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New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... featuring customized properties for use on PP and PE films. Both water-based adhesives are designed to allow film substrates to be removed and repositioned multiple times, while keeping a stable tack over ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2001, ...  Hot Melt Adhesive Balances Heat/Cold National Starch and Chemical Co., Bridgewater, NJ; 800/797-4992; nationalstrach.com Cool-Lok 34-252A UV-curable hot melt adhesive is designed for freezer-grade ...

High Initial Strength with Long Open Time Reactive Hot Melt Adhesive

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August 31, 2001, ... water at 275°F. Conclusion Reactive hot melt adhesives containing a functional acrylic can provide high initial strength with long open time. Newly formulated products showed much better hydrolysis ...

Electron Beam Curing in Flexible Packaging

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August 31, 2001, ... a considerably better position for a converter. TABLE 3 - UV/EB, SOLVENT & WATER SYSTEMS HEALTH & SAFETY COMPARISON Issue UV/EB Solvent Water VOC Nil Yes ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... LLDPE conditions. Designed for film applications that include overwraps for paper towels and tissues, food packaging, and high-clarity and high-modulus industrial packaging. Water-Based Primer Is Versatile ...

Products

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June 30, 2001, ... a range of materials at speeds to 300 m/min. Reportedly can handle the most sensitive NCR paper. Options include cut-to-preprint and cut-to-watermark capabilities. The 1450 compact sheeter is designed ...

What's New in Narrow We

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June 30, 2001, ... Can be used for printing presses that have a chill roll assembly, as well as for presses that use a straight web path and water-cooled undershielding. A different model of the system is available for surface ...

Materials

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May 31, 2001, ... product label marks. Product reportedly works well with other inks, including rotary screen and flexo inks. Inks are sold in a variety of colors as well as clears. Water-Based Coating Is Resistant and ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, ... Each chamber is custom engineered to suit specific requirements from narrow webs to wide webs of 100+ in., solvent-based, water-based, or UV. Thermal System for Silicone ApplicationsAir Preheater ...

Jet Inks, Colorants, and Packaging What's Ahead

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April 30, 2001, ... and chemicals, ink jet formulators have turned to conventional pigments. Pigments, unlike dyes, are colorants that are insoluble in water and most solvents. Dyes typically are salts of sulfonic or carboxylic ...

Reporter Clips

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April 30, 2001, News from: Comco, Dunsirn, Forest Alliance, ILMA, Indigo, Mark Andy, Matik North America, Mineral Springs Bottled Water Co., National Label Co., Steinbeis Packaging Group, TLMI, and Seal-It. Narrow Web ...

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

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April 30, 2001, ... chemical adhesion; the mechanisms of bonding; types of bond failures (cohesive failure, adhesive failure, and dual failure); water-borne adhesives (still need development to improve performance; solvent-borne ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... printers, co. says. Single-ply film is available through co.'s RF Xpress Roll Program in weights of 3.2 mils; other weights are in development. Coating is said to resist water, chemicals, mars, scuffs, ...

Materials

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April 30, 2001, New materials from: Ablestik, ADM Tronics, AET Films, API Foils, Deco-Chem Inc., Equistar Chemicals, Sun Chemical, and Water Ink Technologies. OPP Film Introduced for Cheese Packaging AET Films, New ...

Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic

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March 31, 2001, ... example, ExxonMobil BOPP films are coated while those of AET and Hoescht are not. Consequently, each requires different drying times, inks, water balance, and press speeds. Some have higher waste than ...

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

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March 31, 2001, ... water balance, and press speeds. Some have higher waste than others. Hammer has identified which run well with UV coatings and which do not. Others react well to chemical resistance and scuffing, while ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... media, excessive ultrasonics, and corrosive chemicals; and increase ink wettability and release. The system uses a pretreatment chemical and a non-corrosive, water-based cleaner. Viscometer Is Upgraded ...

Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance

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February 28, 2001, ... system, an excess of isocyanate generally is added to the adhesive mix. The interaction of isocyanate with water and polymer can yield a variety of reaction products. The first two reactions show ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ...  System Allows the Use of Full-Wrap Labels National Starch & Chemical Co., Bridgewater, NJ; 908/685-5000; nationalstarch.com The Contour™ system enables package designers to use full-wrap labels on ...

Materials

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January 31, 2001, ... and P1650 permanent tackified acrylic adhesive. Available with a variety of liners, this water-based adhesive has passed OEM automotive underhood specifications. Said to offer excellent thermal stability ...