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Multilayer Packaging Lexicon
Humans like to communicate in acronyms, abbreviations and inside lingo. After I set up an appointment for a medical test, I got a call back. They said I didn't have an oth. " What's an oth ?" " An...
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Designing for Recycling and Sustainability
Cradle-to-Cradle, Recyclability, Sustainability and reclamation have historically been low priorities in design considerations. The biggest obstacle to these goals is dissimilar materials in the same...
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PE Resin in the Age of Madmen
While spring cleaning, we found a cache of 1960's era letters from Union Carbide. The letters were from big shot execs in the mid-town Manhattan offices. All were perfectly individually...
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Plastic Shortages
Part of Harvey's aftermath will be a shortage of plastics. The general public cannot see it yet. Many plastic processors and especially their customers are in denial. Many large processors have shut...
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" Gen 3 " Plastic Packaging
Giant retailers and consumer product companies are under tremendous pressure to be perceived as green and sustainable. They are somewhere between frantic and panic. Rumor has it the CEO of WalMart...
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PE Film Lead Time Factors
The ship date for custom PE film involves much more than a first-come-first-serve queue. An extruder who runs their backlog in this fashion or has a salesman running the backlog is not long for this...
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Plastic Films Substituion
Everybody wants replacements for politically incorrect plastic films to be exactly like the original. No property trade-offs. No exaggeration. Would these same people expect the same results from...
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Plastic - a Weapon vs. Coronavirus
Scroll down for update In a crisis, political correctness and platitudes get relegated to abeyance. Only weeks ago the bane of our existence was plastics. Bashing plastic straw men reached a tipping...
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PEVA, PVC, PE and METALLOCENE SIMPLIFIED
Verbal shorthand when thrown around casually can lead to misunderstandings especially to an industry insider who takes these terms literally. Herewith is a short explanation of some common acronyms for...
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PPE Isolation Gowns and Coveralls Simplified
In only a few weeks, PPE has become part of the common lexicon. Isolation gowns are fortunately not as in high demand as projected just a few weeks ago. Hospital supply chain managers are now...
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