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- Sniffing Out the Sources of Packaging Odors
- (Materials)
- November 29, 2003, ... e.g., butanol and isopropanol are more odoriferous than ethanol. Secondary sources of odor are much more difficult to identify. For instance, the auto-oxidation of polyamide resins is a known source ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2003, ... include the following: Simulations in Film Extrusion New Developments in Film: In-Line Compounding Technical Potpourri Resins for Film and Extrusion Processing Machinery And Equipment SPE/ANTEC ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2003, ... polymers such as packaging resins. Demand for reaction initiators will increase 3.5%/yr, with gains limited by a weak outlook for LDPE, a major application for these materials, as well as the development ...
- PLACE Recognizes Best Entries from Recent Conference
- (The Place)
- October 31, 2003, ... session. Best Session Honorable Mention Award went to David G. Timm of Charter Films for his development of a session called “Resins.” The winner of the Dragan Djordjevic Award for the best paper in ...
- What Works Best?
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2003, ... a $5.9 billion chemical company formed in 1997, is one of the world's largest producers of ethylene, propylene, and polyethylene resins, with more than 3,000 employees and 16 manufacturing facilities along ...
- Cast Film Lines for Barrier Films
- (The Place)
- October 31, 2003, ... winding. Winding and web tension determine hardness of the finished film reel and therefore its subsequent conversion. Crystalline resins such as polyamide or polypropylene can re-crystallize and shrink ...
- Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference
- (The Place)
- September 30, 2003, ... that included four tracks of sessions each day. A feature of the meeting was the track devoted to various topics concerning hot melt products. Other session topics included high barrier resins, active ...
- Meeting the Need
- (Materials)
- September 30, 2003, ... and other milk-based products are one of the main applications for Appeel sealant resins. Food processors can take advantage of lids said to peel easily from the container in one piece; have high puncture-resistance ...
- Foil Converter Changes Course
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2003, ... PFFC-ASAP 308. Fort Lee, NJ; 210/224-4600; sunchemical.com Rohm & Haas Polymers & Resins North America—PFFC-ASAP 309. Philadelphia, PA; 215/592-3000; rohmandhaas.com SAPPI Fine Paper North America—PFFC-ASAP ...
- Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films
- (The Place)
- September 30, 2003, ... polyamide (PA). The structural resins are polyolefins. Tie layers are necessary when a barrier material does not adhere to a structural polymer. Process In the coextruded double bubble process, a polymer ...
- Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil
- (The Place)
- August 31, 2003, ... of the coating may be sufficient to solve the problem associated with the fatty components. Conclusion Efficient wetting and well-chosen adhesives or tie-resins may not be sufficient to achieve and ...
- Pack Expo: Winning Packaging Materials Pavilion Spotlighted in Vegas
- (News | New Products)
- August 10, 2003, ... that help enhance branding efforts without sacrificing barrier properties, machine capability, or versatility." He adds, "Included in the exhibits will be advancements in plastics, resins, films, glass, ...
- Ink Jet PigmentsThe Land of the Small
- (Materials)
- July 31, 2003, ... through dispersants or resins that can increase the stability of the ink formulation. Whereas conventional inks use pigments in the size range of microns, jet inks typically use finely dispersed pigments ...
- Green Stands for Go
- (Flexpack)
- July 31, 2003, ... from renewable resources and can be converted much like petroleum-based resins — except that PLA is compostable. The NatureWorks technology produces the resin by “harvesting” carbon from plants such ...
- European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2003, ... a Chemical Primer.” Yves M. Trouilhet of DuPont de Nemours Intl. S.A. talked on “New Acrylate Based Resins for Extrusion Coating.” “Study on Orientable EVOH” was the title of the presentation by Ikko Matsui ...
- Brazilian Meeting Attracts Large Audience
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2003, ... Packaging and Leda Colto of CETEA. Technical papers at the meeting numbered 18. They covered marketing trends for flexible packaging; barrier resins and technologies used in food packaging; adhesives, ...
- Coex for Success
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2003, ... to save on the amount of premium resins by filling with lower cost materials; and the possibility to make multi-layer, multi-functional structures in a single pass.” A group at Battenfeld Gloucester ...
- International Flava
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2003, ... new resins and additives that add value to plastics products used in various markets, including packaging. SPE to Host Conference Program In a partnering arrangement with SPI, the Society of Plastics ...
- Guts and Glory
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2003, ... films from Sigdopack, BioFilm, and ExxonMobil. Traver reports resins are from Dow, Equistar, and Muehlstein, and solvent-based ink suppliers include Sun Chemical, BASF, and ATS. The company utilizes a ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2003, ... of the Resins, Additives, and Adhesives activity of Solutia Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, MO, was closed January 31, following the clearing of the transaction by the relevant competition authorities. ...