Film Manufacturing

Sigma Stretch Film purchases Gloucester Film Line

(News | New Products)

July 20, 2009, Gloucester Engineering has announced that Sigma Stretch Film, a div. of Sigma Plastics Group, has purchased its first five-layer agricultural stretch line for its plant in Canada. LYNDHURST, NJ | Gloucester ...

Charter Films Ups Coex Capacity

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2009, Superior, WI | Charter Films' new Windmoeller & Hoelscher coextrusion line, installed December 2008, is now fully operational. Superior, WI | Charter Films' new Windmoeller & Hoelscher coextrusion line, ...

ISO Poly Adds Two W&H Film Lines

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2009, Lincoln, RI | ISO Poly Films, a Sigma Plastics Group co. located in Gray Court, SC, has added two Varex blown film extrusion lines from Windmoeller & Lincoln, RI | ISO Poly Films, a Sigma Plastics Group ...

ISO Poly Films Adds Two W&H Blown Film Lines

(News | New Products)

June 22, 2009, ISO Poly Films, a Sigma Plastics Group co. has added two new VAREX blown film extrusion lines from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. LINCOLN, RI | ISO Poly Films, a Sigma Plastics Group co. located in Gray ...

Interfilm Signs Distributor Agreement for Coated Barrier Films

(News | New Products)

June 07, 2009, Interfilm Holdings Inc., a leading national value-added distributor of thin-gauge plastic films, has signed a distributor agreement with NanoPack Inc. GREENEVILLE, SC | Interfilm Holdings Inc., a leading ...

Film Charge Causes Winding Static

(Static-Beat)

May 31, 2009, ... spans to measure the film charge. Start near the winder and work your way upstream until you find the source charging. Install a static dissipater, such as a static brush, tinsel, or a static bar, to ...

Charter Films Increases Coextrusion Capacity

(News Eclips)

May 27, 2009, Charter Films announces that the new Windmoeller & Hoelscher coextrusion line it installed late December 2008 will increase its capacity to meet demanding delivery requirements. SUPERIOR, WI | Charter ...

Laser Film for Flexo Plates Has Green Properties

(News Eclips)

May 10, 2009, Precision Coatings introduces its next generation Laser Point II thermal ablative film, which is a greener alternative to silver halide film used to image negatives and positives for conventional flexo ...

Film Aids Medical Device Assembly

(News Eclips)

May 10, 2009, MACtac Medical Products offers TM1039 medical-grade-free adhesive film designed to address the needs of medical device OEMs and medical converters challenged with laminating various materials together ...

Film Minimizes Environmental Impact of Air Pillows

(News Eclips)

April 12, 2009, Pregis Corp. has introduced EP-FLEX Renew, a high performance low-density polyethylene air pillow film that is made with up to 50% less resin than other inflatable void-fill products. DEERFIELD, IL | Pregis ...

PSA Ideal for Clear Film Applications

(News Eclips)

April 12, 2009, Franklin Adhesives & Polymers has developed Covinax 462, a permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive said to be ideal for clear film applications COLUMBUS, OH | Franklin Adhesives & Polymers has developed ...

New Film Line Has Many Features

(Substrates)

March 31, 2009, Nelmar Security Packaging Systems has ordered a second three-layer Varex blown film extrusion line from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. TERREBONNE, QC, CANADA Nelmar Security Packaging Systems has ordered ...

Flat Scanning System Reads Film Thickness

(News Eclips)

March 30, 2009, Macro Engineering's new D10 PROflat System blown film gauge control system can measure individual layer thicknesses MISSISSAUGA, ON, CANADA | Macro Engineering bases its new D10 PROflat System blown film ...

ISO Poly Films & Sigma Plastics Announce Strategic Partnership

(News Eclips)

March 15, 2009, ISO Poly Films Inc. and Sigma Plastics Group have entered a strategic partnership. GRAY COURT, SC | ISO Poly Films Inc. and Sigma Plastics Group have entered a strategic partnership. This alliance brings ...

