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(Materials)

April 30, 2003, ... can be made to have the same range of properties as cellulose as demonstrated in the melt spinning of fiber sheets to make Tyvek or by extrusion to make blown, cast, and oriented films. This range of substrate ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... UCB is acquiring the activity for US$500 million, in addition to a US$10 million exclusivity fee. UCB will integrate the new business into its Chemicals and Films businesses, forming a new business ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... Film and Foil Web Handling Guide. Publisher CRC Press reports the book was “written to assist anyone who works with webs directly or indirectly.” Topics include roller alignment; web tensioning; slitters; ...

Filtration Transformation

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... become experienced at many different aspects of coating thin to thick films.” He says this has enabled the company to learn what works well and, of course, what doesn't. “While there are many obstacles ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... and has the fewest additives and raw ingredients possible. Also described as a fast-setting, stay-open process series that performs well on a vast array of presses. Shrink Film Product of New Technology ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... Thin-film barrier coatings, blister packages, laser imaging, slitting, and surface treatment were a few of the many topics in the vacuum web coating sessions. Vendor sessions and a tabletop exhibit /reception ...

Opportunities in Academia

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... metering and transfer of thin fluid films; finite-element modeling of drying stresses to analyze starry-night coating defects in graphic films; and optimizing the coalescence, leveling, and film-formation ...

Made You Look

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... screens made with DuPont CDI direct-to-plate technology. The clarity of the clear film around the beetles provides a strippable matrix without compromising the detail in the insect legs. Suppliers include ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... BOPP Film Offered as Paper Replacement ExxonMobil Chemical, Macedon, NY; 800/334-7987; oppfilms.com Label-Lyte 85 LP-200M BOPP (biaxially oriented polypropylene) film ...

Thin Webs without Wrinkles

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... any printing, coating, or laminating operation, and their performance is especially noteworthy when applied to thin-gauge film and foil. Studying the Systems An impartial examination and evaluation ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... etc. In film applications, polybutylene claims to outperform LDPE in tensile strength, impact, and tear strength...." Olin introduces "reinforced" Cellophane. Core of the Matter columnist Dom Perino ...

1960s

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... very first plastic film pouch with a built-in drinking straw is introduced. Dubbed a "Siptainer," the straw is permanently sealed to the inside of the package. A variation of the pouch called the "Flavor-Flute," ...

Turning Defects into Perfection

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... packaging films. At the 2001 Gold Pack Awards, the premier award ceremony for the South African packaging industry, Rotoflex-Quix won the coveted overall Gold Pack Trophy for the Twistall twist-wrap ...

1970 - 1973

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2002, ... turkey dinner eaten by the Apollo 8 crew on Christmas Eve, 1968, while circling the moon." PFFC reports: "Co-extrusion of plastic films is being heralded as the next rich green pasture for converters." ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... high to be measured. Slitter/Rewinder Offered in Two Versions Bimec S.r.L., Milan, Italy; +39 (0) 331-307491; bimec.it Dual-spindle slitter/rewinder, suited for plastic films, paper, and laminates, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... a new family of premium octene copolymer PE resins. The group currently comprises five grades. Resins were developed for use in premium film applications, including food packaging and specialty packaging; ...

Waste Not: Waste Management in Europe's Packaging and Label Industrie

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... where film facestocks are used. The compressed nature of set up materials requires shredding prior to incineration. Both matrix waste and set-up materials — mixed with more neutral components such as packaging ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, News from: AICC, Agfa, Applied Films Corp., Bruno Machinery, Cargill Dow, Chiesa Artorige, ExxonMobil, A Freedonia Group Emulsion Polymer Study, GML Incorporated, Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Ipex, ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... films in gravure printing for food packaging. Designed for maximum performance on PET, product's reduction in retained solvents reportedly makes it ideal for use in applications such as juice pouches or ...

BRAND PROTECTION: The Converter's Rol

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ...  Holograms: Somewhat difficult to copy micro-embossed, aluminized films. Micro-taggants: May have many different components, such as layers of colored plastics, DNA, or distinctive chemical elements — ...