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Walki Reports Biodegradable Mulching Paper

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2017, ... slows down the degradation of the paper. Without the coating, the paper would degrade in the soil within a few weeks. “Having seen the kind of environmental impact that plastic film can have on the soil, ...

On Print | Value Proposition for Thermal Transfer: Printed Electronics

(On Print)

March 08, 2017, ... electronic research and development institutes, especially those attached to universities. Thermal transfer offers new capability—developers and designers can make things they couldn’t make before, faster ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 1

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2017, ... the buckled layers in rolls of thinner films will form 10–100 narrow spike-like patterns that usually only radiate 0.25–1 in. from the core. DEFECT MECHANISM CD buckles form from several causes, but ...

Flexible Packaging | Bemis Earns Highest Achievement in FPA's 2017 Competitio

(Flexpack)

February 20, 2017, ... high definition flexographic printing to enhance its realistic graphics. The high-end printing captures the finest detail and a clear product window is used to showcase the product inside. Soothing outdoor ...

Sticking With It | Selecting the Right Adhesive for Your Pressure-Sensitive Tape

(Coating/Laminating)

February 13, 2017, ... for and what profit do we want to make? Before we begin to review the checklist, a good place to start is to think about the application where the tape will be used. This will enable us to determine ...

Flexible Packaging | Biodegradables Are From Mars

(Flexpack)

February 06, 2017, ... other applications within the group’s SKUs to ensure there was an economy of scale amortizing the development costs and making the material affordable. “Mars explained that they were looking for a type ...

HERMA Announces New Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

February 04, 2017, Company reports 52C adhesive is well suited for sealing critical products such as wet wipe pouches FILDERSTADT, GERMANY | HERMA Self-adhesive Materials division has expanded its specialty product range ...

Uflex Film Said to Offer High Barrier

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2017, FLEXPET F-PGB-12 BOPET film reportedly has good optical properties and machinability as well as very high barrier NOIDA, INDIA | Uflex, a flexible packaging materials and solutions company, has launched ...

AMI Issues Report on Polyethylene Film

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2017, ... in Europe has continued to grow at a steady rate over recent years. Despite trends to use more linear and metallocene materials enabling film producers to make thinner films, the volume demand has continued ...

Chocolate Bar Wrapper Wins Global Bioplastics Award

(Flexpack)

January 19, 2017, ... of a long-term collaboration within the whole value-chain of packing material and processing. It took us almost four years of hard work to develop and industrialize the final film, but this project shows ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2016

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2016, ...      NDC FilmPro Infrared Gauge The FilmPRO modular high-performance infrared thickness sensor is a universal solution for film, sheet, and coating measurement applications, including thin film ...

MOCON Testing System Cuts Time to Market

(Controls)

November 27, 2016, ... for film and resin manufacturers, converters, and brand owners in industries including electronics (OLED and thin film), solar, vacuum panel, food, pharmaceutical, and medical devices who benefit from ...

Dow Resins Suited for Many Uses

(Flexpack)

November 06, 2016, INNATE Precision Packaging Resins are said to provide toughness and stiffness for a number of flexible packaging applications MIDLAND, MI | Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics will showcase INNATE Precision ...

DuPont Technology Aids Recycling

(Flexpack)

November 02, 2016, ... to its use for production of bulky items, such recycled resins will be suitable for use in higher value applications, as in thin films and membranes for the construction industry. Entira EP is also being ...

Sticking With It | What Is the Value of Technical Meetings?

(Sticking With It)

October 25, 2016, ... very thin high precision coatings. Jennifer Heathcote of Phoseon presented a view of the future in her paper, “The Growing Viability of UV LED for Wide Web Coating Applications.” UV LED technology is ...

Uflex Offering Downgauged Film

(Flexpack)

October 24, 2016, ... better yield and to exhibit excellent barrier for oxygen and water vapor despite how thin it is. There is no need for a sandwich (barrier) layer. The PET ALOx film can be reverse printed and then laminated ...

TLMI Awards | Multi-Color Takes 2016 Best of Show

(Label/Tape)

October 19, 2016, ... varnishing, stripping, die-cutting, foiling, and embossing. The converter says particular challenges include applying everything to a 70# Felt paper from Avery. "The paper texture can impact the printing, ...

Show Preview | K 2016 To Reveal How Plastics Shape the Future

(Trends/Management)

September 21, 2016, ... (Hall 16, A43) will exhibit a high-speed unwind engineered for splice speeds up to 800 m/min (2,600 fpm) for sensitive, thin webs. Features pneumatic splice-unit control for improved processing and functionality. ...

Air Motion Systems to Show LED System

(News | New Products)

September 05, 2016, ... no warm-up or cool-down time, and rolls never need to be cooled. Also, the system is called ideal for printing on a broad range of substrates, and thinner substrates and heat-sensitive materials can ...

NDC Sensor Has Many Applications

(Controls)

August 28, 2016, ... thin film to thick sheet products with multi-layer discrimination. New optical engine has been enhanced to improve signal-to-noise, accuracy, web flutter, and the effect of optical interference. Unit measures ...