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- Sticking With It | Hot Melt PSA Primer
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 26, 2018, ... explored the chemistry of acrylic polymers; now we move on to hot melts. As with acrylics, understanding the basic building blocks of how hot melt pressure-sensitive adhesives (HMPSA) are built will provide ...
- Uflex Announces Glitter Gravure Cylinder
- (News | New Products)
- March 11, 2018, ... and can be cured using LED lamps applied in-line with gravure printing process using solvent- or water-based ink system. The company manufactures different variants, including metallic glitter and polymeric ...
- Bobst Offers Technology for Metal Adhesion
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 28, 2018, ... treated films. According to the company, traditional metallization, even with plasma treatment, can result in poor metal-to-polymer substrate bonding, this produces de-lamination which leads to packaging ...
- Davis-Standard Introduces Winder
- (News | New Products)
- January 27, 2018, ... be most beneficial for CPP and barrier films where post-wrap shrinkage occurs as a result of the types of polymers used in the film structures, or where blocking can occur due to a soft sealant layer with ...
- BillerudKorsnäs Launches Medical Paper
- (News | New Products)
- January 26, 2018, SteriKraft Protect AR polymer-reinforced paper is said to meet high standards for medical packaging that must be sterilized SOLNA, SWEDEN | BillerudKorsnäs announces SteriKraft Protect AR, a new polymer-reinforced ...
- Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017
- (Flexpack)
- November 29, 2017, ... exact material curves for polymer-based films to ensure the correct treatment level is applied, and Test 3 creates wetting characteristics for a specific film surface to verify that the chosen ink will ...
- AIMCAL Hosts Successful R2R Conference
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 27, 2017, ... by Dr. Aoife Celoria of NovaCentrix. Taking the 2017 AIMCAL John Matteucci Award for Technical Excellence in Vacuum Web Coating was “New Results About Multi-Functional Plasma Polymer Thin Films Fabricated ...
- CRON-ECRM to Launch Digital-UV Plate
- (News | New Products)
- September 06, 2017, ... Flexo CTP will also be on display, said to be the ideal imager for label printing, providing fault-free imaging experience and ensuring precision printing from all digital photopolymer plates, ablative ...
- Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 3
- (Flexpack)
- August 02, 2017, ... configurations with up to 77 layers using our new Layer Sequence Repeater (LSR). This technology allows the polymer molecules to align without stress in a nanolayer film structure. This provides many advantages, ...
- Cortec Products Recertified as Compostable
- (Flexpack)
- July 18, 2017, ... including an annually renewable biopolymer source derived from plant sugars. The film or bags can be manufactured with a range of 5%-45% biobased content and formulated to meet varying flexibility or rigidity ...
- Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 3
- (Web Handling)
- July 04, 2017, ... hot roll winding cooling, and post-polymer processing density increases. Mechanism 5: Partial Width CD Buckles Description—Lanes of CD buckling will form in the wound roll where the web or coating ...
- FocalSpec Announces Roughness Scanner
- (Controls)
- June 06, 2017, ... Line Confocal Imaging (LCI) technology that enables a continuous, non-contact 3D surface imaging of fast-moving transparent, non-transparent, matte, and glossy web structures, such as PVB films, polymer ...
- Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 2
- (Flexpack)
- June 05, 2017, In Part 2 of this three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom Bezigian explains the advantages of one- and three-layer lines. In Part 2 of this three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom ...
- Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 1
- (Flexpack)
- May 03, 2017, In Part 1 of a three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom Bezigian examines the trend driving the market to more and more layers. In Part 1 of a three-part series, polymer processing expert Tom ...
- AIMCAL Awards | Film's Sharkskin-Like Properties Control Bacteri
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 06, 2017, ... and hardener-coated webs meet at the lamination nip, polymerization begins and the adhesive quickly cures. No mixer is needed, and pot life is no longer a concern. The quick curing produces a measurable ...
- Sun Chemical Plans Eco-Friendly Display for INFO*FLEX
- (News | New Products)
- March 22, 2017, ... SunGraphics SunLite In-Position Plates. Reportedly shown to reduce a printer’s carbon footprint, these alternatives to conventional mounted plates are produced using up to 50% less photopolymer, eliminating ...
- Flexible Packaging | Biodegradables Are From Mars
- (Flexpack)
- February 06, 2017, ... for a special packaging solution for its Mars and Snickers chocolate products. Confectionary giant Mars has been in a four-year research & development program with Rodenburg Biopolymers, a Dutch producer ...
- Uflex Film Said to Offer High Barrier
- (Flexpack)
- January 31, 2017, FLEXPET F-PGB-12 BOPET film reportedly has good optical properties and machinability as well as very high barrier NOIDA, INDIA | Uflex, a flexible packaging materials and solutions company, has launched ...
- AMI Issues Report on Polyethylene Film
- (Flexpack)
- January 31, 2017, ... and continued dominance of PE in this segment of the market is driven by the development of more sophisticated resins, including linear varieties, a wide range of copolymers, and improved grades of conventional ...
- Chocolate Bar Wrapper Wins Global Bioplastics Award
- (Flexpack)
- January 19, 2017, Mondi Solec converts the bio-based film used for Mars and Snickers bars VEGHEL, THE NETHERLANDS | Mars, Rodenburg Biopolymers, and Taghleef Industries have been announced as winners of the 2016 ‘Oscar’ ...