Press release submitted on behalf of GMerix. GMerix, Montreal, Canada, specializing in coatings and adhesives for pressure-sensitive labels, tapes and tags, expands its contract coating and development services with the addition of its state-of-the-art Elite Cameron HM750 hot-melt coater. The Elite Cameron HM750 is a slot-die coater capable of handling very light to very … [Read more...] about GMerix offers contract coating and development with addition of Elite Cameron HM750 hot-melt coater
Flexible Packaging
High-performance AlOx thin films for next-generation sustainable flexible packaging: Part 1
By N.A. Morrison, chief technologist; M. Campo, technical staff member; T. Crouch, head of packaging; R. Verghese, R&D mgr.-Flexible Products Group, Applied Materials Web Coating GmbH; and S. Straach, group mgr., Fraunhofer FEP AlOx has long been touted as a suitable transparent layer for packaging applications and indeed has found use in a range of retort applications … [Read more...] about High-performance AlOx thin films for next-generation sustainable flexible packaging: Part 1
Metallized-film barrier properties: Where do they come from?
By Eldridge M. Mount, Ph.D., president, EMMOUNT Technologies This paper will review the development history, observations and discoveries of an industrial research and development group that demonstrated the source of metallized-film gas-barrier properties. These discoveries lead to a range of patents and commercial, metallized packaging films. The information still is of … [Read more...] about Metallized-film barrier properties: Where do they come from?
Solventless multi-ply lamination: A review of process innovations and new technical developments
By Giancarlo Caimmi, Ph.D., commercial director, Nordmeccanica Group Introduction The most recent developments around the global energy crisis and the uncontrolled rise of its associated costs gave boost to a rethinking of the efficiency of industrial processes, in general, and processes relevant to the converting industry, in particular. Every conversion process goes … [Read more...] about Solventless multi-ply lamination: A review of process innovations and new technical developments
Does flexible packaging truly have a future in the circular economy?
Does flexible packaging truly have a future in the circular economy? By Pierre Sarazin, Ph.D., Ing., vp-R&D and Sustainability, PolyExpert, Inc.* Editor’s Note: This technical paper is based on the author’s presentation from the 2022 AIMCAL R2R USA Conference held Oct. 25-29 in Orlando, FL. Introduction The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s (EMF) first reports … [Read more...] about Does flexible packaging truly have a future in the circular economy?