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Pet Food Packaging Is Big Business Worldwide

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... in pet food packaging are bags, sacks, stand-up pouches, retort pouches, thermoformed PP/EVOH/PP trays with peelable lids, and a few “chubb” packs. Reviewing packaging types, Greg Wood (PIRA Intl.-U.K.), ...

Through Thick and Thin, Gauging Controls Perform for You

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... “For example, in a coextrusion, if a customer is making a packaging film and it has both EVOH and PE in it, an infrared sensor can tell you how much PE and how much EVOH.” “Information is king,” says ...

The Future of Foil

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January 31, 2002, ... with cost-effectiveness. Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), a promising barrier plastic when it was introduced nearly two decades ago, has been handicapped by high price and reduced effectiveness in humid ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... and major conventional barrier resins such as EVOH, MXD-6 nylon, amorphous nylon, PEN, PET, and PVDC. The cost/performance thresholds for more than 1,800 passive and active barrier combinations are provided ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... concerns in high barrier packaging materials. Dean A. Zimmerman, Procter & Gamble, spoke on “Flexible Packaging — An Overview.” He reviewed current barrier materials such as nylon, acid copolymers, EVOH, ...

Oxygen Scavengers Offer Safety and Savings

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... (PVDC), polyamides, and ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), passive barrier materials act like walls — physically separating oxygen from the food inside the package. Developing Active Materials In the last ...

Amcor Selects Davis-Standard ProPak Die Technology; ProPak to Be Highlighted at Co.'s K 2001 Boot

(News | New Products)

October 23, 2001, ... fast purge times, and simplified maintenance, reports the manufacturer. "We don't sell ordinary film," says Amcor. "We sell a functional layer that serves our customer's critical needs. That layer may be EVOH ...

The Amcor Story Continues

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... vinyl alcohol, the Ghent facility manufactures flex-pack for many modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) applications using EVOH as a barrier replacing aluminum foil and PVDC. Representative constructions ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2000, ... of research, testing, and planning. The system has been specifically configured for production of EVOH film structures, coupled with high-temperature engineering polymers such as nylon and polyester." ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... compostable. With the advent of biodegradable moisture-proof coatings, they will provide a fully compostable moisture proof membrane. In their paper on "Barrier Properties of EVOH at Low Temperatures ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... USA for "Novel EVOH Copolymer Resins for Beer and Juice Packaging"; Mauricio Vidales of Sun Chemical Mexico for "Doing Business in Mexico-Opportunities and Challenges." Summaries of several of the papers ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... shelf space. Aluminum foil combinations in packaging increase. Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) resins and films introduced in Japan; EVOH films offer several features suited for snack food packaging, ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... the traditional multiwall paper bag. The COP technology provides tensile strength 3 to 4 times that of a competing PET/nylon/PE laminate and 30 to 40 times that of paper. The EVOH-based oxygen barrier ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... nylon, PVDC [polyvinylidene chloride], EVOH [ethylene vinyl alcohol], and metallized films. But the consumer demand to have fresher, more flavorful, higher quality foods has driven the demand for more ...

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

(Magazine)

December 31, 1999, ... constructions made at Cambe include PET/ink/adhesive/coextruded polyamide and surlyn/Bynel/PA+EVOH/LDPE/surlyn. A fully equipped, state-of-the-art laboratory in Londrina serves the entire operation ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... consists of a 64-micron top web of PET/SiOx/PE and a 250-micron forming web of a paper-like foamed PP with an ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) barrier layer. The US is the smallest market, consuming less ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... polymers, such as nylon, HDPE, LLDPE, ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), polypropylene (PP), and PETG (a form of polyester), that require minimal residence time. The die also protects sensitive polymers with ...

Growing popularity of PET drives shortage to crisis level

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, ... materials such as PS, PP, PVC and aluminum foil and hastily substitute PET. H.J. Heinz modified its now pioneering "Gamma" bottle (PP/EVOH/PP) in favor of PET/EVOH/PET. In the ultimate form of technical ...