Milliken is set to introduce its new clarifying agent for polypropylene (PP) Millad NX 8000, which lets processors produce parts with better optics at lower processing temperature and shorter cycle times. According to the company, the new ...
Tags: Pp Clarification, Nucleation, Converter
Tru-Vision Plastics, a custom converter based in Texas, has invested in new equipment and moved from its existing 24,000ft2 facility to a new 80,000ft2 one. Tru-Vision president and CEO Ted Dean said the growth has been steady rather than ...
Tags: Plastics, Bigger Facility, custom converter
Label converter in the US Western Shield has announced the purchase of label producer Southern California Label’s assets. The acquisition will enable Western Shield to further augment its foothold in the southern California market ...
Of the global market for semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), the integrated SOA chip packaged devices (monolithic multi-diode) are expected to hold 71% share of global consumption (by value) in 2012, and rise to 82% in 2017, according ...
Tags: SOAs, SOA chip, monolithic multi-diode, optical components
UHF RFID tags supplier in the US Omni-ID has announced the addition of two new products to its line of UltraThin, flexible on-metal RFID tags and inlays, the IQ 400 and IQ 600. The products provide on-metal and on-liquid tag ...
Technology Editor Steve Bush, looks at the latest LED products hitting the market from Cree, Lumileds, Seoul Semiconductor, Osram, Nichia, and Sharp. All the major LED suppliers have released additional lighting-class LEDs over the ...
Tags: LED light, developments, LED, LED products
Danish press manufacturer Nilpeter is set to introduce two new printing presses and unveil a new corporate-wide initiative ‘NEXT’ that increases the company’s focus on technological innovation and help label and packaging ...
UK-based converter and supplier of flexible packaging materials, FFP Packaging Solutions will install a new Titan SR9-DT Dual Turret slitter rewinder from Atlas Converting Equipment in June 2012. It will feature an electronic slit reel ...
Oman's Octal Petrochemicals is still offering polyethylene terephthalate in Europe despite a force majeure, contrary to suggestions by some market sources, the company's managing director said Thursday. A European PET converter said ...
Paper and materials converter, Resource One International plans to purchase two custom-built case packers and lidders to further expand its converting services. According to the US-based company, the new case packer and lidder, with ...
Tags: Resource One, case packers, lidders, converting services
US-based Packaging Dynamics has acquired De Luxe, a manufacturer of flexible packaging products for food service, bakery, confectionery, dairy, and other specialty applications, for an undisclosed amount. Packaging Dynamics chief ...
Tags: flexible packaging, food service, bakery, confectionery, dairy, packaging
Packaging Dynamics has announced the acquisition of Groupe De Luxe, a Canadian manufacturer of flexible packaging products, for an undisclosed value. Packaging Dynamics chief executive officer Roger Prevot said De Luxe will support its ...
Japanese automaker Honda Motors’ luxury vehicle division, Acura, is recalling about 53,000 TL sedans in US, over power steering issue. The company said that the sedans manufactured between 2007 and 2008 will be affected by the ...
Tags: Honda, recall, Acura models
UK-based converter Hine Labels has purchased its fourth flexo press FB-3300S from Nilpeter, which features full servo, full auto register and pre-setting, and is fitted with an IST UV curing system. Besides, the company selected for ...
Tags: purchased, Hine Labels, fourth flexo press, label printing
Canadian coffee roasting company Pistol & Burnes has launched a fully compostable pack for its Farmer First brand incorporating Innovia’s cellulose-based NatureFlex film. The renewable biobased content of the films is 95% by weight of ...