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GAA AWARDS: Gravure Is Golden for GAA Award Winners

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ...  For the Latin American market, where detergents are packaged in polyethylene bags, Kroma USA, Blue Ash, OH, was able to maintain the brand-identity colors of Ace Detergent using fluorescent inks on film. ...

SUBSTRATES REPORT: From Resins to Finished Product - Oil, Gas, Resin, Film

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... attempt to give you some perspective on why we find ourselves in this mess, and how it affects the polyethylene and polypropylene resins (polyolefins) used in so many film, coating, and substrate applications ...

SUBSTRATES REPORT: From Resins to Finished Product - Conformability, Durability, Affordability

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... manufacturers to create different gloss and haze levels, as well as gauges. Polyethylene remains very easy to topcoat and is generally easy to die-cut. PE remains flexible when exposed to cold temperatures, ...

All Zipped Up: Hard-to-Beat Valley Packaging Tackles New Zipper Technology

(Magazine)

June 29, 2001, ... Valley run the gamut in bag production, it also converts a wide array of substrates, which Lance reels off with ease: “We can produce bags and pouches from polyester/polyethylene; polyester/metallized ...

When You Say ''Converted Products,'' You've Said It A

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... currently converts: silicone-coated paper, silicone-coated film, PET, high-density polyethylene, LDPE, oriented polypropylene, coextrusions, foils, felt, and more. “We've die-cut a 60-mil acrylic without ...

A Winning Bet: Profile Industrial Packaging

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May 31, 2001, ... the film itself, reports Swartz, “Primarily, we make high-density polyethylene. We have monolayer lines with four-component blending on the throats of each line. This allows us to produce a lot of different ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... cover ethyl methyl acrylate copolymers, ethyl butyl acrylate copolymers, high pressure low density polyethylene, gas phase linear low density polyethylene, and single site metallocene plastomers. The session ...

Pellet Transfer: Preventative Measures Employed to Reduce Streamer Formation

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April 30, 2001, ... for polyethylene pellets including transfer in and out of bulk shipping mechanisms can lead to several imperfections in the shape and form of a polymer. These imperfections can cause several downstream ...

The Amcor Story Continues

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... of in-line triplex lamination and coating and processes most of the major flex-pack materials, including aluminum foil, oriented polypropylene, PET, oriented polyamide, cast PP, polyethylene, and paper. ...

Tension Control

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... paper and/or film (polyethylene and polypropylene) constructions in flexible packaging applications. The foil component in some applications fulfills a dual function of esthetics and oxygen/vapor barrier. ...

Fido's Food Goes GLOSS

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... Tolko supplies the plant's multiwall, and Fraser Paper supplies the outer, “printable” substrate. Mobil supplies the plant with polypropylene, which is used to line the operation's pet food bags. Its polyethylene ...

Extrusion Coating Technology For The Imaging Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... meet demanding applications such as photographic paper and other imaging uses. Extrusion coating began in 1949. Initial applications involved polyethylene extrusion for “locker” or butcher paper followed ...

A Primer on How to Put Substrates Together

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2001, ... of two constructions. One is a pouchstock, and the other is a construction that has use in the medical packaging industry. A typical pouchstock is a combination of paper/polyethylene/foil/PE. The material ...

Specially Designed Metallocene Copolymers for Extrusion Coating

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... acid copolymers and ionomers. This work compared POP with low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) copolymer, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) ...

Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

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February 28, 2001, ... extruders process polyethylene. Amcor produces monofilm and utilizes a wide variety of polyolefins — metallocenes, ionomers, and varying density PEs. The plant also features a fully equipped prepress ...

Dow Expected to Enjoy Earnings Growth in 2001

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February 28, 2001, ... the Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Ethylene Styrene Interpolymers, PET/PTA, INSITE Technology, and Wire and Cable Business. He explained that Dow Plastic's newest PP plant is the fourth to be built in four ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... are designed for paper and thick films and also are capable of converting thin films, as is the 96-in. machine. This equipment handles polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, saran-coated films, nylon, ...

The Effects o Comonomer Type on the Blown Film Performance of LLDPE Resins Made Using a Metallocene Single-Site Catalyst

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... length of the a-olefin used. Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) resins are a very large, important segment of the polyethylene blown cast and film markets worldwide. Synthesizing these resins involves ...

Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... as the vacuum plasma treatment process. APT production equipment testing has been successful for treatment of various polymer films including oriented polypropylene (OPP), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... linear and metallocene resins, has increased to about 28%. This and other information is included in AMI's Guide to the Polyethylene Film Industry in Europe, published by Applied Market Information Ltd. ...