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- Oxygen Scavengers Offer Safety and Savings
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2001, ... the most part, oxygen scavenging compounds are more expensive on a per-pound basis than their conventional passive barrier counterparts. However, as the following calculations show, rather than raising ...
- VOC-Compliant Inks: What State Are They In?
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- September 30, 2001, ... volatile organic compounds. We are all aware of the strides that flexo has made over the years. But just how does it stack up today against its main competitors? The Foundation of the Flexographic Technical ...
- Reporter Clips
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- June 30, 2001, ... reports that, in addition to saving users the high cost of equipment for the collection and destruction of polluting compounds, UV and EB coatings allow faster production, use less space, improve efficiency, ...
- Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions
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- June 30, 2001, ... to form the network structure that gels the oil. These oil gels find use in many applications ranging from cable filling compounds to clear candles. Because they are thermoplastic, they cannot be used ...
- Division Conference Offers Varied Program
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- May 31, 2001, ... as a sealant, and excellent barrier to fats and flavor and aroma compounds give the engineer the ability to downgauge or simplify a multi-layer package. The themoplastic PLA made from annually renewable ...
- RTO Technology Gives Best of Both Worlds to Converters
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- May 31, 2001, Pollution. It's a dirty little word. Let's add volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and rising fuel prices to the list, too. While we're at it, let's add Pollution. It's a dirty little word. Let's add volatile ...
- Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic
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- March 31, 2001, ... key variables.” Iovoli adds, “Film acts extremely different than paper, and printing it from a sheet rather than a roll only compounds the issue. When you print on paper, the fiber acts like a foundation ...
- How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films
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- March 31, 2001, ... configured all our Mitsubishi presses to help control our defined key variables.” Iovoli adds, “Film acts extremely different than paper, and printing it from a sheet rather than a roll only compounds ...
- Assessing Inks, Dealing with DigitalThe NPIRI Conference
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- December 31, 2000, ... speed, the study found that at equal speeds, water-based inks had the best economics followed by solvent-based inks, followed by UV inks. From an environmental perspective, volatile organic compounds ...
- Coating Operation Starts a Tradition of Growth
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2000, ... customized impingement dryer was constructed of stainless steel for durability and longevity and incorporates a unique zone-cascading function, and he says the company controls volatile organic compound ...
- Converting Industry News
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- September 30, 2000, ... the prices of Ultramid nylon resins and compounds by 10%, effective June 15, 2000. Demand for nylon products has increased substantially, says BASF, resulting in tightness through the entire nylon chain. ...
- 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 ...
- The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.
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- October 31, 1996, ... molecules, such as flavors and aromas, chemical solvents, and fragrances, better than water. Without fat, foods have a more difficult time holding onto flavor compounds, because these compounds volatilize ...
- EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.
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- October 31, 1996, ... materials, such as volatile organic compounds? If so, what risk does it pose to press operators and the public outside the facility? Are the ink chemicals regulated? If so, meeting regulatory requirements ...
- Label converter controls quality from the inside out
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- August 31, 1996, ... requirements." A participant in the 33/50 plan sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, Walle was able to drastically reduce its levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ahead of schedule ...
- Taking the "magic" and the mystery out of treatin
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- August 31, 1996, ... without an understanding of either chemistry or mechanics. Some substrates used in flexible packaging contain slip additives or other compounds that migrate to the surface with time. Such materials will ...
- Partnering launches future growth in laminations
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- August 31, 1996, ... "After all, we were just looking to gain a foothold." In the past, the Randolph facility had been accustomed to handling materials such as carbon black coatings, rubber compounds and fabric that, when ...
- A look at the status of UV/EB curing
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- June 30, 1996, ... properties not otherwise achievable with conventional materials. Much has been said about the "green advantages" of UV/EB curing. While it's true that the curing emits little volatile organic compounds ...
- Congress is considering FDA reform bills
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- May 31, 1996, ... Act's "zero risk" standard for cancer-causing compounds with a negligible risk standard. That clause prohibits approval of any food additive that is found to cause cancer in man or animals, regardless of ...
- Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea
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- March 31, 1996, ... customer specifications. Because the inks are solvent-based, a Demtrol Systems oxidizer is used to destroy all volatile organic compounds emitted by the presses. Another W&H press started up in early March ...