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- Ozone Generation: Sherman Treaters/Pillar Give the Goods
- (News | New Products)
- February 06, 2002, ... more and more converters get into barrier-layer type films—which have to be extruded at very low melt temperatures—ozone is certainly the answer to their problems as far as adhesion is concerned. ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2002, ... Two of the brands, Everest and Starcote, are familiar names to bleached board customers, IP reports. A new name, Fortress, covers all the company's barrier boards including one- or two-sided PE, PET, and ...
- Reclosability & Flex-Packs
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2002, ... peel seal, and barrier zippers. A transverse-direction zipper for overwrap applications also has been introduced by ITW Minigrip. In the U.K., Supreme Plastics recently introduced a series of “Keyseal ...
- The Future of Foil
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2002, ... and strips, is now more user-friendly. Competitive Packaging Materials Aluminum foil packaging is being challenged constantly by other materials such as barrier polymers, metallized substrates, and ...
- Russian Flex-Pack Markets Holds Potential
- (News | New Products)
- January 23, 2002, ... produces Cryovac barrier films and bags for the meat and dairy industries. It is estimated that sales in Russia alone are in the range of $20 million. In late 2000, the Italian firm Ital Film began ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2001, ... analysis, technical analysis, and legal analysis, the study includes 60 charts detailing the active/passive barrier relationship between oxygen scavenging materials (at various cost and performance levels) ...
- The Future of Package Printing
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2001, ... “Adoption of color digital presses in the packaging market is still low,” says the study, listing barriers as slow speed, cost, color consistency, and other quality issues. The report adds, however, ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2001, ... of 600 kg/hr. Said to cover a range of applications from simple laminating film to seven-layer barrier film. Chill roll unit, consisting of the primary casting roll and the secondary chill roll, is said ...
- Control of Adhesion and Removal of Heat Sealable Tops on Polymer Containers
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2001, ... peel is the real challenge. Peelable sealant materials rarely contain a single component or a single layer. A siingle component cannot meet the demands of food packaging — barrier to oxygen and moisture, ...
- Will We Soon be Eating the Film Along with the Food?
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2001, ... to want better packaging so the contents are fresher, tastier, and more attractive. These requirements mean the components of packaging materials must provide improved barrier and other properties. ...
- Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2001, ... Processing” by Mark Brown, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., “Employing Styrene-Butadiene Copolymers In Modified Atmosphere Packaging” by Roland M. Planeta, Barrier Films Corp., “Fundamentals Of Styrene-Butadiene ...
- Reporter Clips
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2001, ... of a film to be used by candle manufacturers. The purpose of the specially formulated PVC film is to form a barrier with the candle, preventing the candle fragrance from eating away at the film. The ...
- Oxygen Scavengers Offer Safety and Savings
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2001, ... the sole province of passive barrier packaging materials. Originally limited to materials such as metal and glass, and then expanded over the past few decades to include polymers like polyvinylidene chloride ...
- European Conference Draws Large Audience
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2001, ... of current state-of-the art knowledge. These included “Processing And Converting Of Plastic Films Vacuum Coated With Inorganic Barriers” by Hans-Rudolf Naegeli and Wolfgang Lohwaser of Lawson Mardon Packaging ...
- VOC-Compliant Inks: What State Are They In?
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2001, ... 1999, pp. 44-54). One interpretation: If there is an adequate barrier, then noncompliant materials can be used since FDA status is not required. The second perspective: If the radiation-curable material ...
- BIG Fish Bows Out, Turning Tide for the Little Ones
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2001, ... substrates. “Products using our coating for barrier can be recyclable, repulpable, and heat sealable. Seal-Coat also is FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved,” Shade adds. A Whale of an Opportunity ...
- The Miracle of Coextrusion Makes Believers of Many
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2001, ... packages require excellent graphics, strength properties, barrier characteristics, etc. Judicious choice of plastic films combined in an adhesive or extrusion coating operation provides the results needed. ...
- Belt Tracking Problems Require Careful Attention
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2001, ... Sometimes the guiding equipment described above will not stop the tracking migration toward the edge limits, especially when the belt is under high tension. Also, physical (barrier) guides usually will ...
- Rthel Is One of First to Comply with European GMP Directive
- (News | New Products)
- August 12, 2001, ... produces multi-layer laminations and a variety of coated substrates (paper, film, foil). A second IRüthel operation in Bochum, Germany, also specializes in industrial-barrier laminations and reportedly ...
- Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2001, ... few because the market has shifted toward film technologies for barrier applications. The second general family of hot melts for roll application includes the materials commonly used for pressure sensitive ...