New Komori Presses, Fujifilm's Taskero Universe Demonstration

(News | New Products)

March 11, 2009, Komori America Corp. and FUJIFILM Graphic Systems USA have come together to demonstrate the latest pressroom technologies VALHALLA, NY | Komori America Corp. and FUJIFILM Graphic Systems USA have come ...

CDigital Invests in Xeikon Imaged Film Technology

(News | New Products)

March 04, 2009, ... decision to enhance their current operations by implementing new Xeikon technology. CDigital Invests in Xeikon Imaged Film Technology BALTIMORE, MD, and ITASCA, IL | Xeikon, a div. of Punch Graphix, has ...

Plastic Film Study

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, A new study from The Freedonia Group concludes that demand for plastic film in the US is projected to grow 2.6% annually to more than 16 billion lbs in 2012 Cleveland, OH | Demand for plastic film in the ...

Handle Unsupported Film Without Stretching

(Slit Main)

February 28, 2009, ... work, unsupported films, and meat labels.” To do so, the company utilizes the latest in converting equipment, including 14 Gallus narrow web flexographic presses with letterpress, silk screen, water-based, ...

Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, Manufacturer of custom converted and embossed films that converters, Bloomer Plastics supplies more than 32 million lb of film to customers as far away as Europe and Asia Bloomer, WI — population 3,500 ...

Metallized Polyester Film Has Improved Bonding

(News Eclips)

February 04, 2009, Toray Plastics (America) offers LumLife MK61, a thin, high-barrier metallized polyester film manufactured with a proprietary metal adhesion process NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) offers ...

Film Line Saves Time, Money

(News Clips Archive)

January 31, 2009, Irvine, CA | B. Braun, a global supplier of healthcare products, has improved the economies of film processing with the installation of a new Davis-Standard Irvine, CA | B. Braun, a global supplier of ...

DuPont-Teijin Films Closes Plant in Circleville, OH

(News | New Products)

December 17, 2008, DuPont-Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership has announced plans to cease operation of its polyester film line in Circleville, OH HOPEWELL, VA | DuPont-Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership has announced ...

New Film Line Easy To Manage

(Substrates)

November 30, 2008, Coldwater, OH | Accutech Films recently purchased a seven-layer line from Gloucester Engineering Co. The line adds to Accutech's coextrusion and specialty Coldwater, OH | Accutech Films recently purchased ...

Web Exclusive: Slitting Film

(Archive)

November 11, 2008, Despite the fact that crude oil prices have risen sharply, in turn elevating the price of oil-based raw materials used in plastic film manufacture, this group of materials still has largely untapped packaging ...

Global Study Addresses Barrier Films & Coatings

(News Eclips)

November 04, 2008, ... materials used in the flexible packaging market. The study, Barrier Films and Coatings 2008 to 2012 for Barrier Flexible Packaging,” examines the market potential, economics, environmental impact, and ...

Film Line Comes in Early

(Substrates)

October 31, 2008, Hoogstraten, Belgium | Davis-Standard has completed the installation of a 65-ft agricultural film line for Hyplast NV. Says Paul Leenders of Hyplast, Hoogstraten, Belgium | Davis-Standard has completed ...

Getting Better Blown Film

(News | New Products)

October 15, 2008, Danafilms, a manufacturer of custom PE films, recently upgraded its Westborough plant with another high precision Battenfeld Gloucester blown film line that will add more than 5 million lbs of additional ...

Tamper-Evident Label Film Meets Diverse Needs

(News Eclips)

October 09, 2008, Hutchison Miller Sales, Inc. has introduced a larger format version of its highly popular Clarifoil Integuard tamper-evident film NEW BRITAIN, PA | Hutchison Miller Sales, Inc. has introduced a larger ...

Film Converting: Luminit Films Shape Light

(Substrates)

September 30, 2008, Stanley Kao, business development manager for Luminit LLC, says the proprietary process used to create its Light Shaping Diffusers (LSD) is a film-to-film, Stanley Kao, business development manager for ...

Newly Topcoated Cothene Film Offers Superior Performance

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2008, LSH Materials, a div. of Hutchison Miller Sales Inc., has introduced a new topcoated version of its Cothene mono-layered polyolefin film that offers an alternative to vinyl and other films in the health ...