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Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... packaging materials without sacrificing the security, freshness, appeal and visibility of the product inside. Most flexible packaging is a combination of several materials, or polymers (e.g. polyester, ...

Double E Delivers the Tissue Industry’s Lightest Core Plug

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

November 05, 2019, Double E delivers the tissue industry’s lightest core plug Double E’s New Core Plug Weighs at least 1/3 Less Than What You Are Using Today As part of its efforts to service the Converting Industry ...

How Flexible Packaging Converters Stand to Benefit from Rising Snack Culture

(News | New Products)

October 17, 2019, ... from bio-based polymers. As a result, converters have access to the latest high-performance, bio-based thermoplastic starch and polylactic acid films. These advancements will allow the converting industry ...

New Non-Halogenated FR Compound for Flexible Films/Rigid Parts

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2019, ... the compound surface, protecting against additional flame and delaying heat transfer. Tested to 1,950 0 C (highest to date) with no polymer flaming drips.  The compound has passed ASTM E84 (Class A) with ...

K 2019 Düsseldorf: New Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for a Productive and Responsible Today, Tomorrow and Future

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 02, 2019, ... new product - in an infinite loop. While some materials have limitations that do not allow this, a vast array of polymer materials are perfectly suitable for this approach. A circular economy dramatically ...

Static Control for Adhesive Lamination

(Static-Beat)

August 14, 2019, ... Using Electric Fields). The average fieldmeter reading should not exceed ±5 KV/in. The Polymer / Rubber Lamination roller in Figure 2 can deposit a large amount of static on the web. The best practice ...

North America: Technology Developments and Market Opportunities Drive Industry Growth

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2019, ... will be electric and require lightweight polymer technologies to optimize flight range and battery power and to accommodate the electronics required for flight, air safety and passenger convenience. Uber ...

FPA Announces Speaker Lineup for Upcoming Fall Executive Conference

(News | New Products)

July 23, 2019, ... an update on the polypropylene market. Morales is currently the service leader of three market advisory subscription services: The Global Plastics and Polymers Report, the North American PE Report and ...

Innovia Improves Tolerances and Achieves Faster Startups with Autoflex™ VI-RE Die

(News | New Products)

July 07, 2019, ... gap take place more rapidly,” said Patrick Meinen, polymer dies product manager for Nordson. Another critical factor for ensuring product quality is the length of the lip land—the lip surface just before ...

TeraHertz (THz) Inline Measurement System: Indev-ACT

(News | New Products)

June 12, 2019, ... polymer thickness measurement. The TeraHertz system contrasts with most web gauges that rely on measuring the absorption from an energy source through a product. Instead THz measures the speed of light ...

Davis-Standard’s Global Equipment Platform with Bernal Industrial and Grupo Janfrex at Plastimagen Mexico® 2019

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2019, ... Polymer®, microbore tubing, multi-lumen and catheter tubing, endotracheal and tracheotomy tubing, radio opaque tubing, bubble tube, taper tube, pipette tubing and multi-layer tubing, among others. Turn-key ...

FPA Announces 2019 Board of Directors

(Flexpack)

March 20, 2019, ... Eric Erickson, Kendall Packaging Corporation Bill Lanham, Polymer Packaging, Inc. Marc Leclair, St. Johns Packaging Ltd. David Nunes, Hosokawa Alpine America Madeleine Robinson, LPS Industries, LLC Chris ...

Newest APR Recycling Demand Champion Companies Announced at the 2019 Plastics Recycling Conference

(News | New Products)

March 14, 2019, ... Polymer Recycling, Denton Plastics, Nestle, QRS, Unilever, ECO Products, Avangard innovative, UPM Raflatac, PAC Worldwide and Champion Polymer Recycling. “Due to current market conditions the critical ...

Davis-Standard Expertise at TAPPI Course in March

(News | New Products)

February 18, 2019, ...  Rich Kanarski specializes in process development of larger-scale polymer converting lines, including single screw extrusion technology and upstream and downstream technologies related to cast film and ...

Nordmeccanica Machinery and Novacote Adhesives by COIM Group Partner for Adhesive Technology Solution

(News | New Products)

February 13, 2019, ... speed limitations once converting barrier compounds. It is the case of metallized films, foil and polymers highly impermeable to oxygen and moisture. The development of a technology that combines the benefit ...

Davis-Standard to Host Plastic Extrusion Seminar in April

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2019, ... of various polymers and the mechanics of essential downstream processes. Seminar topics include extruder components, temperature control, maintenance and screw design. In addition to instruction, course ...

Will it Process?

(Extrusion Coating)

December 11, 2018, ... etc., or for the degree of functionality that they offer, for instance, sealability, barrier resistance, etc. Film manufacturers and formulators produce modified structures from polymers such as polyethylene, ...

Static Beat | Static Control for Nip Rollers

(Static-Beat)

December 03, 2018, A nip roller can deposit a lot of static. Put a static dissipator exiting a nip facing the web surface that touched the polymer nip roller. By Kelly Robinson Nip rollers are common because they provide ...

TLMI Launches PET Release Liner Recycling Program

(Uncategorized)

November 29, 2018, Circular Polymers has approved PET release liner as a material that the company can fully recycle.MLFORD, OH | The Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) announces that the association has launched ...

Advancements of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in the Flexible Packaging Market

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... Taylor has a degree in industrial engineering. -- References Biopolymers: Potential Biodegradable Packaging Material for Food Industry. (2014). Polymers for Packaging Applications, 153-171. ...