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Test Protocol Adopted for Foodservice Packaging

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September 30, 2001, ... product stewardship, for Pactiv Corp., led the taskforce. He explains, “For years companies have been testing their printed foodservice packaging products for color transfer using a hard-boiled egg placed ...

Die-Hard Creativity Keeps Converter Growing and GROWING

(Office Products)

September 30, 2001, ... machine at 250 cycles per minute.” Impressed with what he read, Murphy sent some sample material to the manufacturer for testing. “GN did some preliminary work with us before we went up there,” he explains. ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2001, ...  Peel/Release/Friction Tester Meets Industry Specs Imass Inc., Accord, MA; 781/982-8096 The TL-2200 peel/release/friction tester covers testing speeds from 6-1,500 in./min. Speed capabilities make ...

The Miracle of Coextrusion Makes Believers of Many

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August 31, 2001, ... be possible. This is a special case and requires careful attention to the regulations on types of food, conditions of use, and the specific construction. Testing under rigorous conditions may be necessary ...

Three Shows Make Autumn a Season of Innovation

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August 31, 2001, ... extrusion polymer modifiers and additives; product design and development; thermoforming; vinyl plastics; and more. Exhibitors of special interest to converters will include Ametek TCI Div. (testing ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2001, ... and laboratory testing of light materials, including paper; light paperboard; films such as OPP, PVC, and polyester; flexible packaging; and aluminum foil. According to mfr., unitized design allows easy ...

Hot Melt Symposium Offers Varied Program

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August 31, 2001, ... topics including testing of pressure sensitve adhesive properties, testing of other types of hot melt adhesives, environmental testing, etc. The complete texts with graphics for all the technical presentations ...

INTERNATIONAL CONVERTERSCOPE

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July 31, 2001, ... Opens Training Center PIACENZA, ITALY Schiavi Spa has opened a training and testing center at its production plant in Piacenza. The facility will feature a permanent display of printing and converting ...

Converting Industry News

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June 30, 2001, ... presentations, the course provided the basics of the design and manufacture of p-s tapes as well as the details of testing and application. “Sharing Global Pressure-Sensitive Tape Innovations” was the ...

Shared Focus Makes for One Successful Company

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June 30, 2001, ... label construction engineering support for design, testing, prototypes, and agency approvals; the previously mentioned on-press ion deposition system for high-speed variable imprinting of bar codes, numbers, ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ... toluene/isopropyl acetate onto 25 microns polyester film using 35 microns dry adhesive thickness. They were baked 10 min at 180°C followed by storage at 25°C for one week before testing. Results show an ...

Converting Industry News

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May 31, 2001, ... to enhance quality control can now ship samples directly to the Parsippany campus for feasibility testing and application development. BST Pro Mark to Market Teknek Products CHICAGO, IL, USA—BST Pro ...

Mikoh, Intermec Technologies Produce Smart&Secure Labels

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April 30, 2001, ... special testing and quality control processes to ensure reliability and performance of Smart&Secure labels produced by its proprietary converting operation. The first Smart&Secure label products for general ...

Reporter Clips

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April 30, 2001, ... testing methods for both paper and film substrates, includes more than 60 different test methods, ranging from substrate properties, such as stiffness and ink adhesion, to performance properties, including ...

High Clarity Linear Low Density Polyethylene for Packaging Applications

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April 30, 2001, ...  Blown films of 1 mil were produced on a monolayer line. Barefoot — no slip or antiblock additives — films and films with 2500 ppm of a silica antiblock were extruded for the study. Film testing used 23°C ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2001, ... of the film. Foilmark president and CEO Joe Olsen says, “We are currently beta testing this material in selective markets and are receiving very positive reactions already. We are preparing for full-market ...

Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic

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March 31, 2001, ... are coated, including ExxonMobil Labelyte, and others are uncoated, resulting in even more variability on press. We find each BOPP material we print requires extensive testing to identify the key attributes ...

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

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March 31, 2001, ... material we print requires extensive testing to identify the key attributes clearly and allow us to document accurately in our ISO-9002 process how we should be handling each.” After months of initial ...

Hot Melt Committee Holds Annual Symposium

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March 31, 2001, ...  Literature Table displays available during the entire conference provide symposium attendees with the latest information on materials, coating, testing, etc., in the hot melt industry. “The information ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... Kurt J. Lesker Co., Maxson, Megtec, Moisture Register Products, New Era, Nordson, E.T. Oakes, Park Air, Radio Frequency, Slautterback, Spraymation, Superior Solvents, Testing Machines, and Texloc. Machinery, ...