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- Reduce & Reuse
- (Extrusion Coating)
- November 30, 2008, ... global competitors is small, and the market structure will not change significantly in the immediate future. North America leads in supply of gable-top cartons and polyethylene(PE)-coated boards for ...
- Web Exclusive: Slitting Film
- (Archive)
- November 11, 2008, ... account the extensible nature of many of the materials in question. To run plastic (flexible) materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene at commercially acceptable speeds and to high quality, ...
- Door to Door QC
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 30, 2008, ... coatings, and reactivated low- and high-temperature heat/solvent. Substrates range from polyester, polyethylene, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) films, to foils, textiles, and other exotic materials. “It' ...
- Adding Capacity
- (Flexography)
- September 30, 2008, ... polypropylene (PP), polyester (PET), saran-coated PET, metallized PP, polyethylene, and coated paper. Slitting is accomplished on a 60-in. Ashe slitter, and 13 bagmaking machines from Hudson-Sharp and ...
- Film Converting: Luminit Films Shape Light
- (Substrates)
- September 30, 2008, ... Those diffusers adhere to a variety of polyethylene and polycarbonate films up to 20 in. wide in thicknesses from 0.005-0.125 in. The converting equipment uses high-precision rubber rollers from Abba ...
- UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- September 30, 2008, ... Starting at the bottom of Figure 1, the substrate — usually polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented polypropylene, polyethylene, or a metallized film — acts as a surface to accept the printing. It ...
- US Plastic Film Demand to Exceed 16 Billion Pounds
- (News Eclips)
- August 12, 2008, ... as well as opportunities in film products such as pouches and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). The leading film will remain low-density polyethylene (LDPE), accounting for almost two-thirds of the ...
- P-S Tape Protects Calendering & Extruding Rollers
- (News Eclips)
- July 22, 2008, ... it a cost-efficient option for coating rollers in the extrusion coating industry and other roller applications.” It is now being used to wrap rollers that produce polyethylene coatings and laminations, ...
- Dyne Levels Part 2
- (Process Management)
- June 30, 2008, ... coating. A primer is chosen that will provide a high surface energy for good adhesion to the film. Some primers bond chemically to the substrate. An example would be polyethyleneimine, which is a cationic ...
- Exopack Sells Newmarket Film Business
- (News Eclips)
- June 23, 2008, ... in Newmarket, ON, Canada. For more than 50 years, Newmarket has been supplying high quality single and multi-layer polyethylene films to customers involved in package converting operations, form-fill-seal ...
- PE Hot Melt Adhesive Is Easy to Run
- (News Eclips)
- May 29, 2008, ... The premium case and carton polyethylene hot melt adhesives are said to be fast setting, to offer excellent paper and paperboard substrate adhesion, and to have exceptional heat-resistance machining and ...
- Emerging Nations
- (Flexpack)
- April 30, 2008, ... (PP)/ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH)/polyethylene (PE) and others use PP/EVOH/PE. In the UK, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is being used. Although there are still a large volume of multilayer films used, there ...
- Film Approved for Food, Pharma Use in Japan, EU
- (Archive)
- April 09, 2008, Grayling Industries reports the polyethylene film it uses to manufacture some of the company's industrial packaging liners has been approved ATLANTA, GA | Grayling Industries reports the polyethylene film ...
- Certifiably Clean
- (Bag Pouch)
- March 31, 2008, ... convert polypropylene/low-density (LD) and linear LD polyethylene (PE)/high density PE materials from 10-100 microns. Fisher says production speed was a priority when choosing the Mamata because “it had ...
- Quality Time
- (Gravure)
- March 31, 2008, ... adhesive lamination of oriented polypropylene (OPP)/ink/adhesive/metallized OPP/adhesive/polyethylene (PE). Solvent-based inks and solvent- and water-based adhesives are used. Printing is on a Schiavi ...
- AIMCAL Elects New Board
- (News | New Products)
- March 19, 2008, ... New York, a position he has held since rejoining the company in 2004. An expert in barrier substrates, he has developed many products based on coextruded, coated and/or metallized polyethylene terephthalate. ...
- No-Wait Welding
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 29, 2008, ... polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheets for use primarily as covers and liners in agriculture, construction, landfill applications, and marine markets. Integra purchased ...
- Metal Is in the Mix
- (Metallizing)
- February 29, 2008, ... polypropylene (BOPP)/ink/adhesive/metallized BOPP/adhesive/2.25-mil modified low-density polyethylene (LDPE). Unlike traditional pouch-in-carton packaging, this metallized structure uses less packaging ...
- Demographic Demands
- (Flexpack)
- February 29, 2008, ... growth based on performance and weight reduction advantages over other flexible (i.e., paper and foil) and rigid materials. While polyethylene will remain the dominant film, polypropylene (PP) is expected ...
- Plying the Trade
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 31, 2008, ... polyethylene bags. In 1985, the addition of new partners gave the firm a foothold in the laminated products market. An infusion of skilled technical professionals plus state-of-the-art equipment saw Ultra ...
- Melamine Revisited
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 31, 2008, ... oriented polypropylene (BOPP), polyethylene terephthalate, oriented polyamide, and polylactic acid. Pump downtimes and cooling periods are lower than those experienced in traditional vacuum coating, so ...
- Roll Winding Dynamics
- (Web Handling)
- January 31, 2008, ... performance properties of other polyesters and nylon. Films such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE) are available in multi-layer, cross-laminated construction, as well as in single ply, and can be clay ...
- Dow Increases Prices on Polyglycols
- (News | New Products)
- January 24, 2008, ... has increased the North American off-list prices of certain Carbowax and Carbowax Sentry polyethylene glycols (PEGs) and other polyglycol products, effective January 1, 2008. Price increases for select ...
- Custom Coating Solutions
- (News | New Products)
- January 21, 2008, Nukote’s new pilot coating line provides a platform for developing solutions and optimizing product performance for commercial use. The line can accommodate solvent, aqueous, and hot-melt coatings using ...
- Making the Cut
- (Archive)
- November 30, 2007, ... cartridges. Kodak had contracted a die-cutting firm to produce flat, high-density polyethylene (PE) liners to protect film that lies in X-ray trays. But 15%-20% of the liners received were defective, ...
- The place
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2007, ... valve switches the fill/dispense function of each cylinder set. Polyethylene Co-extruded Blown Film: Layer Arrangements For Optimum Optics And Stiffness by Lou Mele and Wen Lin, NOVA Chemicals APPLICATION: ...
- Release Liner Special Report, Part 1
- (Tapes)
- October 31, 2007, ... 9.9%/yr. In the label stock market, there is much emphasis on the quality and functionality of film liners, but paper-based liners%—calendered krafts, including glassine, clay coated, polyethylene coated, ...
- Release Liner Special Report, Part 2
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2007, ... silicone mixing plant. High-speed coating of all types of paper release base is possible from 30 gm2 to 200 gm2 (krafts, polyethylene coated, clay coated, coated one side, and C2S), with equal or ...
- Dow Sells Ethafoam Business to Sealed Air
- (Archive)
- October 02, 2007, ... place in the fourth quarter of 2007, subject to certain regulatory approvals. Sealed Air will acquire global rights to certain assets relating to the Dow Ethafoam polyethylene foam product lines, including ...
- A Mixed Bag
- (Flexpack)
- September 30, 2007, ... provider of as little as 3,000–5,000 bags/run. The new machine has been particularly useful in producing short-run polyethylene (PE) retail bags for trade shows and numerous bookstores nationwide. Operator ...