Film Manufacturing

AIMCAL: Tidland Gives Blades a ‘Sharper Image’

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2012, ... that uses rollers, the Process for Seamless Roller Coverings technology offers the potential to improve the output of coating, laminating, film manufacturing, and metallizing lines. The elimination of ...

SVC To Explore Future Innovation at Annual Symposia

(News | New Products)

August 10, 2011, ... To be considered for presenting at the TechCon event, abstracts on the following technical subject matter are being accepted: • “Lab to Fab” Vacuum thin Film Manufacturing Processes ...

Toray Plastics Announces Commercialization of European Plant

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2010, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., said to be the only US manufacturer of precision-performance polyester and polypropylene films, has announced that Toray Films Europe has achieved its first commercial volumes ...

Tollcoating.com Installs New Pilot Coating Equipment

(News | New Products)

October 06, 2009, ... include optical and photographic quality PET film manufacturing, extensive solutions preparation, advanced analytical lab capabilities and complete converting and packaging services.  ...

Dyne Levels Part 2

(Process Management)

June 30, 2008, ... to surface wetting. This column expands the concept to include surface modification to improve adhesion. The introduction of plastic packaging films more than 50 years ago required surface treatment ...

Toray Plastics to Lead Toray Industries' Expansion in Europe

(Archive)

March 02, 2008, Toray Industries is establishing Toray Films Europe S.A.S. (also known as TFE) in Rhone-Alpes, France, for the production of Torayfan biaxially oriented polypropylene high-barrier metallized film. NORTH ...

Plying the Trade

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... saw Ultra Flex's aggressive expansion from a converting company to a manufacturer of ultra-high-barrier composite films. The trend toward globalization has been met with a carefully crafted domestic ...

The place

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... shop floor where they occur. The important components of extrusion coating equipment are the extrusion screw that creates the melt from the solid resin and the film die that distributes the melt stream ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... and Capran Medallion film, effective August 1. Prices will increase 10 cents/lb or as contracts allow. Durst Image Technology, Rochester, NY, enters into an agreement with Tubelite Co., Apopka, FL, to ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... offerings are Izon authentication labels that form deep, 3D overt images; Color-Spectra Film optical coding system for both visible and machine-readable product authentication; and Bio-Molecular marker ...

Dec. 7-9: AMI's Polyethylene Films 2004 Will Focus on North American Industry

(Archive)

November 21, 2004, AMI's Polyethylene Films 2004 will take place December 7-9, 2004 at the Westin Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and will provide a detailed look at developments in the North American PE film industry, the ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... the Barex film business, in addition to its proprietary product formulations and trade names, and will relocate the manufacturing assets to its Beaver, WV, facility. Printpack Adds Amcor Virginia Facility ...

ExxonMobil Expands OPP Capacity at Shawnee, Oklahoma, Operation

(News | New Products)

August 21, 2003, The films business of ExxonMobil Chemical recently completed an expansion of its oriented polypropylene (OPP) film manufacturing plant in Shawnee, OK, says the co. The installation of a specialty 6.6-meter ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... increasing demands for product innovation and higher levels of service, without any increase in costs. To maintain profitability, paper and film manufacturers, self-adhesive laminators, and converters ...

LatinPack's Plastic Packaging Seminar Location Change

(News | New Products)

October 10, 2002, ... Today, and Tomorrow Innovations and Trends on Lamination and Coating (Metallization, Plasma Coating, Glass Coating) IV. Manufacturing Processes of Flexible Films Speaker: Jorge Goldschmied, Sales Manager, ...

UCB Films Invests in Valmet Atlas Slitter and Millions for Belgium BOPP Plant

(News | New Products)

August 28, 2001, UCB films is taking slitting to another level with its new state-of-the-art slitting facility and a Valmet slitter, says the companyl; it's invested €2.6 million ($2.37 million US) into its BOPP ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... converters in Eastern/Central Europe. The first to produce oriented polypropylene (OPP) film in the former socialist bloc (1977) and a present supplier to the huge European multinationals, the firm opened ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... operation. But the ability to deliver on that promise may literally rest with its core. Scott Pleune, marketing manager/paper and film industries for Sonoco Products Co., Industrial Products Div., Hartsville, ...