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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 ...

Sun Chemical Partners with ACPO

(Coating/Laminating)

August 21, 2016, ... films to flexible packaging converters. The company says that, since few converters have the capability to coat thin films, only a limited number were able to take advantage of the SunBar barrier coating ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for Baggy Webs

(Web Handling)

August 16, 2016, ... curl, and CD tracking errors (especially in forced air ovens). Defect Mechanism Though not the only bagginess mechanism, many films and foils form bagginess due to stress and geometry variations within ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2016 Offers Technology in Action

(Label/Tape)

August 08, 2016, ... camera, on a moving traverse, simultaneously provides magnified images of any area or detail within the print repeat. LEARN MORE   CARTES (Booth 5603) will unveil the latest GEMINI 360 series converting ...

Updates from TAPPI, SPI & the Industry

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

August 01, 2016, ... to be double the price that it is now. Resin prices will also increase, but not in the same proportion as oil prices. On the industry side of things, I will be presenting a 3-hour primer at the AIMCAL ...

DUNMORE Offers Touch Screen Film for Displays

(Coating/Laminating)

July 26, 2016, ... the customer requires a thin-gauge or thick-gauge substrate. Product hardness exceeds 5H and due to the ongoing demands of the market, the base chemistry can be modified to add unique functionalities. ...

Uflex and WaveFront Extend Alliance

(Flexpack)

July 11, 2016, ... to commence in the final quarter of 2016.  Typical luxury and other packaging made from Fresnel lens film The setup will operate within the facility of Flex Films Europa Sp. Z O.O in Wrzesnia, Poland, ...

Common Barrier Packaging Polymers—Their Functions & Applications

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

June 05, 2016, ... used globally each year for various packaging uses. A small percentage of these are barrier polymers, which of course are used to prevent the migration of “something” into the package. That something is ...