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Avery Dennison Identifies Growth Opportunities For Label Converters At This Year's Labelexpo Europe
Under the banner of 'Solutions to Grow Your Business', this year's Labelexpo event in Brussels, Belgium, will see Avery Dennison placing greater emphasis on helping label converters to drive profitability and better capacity usage, while at the same time growing the self-adhesive label market overall.

In addition to delivering labeling solutions for a broad spectrum of FMCG products, Avery Dennison ...
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Toray Plastics Appoints Michael Brandmeier Senior VP And Member Of The Board Of Directors
Toray Plastics (America), Inc., North America's only manufacturer of precision-performance polyester and polypropylene film, is pleased to announce that Michael Brandmeier has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President and invited to be a member of the Board of Directors. The transition took place on June 29. Toray Plastics (America), Inc., encompasses the Torayfan® Division (polypropylene), the Lumirror® ...
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Cytec to Implement Price Increase on Powder Coating Products
Cytec Industries Inc. announced today the implementation of a price increase for all powder coating products including CRYLCOAT®; ADDITOL® and MODAFLOW®. The price increase will be applicable for products shipped in North America on or after August 1st , 2009, or as contracts allow. The price increase will vary from US$0.03 to 0.07/lb depending on the impact of each specific ...
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New Coating For Flat Dies Withstands Hydrochloric Acid Attack From PVC Polymer
A new surface coating now available on flat dies from Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC (EDI) withstands most attacks from the corrosive hydrochloric acid (HCl) generated in the course of extruding PVC, the company announced today at NPE2009 (Booth N85007).

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Unifoil Corporation's Metallic Ultralustre® Technology Brightens The Drinkware Industry
Unifoil Corporation (www.unifoil.com) is pleased to announce that its award-winning patented and patents-pending UltraLustre® technology has been used to create brilliant metallized in-mold-label plastic cups. IGH Solutions (www.ighsolutions.com) partnered with Unifoil Corporation to manufacture cups that help build a brand with dazzling graphics and messaging. An in-mold-label cup made with UltraLustre, available in metallic silver and or any stock or ...
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Yasui Seiki Announces Two New Laboratory-Scale Coating Machines At SID 2009
Answering the inquiries of various coatings Research and Development groups, these two new machines provide Yasui Seiki's legendary coating precision at an affordable price. Both of these new machines are capable of providing excellent quality samples in widths for consumer size electronic, optical, and energy related product developments. These two new machines continue the philosophy and economies of ...
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