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FPA Celebrates Excellence in Flexible Packaging

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February 28, 2001, ... colorful packages were surface printed with water-based, electron beam-curable inks, as well as an EB ultra-gloss lacquer developed specifically for these packages. The soft candy needed a high-barrier ...

European Conference

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February 28, 2001, ... papers include “New Oxygen Scavengers For The Packaging Industry” by Paavo Lehtonen of Bioka Oy, “Processing and Converting of Plastic Films Vacuum Coated With Inorganic Barriers” by Hans R. Naegeli and ...

Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

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February 28, 2001, ... and barrier stock for spices (NC cello-barrier PE). There are also novel structures for “wet wipes” containing alcohol and easy-peel materials for vacuum-packed rice. Materials suppliers include VAW ...

Converting Industry News

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January 31, 2001, ... resin, has a low activation temperature as the base sealant material. As a result, its metallized OPP laminate barrier reportedly is not diminished in the sealing process, greatly improving the overall ...

There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities

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January 31, 2001, ... laminate for a flexible package. Although foil or a metallized substrate often has a good reason for being there, such as providing barrier properties, foil is sometimes in a laminate only to provide cosmetic ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ... Systems Inc. (408/524-8160). But the OLED technology needed a barrier to protect it from moisture and oxygen. "Glass is an effective barrier, but encapsulating an OLED between two sheets of glass isn' ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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January 30, 2001, ... field of barrier packaging, the conference in 2001 will feature technical papers with the latest information in this area," said Cordatos. New features for 2001 will include information on the best ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, New from: ADI International, Anderson & Vreeland, Arrowhive, Brookfield Engineering, BST Pro Mark, Colter & Peterson, Dienes, Ducker Automation, Elsner Engineering, Faustel, Intl. Converting Equipment, ...

Film Extrusion Committee News

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November 30, 2000, ... were Edward L. Cussler and Chungfang Yang of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science of the University of Minnesota. The title of the paper was Reactive Barrier Films. An expanded ...

Pouchmaking Equipment Adapts as Materials Advance

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November 30, 2000, ... are seeing specialty films that are thinner, stretchier, multilayered. While multiple thin layers of film will reduce the weight of the pouch and increase the barrier, they can cause problems in production. ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, News from: Bachofen & Meier, Barrier Films, BHS, Biocorp, Dusenbery, GulfStates Paperboard, Jalema, Kapak, Multapex, Northern Expediting Corp., Pactiv Corp., PCMC, PMC, PPC, SJP (UK) Ltd., Solutia, Stora ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ...  MONROE, LA, USA—A range of custom-sized Barrier Foil Bags, designed to prevent corrosion during export transit, has been developed by Shield Pack. Manufactured to ISO-9002 standards, the bags are said ...

Materials

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October 31, 2000, ... label industry. Ready to be converted to exact specifications, rewound, and shipped in 24 hr, this ultra-smooth, curl-resistant direct thermal reportedly is barrier coated with thermally sensitive materials ...

Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving

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October 31, 2000, ... solventless laminator. The company produces embossed and stretch polyethylene, cast polypropylene, and a variety of barrier materials. A superb prepress department, which is being upgraded constantly, ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ... performance and sparked a resurgence of popularity and new applications for flame treating plastic films and profiles." Barrier Materials Two sessions at the conference addressed high barrier materials—"Advances ...

Battle of the Materials Is on for Blister Packaging Market

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September 30, 2000, ... for pharmaceutical blister packs now is facing increased competition from a variety of new materials. Although a superb thermoforming material, PVC lacks intrinsic barrier and is facing increasing problems ...

Materials

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September 30, 2000, ... Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... Barrier Properties Are Key to Film System Chris Craft Industrial Products, Gary, IN; 219/762-3165 MonoSol XR film system comprises PVOH water-soluble film with unique ...

Hot Melt Symposium Covers Many Topics

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September 30, 2000, ... Coatings Conference in 2001 can be in any area of interest to the division members and conference attendees. This includes but is not limited to films and film extrusion, extrusion coating, barrier coatings, ...

The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth

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August 31, 2000, ... t really know how to measure barrier or how much barrier was really needed. If it looked good, that was all that mattered then." Vacumet's first packaging success with metallized polyester came in 197 ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

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August 31, 2000, ... rapidly expanded to low-density polyethylene (LDPE), OPP, and multilayer barrier film manufacture (1992). Today, Chemosvit is a privately owned holding company with 18 individual subsidiaries ranging ...