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- Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater
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- December 31, 1999, With a combined 50 years of experience in the converting industry, William R. Arndt and Michael R. Nowak decided to start their own coating business, With a combined 50 years of experience in the converting ...
- Narrow web adapts to multiple applications
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- November 30, 1998, ... plastic substrates, which, because of their inherent inefficiencies vs. the metal electrode, cannot be treated with the ceramic electrode system. To eliminate downtime, you need a system that's versatile ...
- NOVA and Union Carbide to build ethylene plant
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- October 31, 1996, ... the purchase of Horitech Film Mfg. Bhd, a plastics film extrusion business in Malaysia. The firm produces polyethylene film for baby diaper and feminine hygiene markets, and its current sales are about ...
- EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.
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- October 31, 1996, ... Assn., Flexible Packaging Assn., Flexographic Technical Assn., Industrial Technology Inst., National Assn. of Printing Ink Mfrs., Plastic Bag Assn., RadTech International, N.A., National Inst. of Standards ...
- Label converter controls quality from the inside out
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- August 31, 1996, ... The company stocks large quantities of materials, everything from paper to plastics, in roll form. In another example of "doing it themselves," Walle sheets its own stock in-house on Strachan Henshaw ...
- Taking the "magic" and the mystery out of treatin
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- August 31, 1996, ... Inks, coatings, and adhesives can then adhere to the uncontaminated surface in the usual Velcro-like fashion. Some converters in-line-treat all the plastic films they process. In doing this, they are ...
- Perforating tear-resistant materials takes a big step.
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- August 31, 1996, ... not to tear? New perforating technology reportedly has the answer. When we attempt to perforate tear-resistant materials such as plastic films, we are trying to create controlled tearing of materials ...
- Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process
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- August 31, 1996, ... likely you do), you should be up to date on methods for measuring the level of treatment. As a growing number of end users switch from paper to plastic substrates to package or label their products, ...
- Gauging system lights the way
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- August 31, 1996, ... industry. BKL uses a continuous process to apply luminescent coatings - to exacting tolerances - to the plastic alloy substrate used in the production of EL lamps. In this process, the thickness and ...
- Modified Atmosphere Packaging shows potential for growth
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- June 30, 1996, ... fits comfortably within Courtaulds." Vladimir Wolpert publishes reports dealing with paper and plastics technology, marketing, and environmental matters. He has been in the industry for more than 50 ...
- In-mold labels: film is today's hot development
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- June 30, 1996, ... concept. The lack of a ridge at the edge of a label on a plastic container is a certain sign that the package is sporting an in-mold label. In-mold labels have replaced glued labels, heat transfer labels, ...
- Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need
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- June 30, 1996, ... a lot of people are facing greater demands as far as performance. They're being asked to bring together a lot of different plastics to satisfy their customers, and it's getting more and more difficult for ...
- PET supplies increasing as markets expand
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- May 31, 1996, ... per annum over the next five years. These optimistic projections are rather unusual for a thermoplastic resin that's been around commercially for more than 60 years. Discovered by William Hume Carothers ...
- Green Bay gears up for specialty labels
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- May 31, 1996, ... a flexible label that would be as squeezable as the plastic bottle itself. Green Bay realized that the increasing demand for specialty labeling materials warranted the purchase of equipment that would ...
- AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors
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- March 31, 1996, ... who served as converter and metallizer, and Toray Plastics of America Inc., metallizer and substrate supplier. The structure is 48-ga polyester film that is reverse-printed by gravure on Cerrutti equipment ...
- Innovation is a winner in FPA competition
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- March 31, 1996, ... Minneapolis, MN, for reducing packaging weight by 80%. The Avitene[R] MCH (microfibrillar collagen hemostat) stand-up pouch uses a peelable stand-up pouch containing a plastic tray with a peelable lid ...
- The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict
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- February 29, 1996, ... them the opportunity to make some unique films that could then be metallized." But "a shiny face on plastic isn't good enough," says Bob Korowicki of Vacumet. "Our customers have become very, very savvy ...
- Custom coating operation is a clean winner
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- February 29, 1996, ... removed from these containers and moved to an "intermediate" storage area, where they are kept in black plastic wrap for protection and confidentiality. When the product is ready for use, an automatic guided ...
- Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality
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- December 31, 1995, ... single-service paper and plastic disposables. The company prints on a variety of substrates, including poylethylene, polypropylene, OPP, and shrink films. Materials are provided by Mobil, James River, ...
- Opportunities abound in an emerging Indian market
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- December 31, 1995, ... their horizons as well. The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc., Washington, DC, is so interested in developing new business opportunities for its members, in fact, that it recently joined the US Dept. ...