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DuPont Completes Hurricane Ike Recovery at Texas Plant

(News | New Products)

March 03, 2009, DuPont’s (www.dupont.com) Sabine River Works plant marked the completion of the Hurricane Ike restart project. The site’s ethylene unit began operation the week of February 16 and was the site’s final ...

Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, ... acetate, acid copolymers, ionomers, ethylene vinyl alcohol, metallocenes, and other custom compounds. Markets served by Bloomer Plastics include packaging, graphic arts, protective films, automotive, metal ...

Eco Inks

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

December 31, 2008, ... ways, including their energy usage and the amount of VOCs [volatile organic compounds] they are releasing into the atmosphere, and inks do play a role.” Mike Buystedt, general manager-Midwest for Flint ...

A Host of Options for Brand Security

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

December 31, 2008, ... damage to consumer health that only compounds harm to a brand. Based on the potential for damage, converters may choose from a variety of covert and overt security technologies to mitigate the risk.  ...

Cartons Lighten Up

(Carton Box)

November 30, 2008, ... only chemicals that have low or no volatile organic compounds and reclaims all of them. It also uses plastic rather than wood pallets, and recycles the wood pallets it does use: a local outbound school ...

Web Coating: Process Characterization

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2008, ... method. The figure to the right shows the major subsystems that need to be characterized. Raw Materials Raw material measurements are needed to ensure all compounds have the desired purity and they ...

Evonik Goldschmidt to Increase Prices for Organics and Silicones

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2008, ... and specialty silicone additives will increase up to $0.50/lb depending on the product. Organic products, including quaternary compounds, surfactants, amine derivatives and specialty organic additives, ...

Door to Door QC

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2008, ... thermal oxidizer, which treats volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other air pollutants, removing the harmful air pollutants with oxygen and heat. In this environment the VOCs are converted to CO2, water ...

Film Converting: Luminit Films Shape Light

(Substrates)

September 30, 2008, ... Rubber Intl. that maintain critical grinding tolerances, feature clean compounds, and offer quick turnarounds. Luminit marketing manager Pete Zinsli says the rollers are critical to the process of embossing ...

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, ... from the higher functionality increased the monomer resistance. Also interesting was the effect of amine compounds on monomer resistance. Despite being lower acrylate functional, CN386US showed good ...

Earth-Friendly Print

(Print)

August 31, 2008, ... inks can be used. We suggest choices of inks that are low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and pollutants. We often recommend use of concentrated colorants to enable the printer to use the thinnest ...

Coating Resists Grease and Oil

(News Eclips)

August 18, 2008, Aqua Based Technologies offers AquaCote 1010, a heat-resistant, water-based coating designed to protect surfaces exposed to heat sealing and environmental elevated temperatures and pressures NORTHVALE, ...

News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

April 30, 2008, ... reports its Industrial Specialties and Household Care business lines will increase off-list prices for products marketed in North America. Silicones and organic products, including quaternary compounds, ...

Antimicrobial Protects Plastics Without Leaching

(Archive)

March 02, 2008, ... resins. When incorporated into plastics compounds, the BIOSAFE product reportedly adds $0.25 to $0.50 in raw material cost per lb. of finished plastic product. BIOSAFE provides an environmentally sustainable ...

Environmental Honors

(Green Converting)

February 29, 2008, ... UniQure inks, a new-generation, energy-curable ink technology developed specifically for the process. The inks contain no alcohols, organic solvents, or volatile compounds other than water. Since ink trapping ...

February What's Ne

(Magazine)

January 31, 2008, ... of zinc compounds, other metal modifiers, or catalysts. Gloss overcoat also is said to be a superior film former, with resistance to grease and oil, and is suited for flexible packaging, folding box, and ...

Products

(New Products)

December 31, 2007, ... and less ink-receptive than other compounds, allowing for better water control with less feedback and reduced ink piling. Withstands plasticizer extraction. Pamarco Global Graphics |972-484-6808 | www.pamarcoglobal.com ...

Clariant Shifts Specialty Polymers Distribution to Masterbatches Division

(Archive)

October 31, 2007, ... in masterbatches and glass-reinforced polyester compounds (SMC, BMC, and RTM), these additives are used in nonwoven textiles, paints, soaps, detergents, cosmetics, metal and paper coatings, and more. For ...

Green Facility Opens in Canada

(Archive)

October 25, 2007, ... adverse human volatile organic compounds (VOCs)," says Mike Miske, president of ESI. "It seemed a natural step to launch a network for selling and distributing our VOC-free coatings in Canada." See environmentalspecialties.com. ...

5 Steps to Green

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... volatile organic compounds (VOCs), non-renewable resources, and heavy metals used in pigments. Petroleum- Versus Vegetable-Based Inks | More and more printers are reducing their use of VOCs and offering ...