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- Conference Features New Networking Opportunity
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- October 31, 2000, ... marketing studies for hot melts. Papers on new, emerging hot melt product technology are especially welcome as are papers on hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives. Potential authors should submit the ...
- UV Protection of Hot Melt Adhesives for Packaging Applications
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- October 31, 2000, ... Protection Strategies Pressure sensitive labels and tapes have use in many packaging applications. Many materials are available for both the backing and adhesive depending on the final requirements. The ...
- Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It
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- September 30, 2000, ... Troy, OH, provides a bit of an anomaly in today's manufacturing employment environment. According to company president Eric Magel, the label converter and supplier of pressure-sensitive labels has press ...
- Hot Melt Symposium Covers Many Topics
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- September 30, 2000, ... for non-pressure sensitive hot melt adhesives in Western Europe should experience an annual growth rate of approximately 2.5% for 1998-2003. For pressure sensitive hot melt adhesives, the number is 6.3%. ...
- Polyester Film Supplier Helps Converter Grow
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- September 30, 2000, ... down to size more than three years ago when it turned to Filmquest Inc. for polyester filmstock. Supplier Service Key to Growth Custom Tapes was founded more than 50 years ago as a distributor of pressure-sensitive ...
- Reporter Clips
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- August 31, 2000, News from: Crane & Co., Dow Corning, Flexographic Trade School, Indigo, MACtac, Polyweave, Proma Technologies, Raflatac, Scapa Tapes, and Tokyo Lithmatic Corp. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Dow ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- August 31, 2000, ... materials and products that transform with temperature, UV light, or pressure. New materials include ChromaZone, a thermochromic (heat-sensitive) pigment; SolarZone, a photochromic pigment, and Vinyl Flex, ...
- Label Converter's Business Is Prime Labels & Prid
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- August 30, 2000, ... to spotlight its "debut," or "premiere," as an upscale supplier of prime labels. Since that time, the Troy, OH-based converter has grown to become one of the country's "premier" suppliers of pressure-sensitive ...
- Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out
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- June 30, 2000, ... 1,500 fpm and was made to handle lightweight substrates including paper, film, foil, tissue, and pressure-sensitive materials, Stroud reports. "We can slit down to one and a half inches wide, and the duplex ...
- Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary
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- March 31, 2000, ... oxygen-sensitive ingredients, these products need more packaging protection. In order to protect the flavors and aromas, which provide superior palatability, foil laminates and other high-barrier films ...
- 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, ...
- Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.
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- January 31, 2000, ... pressure-sensitive, gummed, and heat seal labelstock; flexible packaging, including barrier, clear, and metallized laminates and lidding materials; a range of p-s and heat seal mounting and laminating ...
- Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging
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- December 31, 1999, ... lens (0.005) that can be used in the mainstream packaging industry in such applications as blown-on, pressure-sensitive, 3-D lenticular labels for on-packs as well as consumer-packaged goods, cans, bottles, ...
- Narrow web adapts to multiple applications
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- November 30, 1998, ... different substrates available, from the thinnest of films to heavier boardstock used for cartons." Precise tension controls allow converters to run thin, unsupported films, while chilling drums keep heat-sensitive ...
- Static electricity can be a very costly problem
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- August 31, 1998, ... attraction of dust and debris; disruptive effects on sensitive electronic equipment; webs that slip and slide out of register; webs that cling to rolls or jam the machine; the reduction of line speeds ...
- New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP
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- August 31, 1996, ... ball game. Something like Coca-Cola is not nearly so sensitive to oxygen, so the [carbon dioxide] is the main factor there." He added, "A successful barrier could lead to use of smaller bottles. The ...
- Partnering launches future growth in laminations
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- August 31, 1996, ... and laminating capabilities. Heat-sensitive substrates would be ideal for our new line, as well as aircraft barrier insulation, packaging and decorative laminates, and thermal insulation. "It's clearly ...
- Aqueous adhesive systems: giving credit where it is due.
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- July 31, 1996, ... packaging laminations have existed for about 20 years. The first products were acrylic copolymers with a pressure-sensitive nature. Their performance allowed use only for low-demand applications such as ...
- A directory of custom slitting
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- July 31, 1996, ... laminates, fiberglass Minimum slit width: 1/32 in. Maximum slit width: 92 in. No. of employees: 270 Special environments: Clean room, dark room, white room, temperature-sensitive cold room. ...
- Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need
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- June 30, 1996, ... advanced design for streamlined flow of polymers. The company recently patented a low-pressure spiral die that can be changed to a spider pin without spirals. This allows the die to process heat-sensitive ...