Film Manufacturing

Ten Years of Success for FILMtech

(Flexpack)

April 24, 2012, After a decade of producing metallized and barrier films, FILMtech looks ahead to more success, more growth, and more diversification   BEAN STATION, TN | FILMtech, a manufacturer of metallized and ...

Filmquest Announces PET Film Price Increase, Provides Market Update

(Metallizing)

April 23, 2012, Pricing for Filmquest PET film goes up, exhaustion of excess film accumulated during 2011 in the entire supply chain is among reasons for blame. BOLINGBOOK, IL | Following the absorption over the past ...

Cast Film | COPOL Invests in 5-Layer Line from W&H

(Flexpack)

April 16, 2012, Responds to changing consumer demands for packaging and expands customer base with FILMEX  extrusion line. Copol Intl., based in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, has invested in its first FILMEX cast film ...

Flexible Film Isolator Has More Volume

(News | New Products)

April 10, 2012, Provides containment solutions to meet any analytical need FORT MYERS, FL | Air Science offers the Purair Flex Film Isolator. which features an innovative curved film design that reportedly provides ...

Brückner Line Runs Battery Separator Film

(Extrusion Coating)

April 09, 2012, High production, high quality, and high yield are some of the reported benefits of Bruckner’s battery production film line   SIEGSDORF, GERMAN | Brückner Maschinenbau offers a line for the production ...

Fujifilm’s Coating Introduced by CRI

(Coating/Laminating)

March 26, 2012, CodeStream from Fujifilm, an aqueous coating used in the marking of variable data, is being rolled out by Color Resolutions Intl.   FAIRFIELD, OH | Color Resolutions Intl. (CRI) has been appointed ...

Eclipse Offers High-Shrink Films

(Label/Tape)

March 12, 2012, High-shrink polyolefin films aid recyclability and yield while reportedly providing good clarity, stiffness, and web handling   HAMILTON, OH | Eclipse Film Technologies, a film converter and specialist ...

VCF Films Invests in New Thin Film Line

(Flexpack)

March 11, 2012, A new custom-designed thin film line adds manufacturing capabilities at VCF Films   HOWELL, MI | VCF Films (VCF) a manufacturer of thin polymer films and coatings, today announced a broad new range ...

Toray BOPP Film Aids Ink Adhesion

(Flexpack)

March 11, 2012, Torayfan F63W BOPP film Low seal-initiation temperature for lap seals and is suited for white ink use   NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) presents Torayfan F63W heat-sealable BOPP film ...

Slitting/Rewinding | AccuFilm Adds 3 ASHE Machines

(Slit)

March 05, 2012, Will help reduce scheduling bottlenecks for its converter-customers and slit difficult-to-process specialty films.   COLUMBUS, OH | AccuFilm, a custom contract slitting company, recently installed ...

Overlaminate Film from Argotec is Protective

(Substrates)

February 29, 2012, Overlaminate facestock graphics film protects and preserves in tough environments  GREENFIELD, MA | Argotec has introduced ArgoGraph 46510 overlaminate facestock graphics film, said to be clear, conformable, ...

Blown Film | Line Upgrade Provides Quick Changeovers

(Bag Pouch)

January 25, 2012, ... of a retrofitted blown film line. The project was completed by Gloucester Engineering Co. (GEC), Gloucester, MA, which has been supplying Automated Packaging Systems since the 1980s. APS has been designing ...

VCF Films to Sponsor Speaker on Thin Films

(Coating)

January 22, 2012, The upcoming FlexTech Alliance show will offer a presentation by thin-film coating expert Dr. Edward Cohen, sponsored by thin-film supplier VCF Films  HOWELL, MI | VCF Films, a manufacturer of thin ...

Colbert To Close Louisville Manufacturing Facility

(Carton Box)

January 19, 2012, Company will cease operations at 33,500-sq-ft plant within 60 days. CHICAGO, IL | Colbert Packaging Corp., a manufacturer of folding cartons, rigid paper boxes, and paperboard specialty products, is ...

The Filmquest Group Offers New High-Barrier Plastic Film

(Flexpack)

December 26, 2011, NanoShield high-barrier plastic film is free of solvents and recyclable, extends shelf life, and can replace PVdC-based films in food packaging  BOLINGBROOK, IL | The Filmquest Group offers NanoShield, ...

