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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ...  Creating a carton that keeps melted ice contained inside was achieved via a unique packaging technology that combines a film barrier with special gusseted folds to seal the package interior. Ice ...

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 ...

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 ...

Agfa Ships Apogee 3, Renews Enfocus Contract

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2002, ... opportunity for more streamlined production. It's an open solution that elminates barriers between various groups and offers a high level of automation. More information is available about Enfocus ...

Food Packaging and Safety: 9/11 Continues to Resonate

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February 28, 2002, It goes without saying the way we do business has changed since September 11. The destruction of the Twin Towers and the bioterroristic use of anthrax It goes without saying the way we do business has ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

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January 31, 2002, ... peel seal, and barrier zippers. A transverse-direction zipper for overwrap applications also has been introduced by ITW Minigrip. In the U.K., Supreme Plastics recently introduced a series of “Keyseal ...

The Future of Foil

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January 31, 2002, ... and strips, is now more user-friendly. Competitive Packaging Materials Aluminum foil packaging is being challenged constantly by other materials such as barrier polymers, metallized substrates, 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 ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... analysis, technical analysis, and legal analysis, the study includes 60 charts detailing the active/passive barrier relationship between oxygen scavenging materials (at various cost and performance levels) ...

The Future of Package Printing

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ...  “Adoption of color digital presses in the packaging market is still low,” says the study, listing barriers as slow speed, cost, color consistency, and other quality issues. The report adds, however, ...

Products

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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

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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, ...