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EDI Offers Trial Runs

(Extrusion Coating)

March 31, 2011, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI | The latest addition to Extrusion Dies Industries' Technology Center is said to provide new opportunities for customers looking to CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI | The latest addition to Extrusion ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... nature of the interior rich éclair brownie product. Uflex provides the substrate, rotogravure printing, plasma metallization (for improved barrier properties), laminating, and slitting. A die-punched ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... operation requires additional equipment, including the flame treaters and labelers, as well as extra labor, floor space, and operating utilities. The release liner remaining from the p-s labels must ...

W&H Issues Good News

(Trends/Management)

February 28, 2011, ... at K produced a five-layer polyolefin film developed in collaboration with ExxonMobil Chemical. Reportedly, the film showed improved properties and was thinner than conventional three-layer films, resulting ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... of surfaces, with introductions of active species. Atmospheric plasma power densities are not high enough to damage polymeric materials, and voltage levels typically are too low to create back-side treatment. ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... and polystyrene (PS)]. However, while PET bottles are widely recyclable, PET cups are difficult to recycle in most communities. Starbucks keeps replacing its industry-standard PET cold cup with a PP ...

Technical Report: A Rheology Lesson

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2011, ... room temperature. Did you know there are two viscosities of interest to a polymer processing operation? What we have talked about already — the resistance in the direction of flow — is shear viscosity, ...

Coatings Offer High Barriers

(Coating)

January 31, 2011, ... excellent resistance to incidental contact with water and will maintain its barrier properties after top coating and/or application of water-based inks. InMat | 908-874-7788 | www.inmat.com  ...

Mocon Installs Permeation Units at High-Altitude Tibetan Lab

(Controls News)

January 10, 2011, ... such as vials, pouches, bottles, blister cavities and syringes. However, in Lhasa, the units primarily will be used for high barrier testing of packaging structures with either aluminum foil or metallized ...

EDI's New Technology Center Features Multi-Process La

(Extrusion Coating)

January 06, 2011, ... world headquarters of Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC (EDI) reports it is providing new opportunities for customers looking to do product development or trial runs without tying up their own commercial-scale ...

Expanded Content

(Print)

December 31, 2010, ... was purchased to meet the needs of a single customer, he and Hinds both knew its unique capabilities and the product lines it could deliver would open TEK Labels to an overall broader range of customers. ...

ISO Poly Adds W&H Film Line

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... we have been able to continue our aggressive growth plans and make significant investments to increase our capabilities to produce specialty films and expand our capacity to keep pace with the demands ...

Tobacco Packaging: The Final Billboard

(Carton Box)

November 30, 2010, ... usage of health warnings and explicit graphics on tobacco products also has reduced billboard opportunities on the package itself (see sidebar). This creates a challenge not unlike that facing CPG companies ...

Materials Substrates: Building Blocks

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... Based on Clearfoil barrier-coated PET, plus an aggressive sealant, structure enables high-speed sealing. Oxygen barriers available to 0.0008 cc/100 in.2/24 hr, and moisture barrier properties to 0.0008 ...

DuPont Aims to Seal Customer Loyalty

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... foil adhesion — eliminates tie layer Has clarity to show off product Thermoforms well Provides downgauging potential Morris discussed DuPont's Interactive Value Analysis Model, a software tool available ...

ISO Poly Films Installs 8th W&H Film Line

(Flexpack News)

November 03, 2010, ... capability. ISO Poly’s president Jon McClure comments, “With Sigma Plastics Group support, we have been able to continue our aggressive growth plans and make significant investment to increase our capabilities ...

Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... and paper grade. In summary, the study shows that the majority of packaging paper applications receive one or more surface enhancements (in addition to package forming) providing ample opportunities for ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... and upgrading existing lines. There appeared to be minimal return on investment for laboratory developmental facilities. In addition, no effective alternatives were available. The standard laboratory ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... can provide these necessary barriers and protect and preserve our food, but all have their specific properties. Glass is transparent and is an excellent barrier material, but it's less good against light, ...

Flexo Printing: Smart Press, Even Smarter Buy

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2010, ... for liquid packaging and form/fill/seal applications. Converting capabilities include stand-up and quad-seal pouches, slider zipper and Inno-Lok bags, and a large variety of heavy-duty shipping sacks. ...