. The proprietary film is said to offer a wider operating window for high-speed sealing, improved hot tack, and consistent peelable seals. The film, based on DuPont Elvax EVA copolymer ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ... and repeat the whole process five times. The chances of moisture or oxygen going through those five layers are nil." Now, OLEDs can be deposited on a sheet of glass, and instead of sealing them with ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... pouches with single-sheet construction, running two-up, and features automatic wicket stacking capabilities. Triple AC servo drive drawroll is said to result in controlled tension through sealing process. ...

The Case Against Oxidation as a Primary Factor for Bonding Acid Copolymers to Foil

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November 30, 2000, ... gel formation, and impaired heat sealing performance. The high processing temperatures can also lead to adhesion and crazing issues when coating onto metallized substrates. Another method for improving ...

Pouchmaking Equipment Adapts as Materials Advance

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November 30, 2000, ...  Terry Rego, sales manager at GN Packaging Equipment, Mississauga, Ont., Canada, explains: "Thinner film has a smaller temperature sealing window, so the equipment has to be more accurate with sealing ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... Meier, VP of PMC, "We initiated several technological innovations to manufacture this larger, heavy-caliper container. PMC's new gas-fired, hot-air, heat sealing system was incorporated to reduce utility ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2000, ... 914/593-0809; abnh.com HoloCap security holographic induction cap seal comprises several different heat-sealable films that are bonded directly to containers utilizing advanced induction sealing techology. ...

Some Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart II

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October 31, 2000, ... work for every other application. Changing substrates, sealing conditions, or anything else may mean that the converter must evaluate various heat seal coatings to find the proper one to use for the ...

Materials

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October 31, 2000, New from: AdLamCo. Inc., H.B. Fuller Co., Kraton Polymers, Metallized Products Inc., Proma Technologies, Russell-Field Paper Co., Rohm and Haas Co., Sun Chemical Ink, and Unifoil Corp. Holographic Paper ...

Common Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart I

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September 30, 2000, ... coating, the substrates, the sealing conditions, etc. You must follow information about coating weight suggestions from the coating supplier religiously. Insufficient coating deposition obviously will ...

Division Award Winners

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September 30, 2000, ... received the recognition for his 19 patents on innovative technology for coextrusion that has allowed converters to develop structures with better barriers, improved strength and sealing properties, and ...

Assessing Real-Life Sealant Performance in Flexible Packaging

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September 30, 2000, Application: Polyolefin plastomers exhibit excellent caulkability to deliver the sealing characteristics necessary for total package performance. Application: Polyolefin plastomers exhibit excellent caulkability ...

Reporter Clips

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August 31, 2000, ... operations. Production will start in 2001. When in full operation, it is estimated the factory reportedly will increase Raflatac sales by $115 million. New Sealing Strips Offered WINDSOR, CT, USA—Scapa ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... creates simplified operation for sealing snack products such as candy bars; results in easier package opening for consumers. EVOH resins and films introduced in US and Europe. Open code dating ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... a heat-sealing appliance, one that can be used in evidence-collection rooms throughout the police network. We also developed one that can be plugged into a car cigarette lighter, so all squad cars now ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

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March 31, 2000, ... states Barrett. "It provides a consistently flat profile, accurate control over resin flow, and reliable deckle sealing. This means our operators don't need to tweak the die bolts in order to reach accurate ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Bagmaking machines adapt to conquer new markets.

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July 31, 1996, ... drives include extremely accurate stop and start, the ability to accurately repeat a move, and the ability to stop and hold a position while hot knives perform sealing and cutting operations. The newer ...