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- Adhesives Multi-Client Study
- (News | New Products)
- February 13, 2008, U.S. demand for adhesives is about 17 billion lb. worth in excess of $13 billion. In total, some 40 types of polymers WHIPPANY, NJ | U.S. demand for adhesives is about 17 billion lb. worth in excess of ...
- Rossini Buys Mastergraphics
- (News | New Products)
- February 06, 2008, ... LLC, a prepress provider located in Stow, OH. Mastergraphics has been appointed the sole North American licensee for the Rossini ITR (in-the-round) thermo-polymer sleeves. In the meantime, the firm ...
- Brookfield Sales Engineer Awarded U.S. Patent
- (News | New Products)
- February 04, 2008, Brookfield sales engineer and rheology lab supervisor David Moonay, Ph.D., has been awarded a U.S. patent MIDDLEBORO, MA | Brookfield sales engineer and rheology lab supervisor David Moonay, Ph.D., has ...
- Aluminum Foil Lamps Outshine Incandescent Lights
- (News | New Products)
- February 04, 2008, ... At the heart of each lamp is a small cavity, which penetrates the upper sheet of aluminum foil and the sapphire. The researchers also demonstrated flexible plasma arrays sealed in polymeric packaging. ...
- Barrier Wanted
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 31, 2008, ... the development of in-chamber polymer and nano-coatings, vacuum coating remains a forward-looking industry with a strong future. Metallized Boards Metallized boards are produced mostly by transfer ...
- Melamine Revisited
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 31, 2008, ... higher cycle times are achievable. The low coating temperature also makes it possible to coat temperature-sensitive polymers such as polyethylene, and unlike aluminum (Al) metallization, there is no ...
- Property Control
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 31, 2008, ... to a wide variety of spot and repellent defects. The coating solution also can contain gel particles from undissolved polymer in the mixing process. An estimate can be made of contamination levels by ...
- Roll Winding Dynamics
- (Web Handling)
- January 31, 2008, ... making them useful for packaging many food items; when used as a multi-layer structure, they have an affinity with ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and ethylene-methyl acrylate (EMA) co-polymers, and enhance ...
- TAPPI Now Accepting Abstracts for the 2008 PLACE Conference
- (Flexpack)
- January 06, 2008, PRESS RELEASE Introduce your latest innovation, development, or research to the industry during the 2008 PLACE Conference September 14-17, 2008. Sponsored by TAPPI's Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, ...
- Seeing is believing
- (Label/Tape)
- December 31, 2007, ... retroreflective lenses bonded with a special polymer layer to a heat-activated polyester adhesive. The trim is 2 in. wide and is composed of reflective patterned segments on a plastic liner. It is said ...
- Enhancing Education
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2007, ... who passed away recently. Dr. Henry, says AIMCAL, “immersed himself in the question, ‘What really determines the permeation barrier properties of polymer/inorganic composites?’” The key ideas resulting ...
- Narrow Web & Label Reporter: New Products
- (Narrow Web)
- December 31, 2007, ... | www.flexcon.com PFFC-ASAP 352 Make Water-Based Plates Aqua Concept 860 WP, designed for the label print market, is a multifunction unit for the production of photopolymeric, water-based plates, ...
- Products
- (New Products)
- December 31, 2007, ... Medical Products Polymer-coated nonwoven fabrics provide barrier reinforcement for medical products such as surgical and isolation gowns, drapes, blankets, cold packs, and disposables. Fabrics are said ...
- Over Exposed: Protect packaged products from light
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2007, ... additives into the polymeric packaging materials. It is important to note, however, that simple inclusion of these materials into a thin film within a package usually is not sufficient to provide the appropriate ...
- 2008 TAPPI PLACE Conference Calls for Papers
- (Archive)
- November 20, 2007, ... all industry professionals to participate in the 2008 PLACE Conference Technical Program, September 14-17, 2008 in Portsmouth, VA. Sponsored by TAPPI’s Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings and Extrusions ...
- New Products, Part 2
- (Archive)
- November 06, 2007, ... says. Heidelberg | 888-472-9655 | us.heidelberg.com | PFFC-ASAP 422 Polyolefins Bring Benefits Amplify IO functional polymers deliver good performance, processing, and economics, company says, ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2007, News from: Techkon, Constantia Packaging, Artwork Systems, Grafix, Mesirow Financial, Plymouth Printing, ADM Tronics, Pamarco Global Graphics, ITW Performance Polymers, Dow, FPI, W&H, Davis-Standard, D&K ...
- First Glance
- (Flexpack)
- October 31, 2007, ... of its customers, community, and the planet….” To emphasize that commitment, the company now is using 100% US-grown corn, i.e., polylactide polymer, for packaging its Hive Five Kits containing five travel-size ...
- The place
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2007, ... calculation procedures of plastics engineering to analyze the process and the converting machine design. Starting from basic polymer rheology, this paper provides methodology on the basis of easily applicable ...
- Conferences, Seminars & Expos du Jour
- (Editorial)
- October 31, 2007, ... opportunities to discuss best practices, new technologies, and industry trends. The PLACE Div. of TAPPI next served 238 attendees a healthy diet of technical expertise on polymers, laminations, adhesives, ...