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Film Supplier Klockner Pentaplast Acquires Greenway Plastics, Slated to Open Brazil PVC Plant

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2003, ... copolymer blown film that is used for thin film and sheets in packaging for the pharmaceutical, medical device, food, cosmetics, general-purpose consumer, and industrial market sectors. Klöckner says ...

Cyclic-Olefinic Copolymers as Non-Migrating, Polymeric Slip Additives in LDPE Cast Films

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... anti-blocking characteristics but do little to directly reduce COF. Glass spheres can reduce COF significantly when used in polyolefin films. They are most effective when used in thin skin layers below ...

Black Clawson to Install Coating Line for Window Films Producer

(Unprinted Rolls)

May 22, 2003, ... as the supplier for Commonwealth Laminating and Coating's expansion," says Richard Campbell, VP of sales, marketing, and new business development at Black Clawson. "Their background and expertise within ...

Some Things to Remember About Dynamic Surface Tension

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, Most flexible packaging plants can measure surface tension of their films by using dyne solutions. The dyne solutions are chemical mixtures that have Most flexible packaging plants can measure surface ...

In the Converting Industry, an Audit Can Be a Good Thing

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... materials, and personnel. The reason to include everything is that all these items cost money. Converters pay for films, foil, inks, coatings, adhesives, water, gas, electricity, etc. Obviously, they ...

Thin Webs without Wrinkles

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, Any converter running webs of thin- and ultra-thin-gauge material, including foil, may experience wrinkle problems. In general, there are at least two Any converter running webs of thin- and ultra-thin-gauge ...

Standing the Test of Time with Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... articles and advertisements that appeared within our pages over the past 75 years, and from these we created a time line covering the history of what became known as the “converting industry,” along with ...

Would You Eat That? Some Readers Say No to Edible Film

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... in that column is the product of a puree of fruits and vegetables that is fried and formed into a thin sheet of opaque film. Based on correspondence I received, the thought of such a development repulsed ...

Through Thick and Thin, Gauging Controls Perform for You

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... but “as soon as you unplug the power, there is nothing in the device that's radioactive. You can open it completely. Nobody can be exposed to anything. As long as it's unplugged, it doesn't generate an ounce ...

How Do You Measure Ink Film Thickness? Count the Ways

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, Almost every day I receive questions relating to ink or coating thickness determination. You would think it would be a simple matter, but it is not. Ink Almost every day I receive questions relating to ...

Will We Soon be Eating the Film Along with the Food?

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... is a product of pureed fruits and vegetables fried and formed into a thin sheet of opaque film. More work will involve fortifying the film with tasty nutrients and adding lipids to make it more water-resistant. ...

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes are coated with an adhesive and slit into customer-sized rolls. Low-strength films do not have sharply Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes ...

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... difficulties in converting thin films in a sheet form. “Can you imagine the complexity of taking a sheet-fed press and running biaxially oriented polypropylene through it?” asks Iovoli. “How low can ...

Cast Film Dies and Auxiliary Equipment

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... pipes, combining adapter for coextrusion, and spreading and thinning in the die contribute to quality of an extrudate. After creating good quality melt in an extruder, the next step is delivery of that ...

The Effects o Comonomer Type on the Blown Film Performance of LLDPE Resins Made Using a Metallocene Single-Site Catalyst

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... the reactor. The individual comonomer/ethylene reactor molar ratios were identical for all resins within experimental error. The fluff underwent purging with nitrogen to remove solvent and unreacted olefins ...

Polyester Film Sourcing: Tips to Improve the Bottom Line

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... adhesion are critical for high-end applications. Extreme caution needs to be exercised for the consideration in this product group. Skips or voids in the treatment that are so thin they are measured in ...

Polyester Film Supplier Helps Converter Grow

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... cylinder material on items that move rather fast. We know what sells well at a given time or period of the year, and we have repeat orders, so consequently we can anticipate all of these things. "Although ...

Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... applications in a lot of packaging markets, as well as envelopes, for example," he says, "but we are targeting the food industry specifically, because that's where we think the shortcomings of paper are ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... of the Bobst Schiavi Rigel press developed specifically for printing both high- and low-density PE, as well as PP, as thin as 0.5 mil thick. The 65-in. press runs at speeds to 1,200 fpm and is equipped ...

It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... & Sullivan estimated the high-performance film market to have reached more than $1.4 billion in revenue. But it's not stopping there. This market is expected to grow at an annual clip of nearly 6% within ...