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- Conference Features New Networking Opportunity
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- October 31, 2000, ... Coating Resins—Troubleshooting." He reviewed polymer properties, resin effects on processing, resin effects on the final product, and variables such as melt strength. In a session on "Extrusion Beyon ...
- Converting Industry News
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- September 30, 2000, ... and vinyl ester resins, effective with shipments on and after Aug. 14, 2000. The increase, reports Ashland, is due to continued, significantly rising costs of key raw materials. BASF announces it increased ...
- Materials
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- September 30, 2000, ... than conventional metallocene catalyzed PE. Resins are produced with co.'s ENERGX catalyst technology. They feature melt indices from 0.5-2.0 dg/min and densities between 0.906 and 0.910 g/cc. Reportedly ...
- Assessing Real-Life Sealant Performance in Flexible Packaging
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- September 30, 2000, ... and process technologies permit the commercial manufacture of polyolefin plastomer (POP) resins with narrow molecular weight distributions and short chain branching distributions. The POP materials offer ...
- Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper
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- September 30, 2000, ... The filled resins used in the production of PaperFeel are highly viscous. So, to achieve the temperature uniformity and dispersive mixing required for the finished product, the Battenfeld machine employs ...
- Solving the Problem of Press Part Replacements
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- September 30, 2000, Clear Lam Inc., an Elk Grove Village, IL, converter of films, foils, and poly laminates, prides itself on delivering "a good quality product, excellent Clear Lam Inc., an Elk Grove Village, IL, converter ...
- Converting Industry News
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- August 31, 2000, ... to Increase 6% CLEVELAND, OH, USA—PET resin demand in the US is forecast to increase 6.2% annually to 6.6 billion lb in 2003, valued at $4.1 billion, according to Polyethylene Terephthalate Resins, a ...
- What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?
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- August 31, 2000, ... and additives. Colorants, resins, and solvents constitute about 95% of a typical ink formulation. Additives make up the balance of the ink formula. Let's take a closer look at these additives and their ...
- More New Products for the Converting Industry
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- August 31, 2000, ... edges aligned. Enhanced LLDPE Resins for Films Chevron Chemical, Houston, TX; 800/231-7575 Vytek and Dynex LLDPE resins are said to feature improved physical properties and provide an alternative, ...
- Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch
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- July 31, 2000, ... longer shelf life for produce, meats, and other products; novel resins such as metallocenes that are stronger and more breathable than traditional films; and convenience features such as zippered bags ...
- Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting
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- June 30, 2000, ... shelf space. Aluminum foil combinations in packaging increase. Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) resins and films introduced in Japan; EVOH films offer several features suited for snack food packaging, ...
- Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade
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- June 30, 2000, ... the forecast for some segments of our industry. Remaining are paper and allied products; and plastics materials and resins. Paper and Allied Products The Outlook begins its discussion of this sector ...
- When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending
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- May 31, 2000, ... He notes the plant runs low-density polyethylene primarily and consumes in the neighborhood of 55 million lb of LDPE resin per year. But, he adds, the plant extrudes other resins and has substantial laminating ...
- Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure
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- May 31, 2000, ... to mass produce such a complicated film with up to three different resins in each of the five layers, reports Ellenbogen. The challenge, Ellenbogen explains, was getting the eye appeal and functionality ...
- Globalization Is Driving Force Behind Fast-Growing NPE
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- April 30, 2000, ... companies supply primary processing and auxiliary equipment systems; machine and mold components; resins and compounds; additives, fillers, and reinforcements; and mold-making services. In a recent ...
- High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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- January 31, 2000, ... several different layers and various types of resins, which provide advanced properties for such things as extended shelf life and the ability to let in certain gases to change product coloring. The ...
- Pointing finger places blame but won't solve the proble
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- November 30, 1996, ... primers, coatings, extruded resins, metallization, and a variety of substrates both treated and untreated. The number of manufacturers involved in a construction tends to increase as the complexity ...
- Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.
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- November 30, 1996, ... resins, tie-layer resins, and color concentrates, Quantum runs an extrusion coating line with a wide range of capabilities. During its operation, the line has been updated and retrofitted with the most ...
- New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP
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- August 31, 1996, ... (LCPs) as beer bottle resins. Work being done with LCPs at North Carolina State Univ. (Raleigh, NC) is making bottles less permeable than those made by PET. Researchers there successfully developed a detailed ...
- Aqueous adhesive systems: giving credit where it is due.
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- July 31, 1996, ... solvency than water. They easily dissolved the polymers, resins, plasticizers, and other additives necessary to formulate a high-demand adhesive product. Water dissolves few, if any, of these ingredients ...