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- The Global Metallizing Market
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2004, ... also impacts volume and margins in other regions. There has been further rationalization and consolidation in the industry. Investment in metallizing equipment by the oriented polypropylene film ...
- Totally Rockin' Metal
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2003, ... polyethylene (PE) film in terms of barrier properties and outer appearance. They succeeded in meeting the specifications first by reverse printing the outer iented polypropylene (OPP) film, then laminating ...
- Cast Film Lines for Barrier Films
- (The Place)
- October 31, 2003, ... with polyethylene and polypropylene in layer configurations gives excellent barrier properties against water, steam, and moisture. Applications focus on packaging of food, pharmaceutical products, and ...
- Freedonia Group Nonwovens Report Forecasts Demand Hikes thru 2007
- (Disposables)
- October 26, 2003, ... featuring spunbonded webs. In volume terms, air laid nonwovens are expected to achieve the strongest growth through 2007. Polypropylene is the most widely used fiber in nonwoven production, accounting ...
- BOPP Film: How Real Is the China Threat?
- (Flexpack)
- September 30, 2003, ... PCI also produces dedicated Quarterly Business Reports and Regional Supply/Demand Reports for the polyester and polypropylene film and flexible packaging markets. For more information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ...
- Foil Converter Changes Course
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2003, ... polypropylene (PP) trays. The lid opening is covered with a heat-sensitive label. When the package tray attains the required heat level, the label shrinks, thus allowing for package venting. Variable steam ...
- Performance: Making Life Better for Converter & End-User
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2003, ... natural kraft release liner with silicone-coated polypropylene (PP) on one side has been popular because it provided a consistent die-cutting surface, even at high conversion speeds, coupled with reliable ...
- Spotlight on the North American Market
- (Disposables)
- September 30, 2003, ... Across all applications, polyethylene accounts for the largest usage at 53%, followed by polyester — for critical applications — at 30%, and polypropylene at 15%. However, today it is film liners that ...
- Pactiv to Buy Plastic Packaging Assets of Rock-Tenn Company
- (Flexpack)
- September 23, 2003, ... Company. According to Pactiv, the purchased assets are related to the manufacture of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) and polypropylene (PP) products for food packaging. "This business had net ...
- Brckner Enters Growing Russian Film Market with Novatek Install
- (News | New Products)
- September 09, 2003, ... a complete turnkey BOPP (biaxially oriented polypropylene) plant. SIEGSDORF, GERMANY—Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH reports it has decided to enter the Russian BO (biaxially oriented) film market, adding ...
- Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil
- (The Place)
- August 31, 2003, ... of the interface. Internal stresses in the coatings from melt quenching affect adhesion adversely. Polypropylene extrusion coatings on aluminum that carry acid groups commonly disguised as maleic anhydride ...
- Europe: Label's Leade
- (Tapes)
- August 31, 2003, ... by high growth rates — in excess of 18%-20% — and an increasing use of film substrates, especially opaque oriented polypropylene (OPP) films — both metallized and white. Used extensively in carbonated ...
- Let's Talk Trend
- (Tapes)
- August 28, 2003, ... projected to continue to lose market share as environmental issues limit material usability. Others, including polyethylene (PE) (9%-10%), polypropylene (PP)(7%-8%), polyester (5%-6%), and polyolefin (5%-6%), ...
- ExxonMobil Expands OPP Capacity at Shawnee, Oklahoma, Operation
- (News | New Products)
- August 21, 2003, The films business of ExxonMobil Chemical recently completed an expansion of its oriented polypropylene (OPP) film manufacturing plant in Shawnee, OK, says the co. The installation of a specialty 6.6-meter ...
- Green Stands for Go
- (Flexpack)
- July 31, 2003, ... to compostable starch/copolyester bags (Novamount) in 1990 and, at the same time, introduced window bread bags using microperforated oriented polypropylene (OPP) as the transparent window. (Coated cellophane ...
- Active Packaging
- (Flexpack)
- July 31, 2003, ... higher-than-average growth rates in pressure-sensitive and in-mold applications, particularly for personal care products and beverages. There is particularly rapid growth in polypropylene (PP) film labels, ...
- European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2003, ... processing of polyethylene and polypropylene. They also optimize the process conditions in a wide range of applications without requiring compromises on properties of a final product. His presentation ...
- Cyclic-Olefinic Copolymers as Non-Migrating, Polymeric Slip Additives in LDPE Cast Films
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2003, ... polypropylene (OPP) applications. Organic Compounds Thermoset silicone powders find use in the same way as glass spheres. They can reduce COF to the 0.25 – 0.30 range. Addition of amide slips will ...
- Coex for Success
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2003, ... show a cascade of polypropylene-based resin technologies aimed at cost-effective replacements for engineering polymers. “New ways to make polar functional polymers will provide new tools for converters. ...
- PCI World BOPP Study Reveals China Impact Maybe Not as Dramatic as Some Fear
- (News | New Products)
- June 05, 2003, ... oriented polypropylene (BOPP), but is only running at an estimated 72% utilization level. "Publicized plans to install another 400,000 tonnes over the next two years represent a 44 percent increase in Chinese ...