Flexible Packaging Materials & Services

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A conventional product in an unconventional packaging format; laundry detergent in an earth friendly pouch offered to consumers; an extrusion coating line that allows for rapid delivery; and a family of water-based dry-bond hybrid laminating adhesives dries and ships in two days.

Glassteel idler rolls represent the newest addition to Empire Rollers and Coatings’ line of Glassteel rollers.

We all know that time is of the essence when it comes to designing and building a new machine. Hudson-Sharp, manufacturer of plastic bag, pouch and reclosable bag machine technologies, recently validated that statement during the design of a special machine to add a closure mechanism to pre-made pouches.

Film inspection can encompass a wide variety of material properties and defect types. Density, thickness, marks, and abrasions are just a few of the defect modes that one may need to detect.

As readers of FP know, flexible packaging is a dynamic, exciting field. Innovations continue at dizzying speeds, producing degrees of productivity, cost savings and visual presence not previously achieved.

Today’s converters rely heavily on heat-transfer rolls to heat-up or cool-down many types of material, including web substrates, extruded plastics and laminates. Sometimes called chill rolls, heat transfer rolls are made by several roller companies and OEMs.

Over the last fifteen years four companies have remained at the forefront of BOPET film production in the US and, in fact, globally – DuPont-Teijin, Toray, Mitsubishi and SKC.

To understand what is and will be driving change in packaging over the next half decade, it is imperative to realize where-and-how packaging is consumed and how this consumption is changing.