Goebel Marks a Long Manufacturing History

(News | New Products)

December 12, 2011, ...  In 2001 the company decided to focus solely on the construction of slitter/rewinders for paper manufacturers and converters, the plastic film and metal foil industry, and the packaging industry. The ...

Polymer-Based Primer Coatings for Plastic Films Are Laser Printable

(Coating/Laminating News)

November 22, 2011, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory's (ARDL) PolyData water-based computer-imprintable top coating or printing primer allows film labels to accept standard printing. AKRON, OH | Akron Rubber Development ...

Kabra Gloucester (India) JV Unveils KAGE 5-Layer Film Line

(Flexpack News)

November 01, 2011, ... for the new Kabra Gloucester Engineering joint venture with US-based Gloucester Engineering out of Massachusetts. At an open house, the new Indian company undraped its first ‘KAGE’ five-layer blown film ...

Winding Film: How COF Properties Affect TNT

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

October 17, 2011, Your ability to apply tension/nip/torque winding principles to produce the desired roll hardness is affected by the film’s layer-to-layer coefficient of friction properties Your ability to apply tension/nip/torque ...

Cortec Corp. Offers Biodegradable Film with Corrosion Inhibitor

(Flexpack News)

October 16, 2011, Eco-Corr Film from Cortec Corp. is a biobased and biodegradable film utilizing Cortec's patented VpCI (Vapor phase Corrosion Inhibitor) technology. ST. PAUL, MN | Eco-Corr Film from Cortec Corp. is ...

AkzoNobel Specialty Plastics Announces Full Commercialization of Soliant Bright Film

(News | New Products)

October 11, 2011, AkzoNobel Specialty Plastics has announced the full commercialization of Soliant Bright Film. Lancaster, SC | AkzoNobel Specialty Plastics has announced the full commercialization of Soliant Bright ...

GSI Noted for Medical Sensor Manufacturing

(News | New Products)

August 09, 2011, GSI Technologies, a leading printed electronics specialty manufacturer, is recognized in Frost & Sullivan’s recently published “World Printed Electronics Market” report Burr Ridge, IL | GSI Technologies, ...

Overlaminating Films Resist Heat

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2011, XL-1600 and XL-1601 high-temperature, clear overlaminating films reportedly offer high heat resistance, dimensional stability, and excellent resistance XL-1600 and XL-1601 high-temperature, clear overlaminating ...

Get Stainless Look in Film

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2011, Company now offers cross-hatch and Tru-Stainless patterns for what is said to be a rich, stainless steel look in a film. Patterns are available with any Company now offers cross-hatch and Tru-Stainless ...

FlexSol Packaging Grows with W&H Blown Film Line

(Flexpack News)

July 28, 2011, ... of a high-output, five-layer VAREX line from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. This is Flexsol's fourth VAREX from W&H at the Nashville plant. The line will produce film primarily for food packaging and ...

ALOX Coater & CPP Film Line Debuting in Egypt

(Flexpack News)

July 13, 2011, ... Reportedly, this capability places UFLEX among a select handful of manufacturers that produce aluminum oxide coated films. The ALOX coater will apply a thin and highly transparent coating of aluminium ...

Blown Stretch Film Line To Boost Growth for Sigma

(Flexpack News)

July 10, 2011, Sigma Stretch Film has purchased a three-layer Davis-Standard blown film line for its Shelbyville, KY, facility to support business growth. Planned for a mid-2011 installation BRIDGEWATER, NJ | Sigma Stretch ...

Holographic Film Is Transparent

(Print)

June 30, 2011, Holo-white and Holo-black holographic films with transparent metallization are said to protect the holographic embossing, making it more visible and evident. Holo-white and Holo-black holographic films ...

Sensor Film Tests Rollers

(Controls)

June 30, 2011, Company distributes Fujifilm's Prescale, a tactile pressure-indicating sensor film that is placed between contacting rollers to reveal surface pressure Company distributes Fujifilm's Prescale, a tactile ...

Splice Film at High Speeds

(Slit)

June 30, 2011, The TFS automatic film splicer from M. Torres features constant tension control and the ability to splice at speeds to 2,000 fpm. Allows for both overlap The TFS automatic film splicer from M. Torres features ...