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- Transcontinental Acquires Coveris Americas
- (Flexpack)
- April 01, 2018, ... Chicago, IL, Coveris manufactures a variety of flexible plastic and paper products, including rollstock, bags and pouches, coextruded films, shrink films, coated substrates, and labels. As of December ...
- Sticking With It | Hot Melt PSA Primer
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 26, 2018, ... formula, migrating to the surface. In end use, this results in oil blotches referred to as staining. In some instances, low molecular weight plasticizers like butyl benzyl phthalate also can be used to ...
- AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 21, 2018, ... OVER THE TOP Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI, earned a Product Excellence Award for its Torayfan Over-The-Mountain Portfolio of biaxially oriented polypropylene (OPP) films. Available ...
- AIMCAL Calls for R2R Papers
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 21, 2018, ... by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). The deadline for papers is May 18. Some suggested topics of interest are listed below. Web Coating and Laminating Web coating technology related to coating ...
- Flexible Packaging | PPT Earns Top Prize in FPA Awards
- (Flexpack)
- March 05, 2018, ... attributes in all award categories, and contributing most to the advancement of the industry. Wells Frozen "Bunny Snacks" Box Pouch, 6-Treats Manufacturer: Plastic Packaging Technologies LLC ...
- Dow Launches Solvent-Borne Adhesive
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 07, 2018, ADCOTE HP laminating adhesive is said to offer sustainability, food safety benefits, and high performance MIDLAND, MI | Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics a business unit of DowDuPont Material Science, ...
- Riyadh Orders BOBST Press
- (News | New Products)
- February 04, 2018, ... press from BOBST It was the first BOBST 20SIX press in the UAE and also the first 20SIX press in the GCC that used smartGPS technology in the flexible packaging industry. Recently, Riyadh Plastic Factory ...
- Toray Issues Third Generation of BOPP Film
- (Flexpack)
- February 04, 2018, Torayfan CB3 is PVdC-free and reportedly offers high barrier properties with transparency and long shelf life NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports the development of its third generation ...
- Berry Global Group to Acquire Clopay
- (News | New Products)
- January 07, 2018, ... reports that Berry Global Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Clopay Plastic Products Company, a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, for $475 million in cash on a debt-free, cash-free ...
- Tangent Shear Slitting | Reduce Edge Defects in Shrink Sleeve Film
- (Slit)
- December 04, 2017, ... quality, plastic film has some unique characteristics. Plastic films begin in a liquid state that is cooled to become the final product, whether that is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented or bi-oriented ...
- Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017
- (Flexpack)
- November 29, 2017, Coated films that can replace foil as a barrier layer caught the attention of converters in our annual roundup of new products. Coated films that can replace foil as a barrier layer caught the attention ...
- AIMCAL Hosts Successful R2R Conference
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 27, 2017, ... Laminators) recently hosted the 2017 R2R Conference in Tampa, FL, colocated with FlexPackCon, sponsored by SPE (the Society of Plastics Engineers). The next conference will be held at the Wild Horse Pass ...
- Mondi Announces Water-Soluble Film
- (Flexpack)
- October 16, 2017, ... water-soluble films provide compared to standard plastic films. In addition to reducing overall packaging waste, the films are also considered to be biodegradable, nontoxic, and non-inhibitory. Oliver ...
- Sun Chemical Launches Fast-Curing Inks
- (News | New Products)
- October 14, 2017, ... new product also has robust adhesion characteristics, allowing printers to use it on a wide range of plastic substrates, and provides high holdout on even the most absorbent substrates for increased print ...
- Scodix Wins PIA Award
- (News | New Products)
- August 12, 2017, ... a wide range of hot and cold industry standard foil films, coupled with a variety of substrates, including offset, digital, plastics, laminated/non-laminated, and coated or uncoated applications for labels, ...
- Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 3
- (Flexpack)
- August 02, 2017, ... Bill Hellmuth, Gloucester Engineering 8. "Nano-layer - Micro-layer Structural Advances in Shrink Films, Schirmer et al, 2013 SPE International Polyolefins Conference, Houston, Texas, USA 9. http://plasticsengineeringblog.com/2013/01/04/new-technologies-in-stretching-and-touching/ ...
- Ceresana Issues Study of European Bags/Sacks
- (Bag Pouch)
- July 25, 2017, ... has published its second analysis of the European market for bags and sacks. In the case of the environmental issue of lightweight plastic carrier bags, the first consequences of the corresponding EU directive ...
- Ashland Coating System Is Patented
- (Coating/Laminating)
- June 19, 2017, ... and plastic bags, pouches, lidding films, foil bags, and sachets. “This is another example of how Ashland’s scientists are always solving our customers’ challenges,” says Suzanne Rowland, VP of Industrial ...
- Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 2
- (Flexpack)
- June 05, 2017, ... Houston, Texas, USA 9. http://plasticsengineeringblog.com/2013/01/04/new-technologies-in-stretching-and-touching/ 10. US Patent number 8870561, issued 28 OCT 2014 11. From: Medlock, G. (Kuraray), ...
- Toray Offers Film Testing Services
- (Flexpack)
- June 04, 2017, Lab analysis for films, laminations, and finished structures reportedly helps customers with strategic planning NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) now offers comprehensive analytic testing ...