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- Green Trends Prevail
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... cups (see Figure 2). Dart Container Corp. had the lion's share of foam cup production (see Figure 3). Sustainability Issues for Paper Cups Newer, more consistent, heat barrier multilayer substrates ...
- Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing
- (Flexpack)
- January 31, 2011, In the world of packaging, vacuum-coated products offer converters and brand owners three key properties: barrier, aesthetics, and sustainability. Barrier In the world of packaging, vacuum-coated products ...
- Nordmeccanica, Dow Hold Earth Day Demos
- (Coating/Laminating)
- June 30, 2010, ... of Portco Packaging, Vancouver, WA. The afternoon session consisted of demonstrating a lamination of a high-barrier structure with no outgassing-related defects, despite the high lamination speed. Adhesive ...
- HP Explores Flexpack, Certifies Media Partners
- (Yo's Yarns)
- June 22, 2010, ... Guy of Michelman, global business manager Flexible Packaging, commented on water-based barrier and functional coatings for flexible film packaging, paperboard, corrugated and folding cartons; and Kirit ...
- A time to celebrate
- (Special Reports)
- April 30, 2010, ... Vacuum Deposit Barrier Coatings; and Troubleshooting-Process/Adhesion/Vacuum. A 2009 Sustainability Series offered five sessions on what is probably the hottest topic in the industry. Sheppard says webinar ...
- A future for photovoltaics
- (Metallizing)
- April 30, 2010, Some areas of vacuum web coating have progressed in the past decade, others have lagged behind. A hot topic 20 years ago was transparent barrier coatings. Some areas of vacuum web coating have progressed ...
- Board Has Many Green Features
- (Carton Box)
- March 31, 2010, Earthboard, now engineered for use in food packaging applications, has barrier properties for oils, fatty acids, and moisture. Mineral-based layer is Earthboard, now engineered for use in food packaging ...
- Events
- (News Clips Archive)
- March 31, 2010, APRIL 14 | AIMCAL-PFFC-EMA Webinar on Vacuum Deposit Barrier Coatings, Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators/Paper, Film & Foil Converter/European APRIL 14 | AIMCAL-PFFC-EMA Webinar on ...
- Multipack Juices It Up
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2010, ... and coating passes, but in addition a metallized film's barrier properties also can be increased, as topcoating immediately after metallizing protects the metallized surface from microscratches and defects ...
- AIMCAL Awards
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 21, 2010, ... barrier properties. A PLA replacement of PP reduces consumption of petrochemical-based film by about 1 million lb/yr, and the Ingeo resin consumes about 50% less fossil fuel than production of PP. ...
- Click To Pick
- (New Products)
- February 28, 2010, ... overall thickness or raw materials content. Microlayer technology is said to allow extrusion processors and converters to achieve increases in impact strength, elongation, oxygen and moisture barrier, ...
- AIMCAL Announces Matteucci Technical Excellence Awards
- (News | New Products)
- October 21, 2009, ... ALD [Atomic Layer Deposition] of Al2O 3 [Aluminum Oxide] Barrier layers on PET,” and David Levy of Eastman Kodak Co., for “Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition: High-Quality Films on Continuous Substrates,” ...
- New Roles for Converters
- (Archive)
- September 30, 2009, ... effective, high quality, low-cost manufacturing process. One of the major barriers to commercialization of some of these products (solar cells and fuel cells) is that the first-generation products were ...
- Partnership for Eco Packaging Launched
- (News Clips Archive)
- August 31, 2009, Henkel announces a joint agreement with LBP Mfg., Cicero, IL, to combine R&D resources to develop coatings, barriers, laminates, and adhesives BRIDGEWATER, NJ Henkel announces a joint agreement with LBP ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... PT ADV-7 water-based coating formulation is said to provide a more sustainable, cost-effective option for transparent, high-oxygen and/or moisture barrier food packaging. By reducing the amount of barrier ...
- Home Grown
- (Coating/Laminating Main)
- June 30, 2009, ... resistant matte with a superior velvet finish. Film products converted by Protect-all include clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylenes (PP), polyethylenes (PE), nylons, foils, barrier ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: June 200
- (New Products)
- May 31, 2009, ... pressure chambers. Reportedly allows user to produce perfectly transparent coatings, free of foam, and the performance of the rear barrier chamber prevents entry of air into the chamber doctor. ▶Polytype ...
- Web Exclusive: Flat Die Technologies Emerge as Keys to Innovation in Solar Electric Systems
- (Archive)
- May 13, 2009, ... layers; PET barrier film; a multi-component PV sandwich; a spacer film; a reflective film; an aluminum foil layer; and an EVA back layer. The PV sandwich would include amorphous silicon semiconductor, ...
- H.B. Fuller Acquires Nordic Adhesives Technology
- (News Eclips)
- April 12, 2009, H.B. Fuller Co. has acquired Nordic Adhesives Technology, Buxtehude, Germany, a developer and manufacturer of high quality polyurethane flexible packaging laminating adhesives. ST. PAUL, MN | H.B. Fuller ...
- Studies to Examine Flexo, Packaging Trends
- (News Eclips)
- February 04, 2009, ... segment through 2012. The global packaging trends study, presently underway with State Street Consultants and slated for release in late summer 2009, will identify drivers and barriers and demographic, ...