Packaging Technology articles from April 1991

Packaging Technology archives from April 1991

Vacuum metallising in packaging.
April 1, 1991... Prospects are Bright IN RECENT years the markets for vacuum metallised plastics films and papers have been undergoing an undiminished boom. Their inexpensive production in large vacuum web coaters, their high acceptance in many consumer...

Able and Eastman give a champagne look to bottled waters. (Able Industries, Eastman Chemicals)
April 1, 1991... Boosting the Market ABLE INDUSTRIES are expanding the home market for bottled water with a glass look-alike 'Champagne base' bottle designed to be displayed, not hidden. The new one-litre bottles are the result of an image problem...

EB vacuum web coating technology and its application. (electron beam)
April 1, 1991... By Th. KRUG and R. LUDWIG Leybold AG, Postfach 1515, Wilhelm-Rohn-Strasse 25, D-6450 Hanau 1, Germany. Telephone: (06181) 34-0: Fax: (06181) 34-1690. (Correspondence should be addressed to Dr Krug.) SYNOPSIS This paper...

'Metallised film is not aluminium foil' says ARPMA. (Aluminium Rolled Products Manufacturers Association)
April 1, 1991... THERE is still confusion among some packaging designers and product marketing people between metallised film and aluminium foil, reports the Aluminium Rolled Products Manufacturers Association. This lack of technical awareness, says the...

Carton checking made easy; computer-based ACT II supports quality assurance.
April 1, 1991... According to the author, who has visited packaging and converting facilities in many countries world-wide in the past fifteen years, in many ways the UK converting industry is a world leader in Quality Assurance. The adoption of BS 5750 gives...