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Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... Chemical Canada, Inc., “A Consultant's Viewpoint Of High Precision Coating For The Converting Industry” by Chris Watson, Watson Consulting, “Stretch Film Properties-Effects Of Equipment And Process Variables” ...

MD Wrinkle Formation Causes and Cures

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October 31, 2001, ... lay-on roll contact line. When the roll-covering deformation at these gauge band areas becomes sufficient in magnitude, the film web is elongated or stretched over the gauge band areas in the TD (trans-direction) ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

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September 30, 2001, ... across width. Profiles sometimes connect. An example is when gauge variations stack up during winding to create ridges that stretch the web into baggy lanes. Another example occurs on paper where wet streaks ...

Single-Source Ink Supplier for Package Printer

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July 31, 2001, ... bouncing and stretching printed bags before and after freezing. Dowgray explains that, in order to ensure that when the bag was thawing, the ink wouldn't chip, run, or transfer, Flint designed the inks ...

More Causes, More Cures For Web Scratches

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July 31, 2001, ... continue. However, these types of fixes should be considered temporary, and a true fix should be found as soon as possible. Cast film stretchers that use nip rolls and idler rolls to heat and elongate ...

Slitter Savvy: The Art of Winding Good Rolls

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July 31, 2001, ... tension. These rolls can split open like a watermelon when dropped or squeezed by a roll-handling truck. The web will stretch and deform as these stresses are relieved while the roll cures during storage. ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... packaging, stretch film, packaging films, and similar areas rely on Moeller's knowledge and expertise to apply machinery to make higher quality products faster and more economically. People know his creative ...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

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April 30, 2001, ... Plastic flowers are available in a variety of colors, and the new eight-color Flexpress can print a variety of packaging colors! Okay, that's a stretch, but how the Böhme family eventually linked plastic ...

Converting Industry News

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March 30, 2001, ... PE business to strengthen its position in the specialty packaging industry. The business, which includes such products as industrial stretch film and institutional waste bags/can liners/food bags, has ...

Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

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February 28, 2001, ... endlessly flat landscape, which inspired the nation's early artists, still stretches unbroken to the horizons, and the dykes still occasionally threaten to give way. The nation is highly industrialized ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2000, ...  According to AMI, shrink and stretch film markets have emerged as the strongest performing market sectors, and technical coextrusions reflect the increasing demand for linear grades and HDPE resins, ...

Pouchmaking Equipment Adapts as Materials Advance

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November 30, 2000, The materials used to make pouches are changing. We are seeing specialty films that are thinner, stretchier, multilayered. While multiple thin layers The materials used to make pouches are changing. We ...

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 ...

International Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... Supplies Malaysian Film Co. FULTON, NY, USA—Scientex Packaging Films, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, has purchased two cast stretch film lines from Black Clawson Converting Machinery. The lines will provide ...

Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving

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October 31, 2000, ... solventless laminator. The company produces embossed and stretch polyethylene, cast polypropylene, and a variety of barrier materials. A superb prepress department, which is being upgraded constantly, ...

Materials

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September 30, 2000, ...  Polymers Add Benefits to Stretch Wrap Film Kraton Polymers, Houston, TX; 800/457-877; kraton.com Styrenic block copolymers for stretch-wrapping films are said to help prevent finger marks caused by ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... Further advances in PP usage; PP's stretch capacity and strength increases its usefulness. Snack market starts to see brand rivalry for national and regional dominance. Direct engraving method ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

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March 31, 2000, ... and more cost-effective stretch films. While the market is becoming saturated, it is replacing corrugated cartons in some markets with its lower cost. There are also opportunities in replacing strapping. ...

PET supplies increasing as markets expand

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May 31, 1996, ... data sheets was available from PEN suppliers, which adds to excessive development costs." On the bright side, PEN is reported to have superb stretchability, barrier properties, and scratch resistance. ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... stainless steel convection oven is continuously monitored for web tension and temperature, so sensitive films won't be overheated and stretched. The machine runs at speeds to 500 fpm and has a web width ...