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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... barrier film liners. This initiative is in line with Smurfit-Stone's goal to become the premier packaging company in North America.” Industry Studies Report Predicts Future of US Converted Flex-Pack ...

Flex-Pack Faces Up to Global Competition

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... them. But with a few notable exceptions (see Amcor Table 1), these ventures were rarely heralded as commercial successes. Rather, they were plagued by barriers of culture, cost base, language, legislation, ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... processing. Technology a Barrier to Cross-Contamination Bernard Technologies Inc., Chicago, IL; 312/337-7007; bernardtechnologies.com Products incorporating Microsphere and Microlite sustained release ...

DuPont & EarthShell to Accelerate Environmentally Preferred Packages

(News | New Products)

April 11, 2002, ... to DuPont, Biomax offers a unique combination of biodegradability and superior barrier properties for better performance over a wider range of applications than is possible with other coatings or films; ...

Antioxidants, Oxygen Scavengers, Free Radicals, and Packaging

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... introduction of PVDC-coated films, incorporation of PVOH as an oxygen barrier layer, and the use of vacuum-deposited aluminum to reduce oxygen penetration to packaging products. Also, vacuum packaging ...

Every Trick in the Book

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... The judges recognized Torayfan PCF, 45-ga, high-barrier, MOPP film targeted for foil replacement in multilayer extrusion and adhesive laminations. Low corona treatment on the nonmetallized side produces ...

Helping Bring Home the Bacon

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... barriers, and the company's own quality and service capabilities have combined to make Precision Label and its capabilities attractive to end-user's beyond the Canadian border. “We deal with a few astute ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... deposition of conventional aluminum and clear barrier coatings onto packaging substrates are designed for wide webs and efficient operation, mfr. reports. Machines are said to exhibit robust reliability ...

Metallizer Makes a Winning Wager

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2002, ... metal adhesion and, thus, improved barrier performance — all in-line.” Metallizing takes place in the second vacuum zone at a line speed as fast as 2,500 fpm. “Due to the multi-zone geometry,” Korowicki ...

FPA Honors Both Flexible & Flashy

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... foam packaging. Its patented internal heat barrier technology uses layers of reflective barrier film heat sealed into proprietary geometry. Inflated with either air or an inert gas, this structure forms ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... speed and realizing the stringent specification levels for barrier or metal adhesion that older machines cannot consistently achieve.   Technology advances also are driving machine replacement: Recent ...

Ozone Generation: Sherman Treaters/Pillar Give the Goods

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2002, ... more and more converters get into barrier-layer type films—which have to be extruded at very low melt temperatures—ozone is certainly the answer to their problems as far as adhesion is concerned.  ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... Two of the brands, Everest and Starcote, are familiar names to bleached board customers, IP reports. A new name, Fortress, covers all the company's barrier boards including one- or two-sided PE, PET, and ...

Russian Flex-Pack Markets Holds Potential

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2002, ... produces Cryovac barrier films and bags for the meat and dairy industries. It is estimated that sales in Russia alone are in the range of $20 million. In late 2000, the Italian firm Ital Film began ...

Products

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... of 600 kg/hr. Said to cover a range of applications from simple laminating film to seven-layer barrier film. Chill roll unit, consisting of the primary casting roll and the secondary chill roll, is said ...

Control of Adhesion and Removal of Heat Sealable Tops on Polymer Containers

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... peel is the real challenge. Peelable sealant materials rarely contain a single component or a single layer. A siingle component cannot meet the demands of food packaging — barrier to oxygen and moisture, ...

Will We Soon be Eating the Film Along with the Food?

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... to want better packaging so the contents are fresher, tastier, and more attractive. These requirements mean the components of packaging materials must provide improved barrier and other properties.  ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... Processing” by Mark Brown, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., “Employing Styrene-Butadiene Copolymers In Modified Atmosphere Packaging” by Roland M. Planeta, Barrier Films Corp., “Fundamentals Of Styrene-Butadiene ...

One-Dimensional Converter Expands Its Reach

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ...  spill-age that tend to attack the label. An in-mold label offers excellent adhesion, and with the barrier properties we can build into the overprint varnishes, we have excellent product resistance. It ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... of a film to be used by candle manufacturers. The purpose of the specially formulated PVC film is to form a barrier with the candle, preventing the candle fragrance from eating away at the film. The ...