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| ISSUE 4, 21 april 2020 |
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| Changing the packaging landscape with pressure-sensitive adhesives |
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| Adhesive manufacturers are developing new technologies that converters can present to their packaged goods customers and enable them to capture more market share. Read |
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| ‘The world is different now' for resin market |
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| The impact of COVID-19 on plastic resin and petrochemicals markets is being measured by industry experts. Read |
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| Appliance makers keep it together with PSAs |
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| Pressure-sensitive adhesives are helping appliance assemblers enhance aesthetics, performance and reliability in a wide range of industrial applications. Read |
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| Updated tape, adhesive and film industry event calendar |
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| We continue to update our extensive global industry events lists for 2020-2022 according to real-time developments. Read |
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| COVID-19 resources for Afera Members |
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| After launching a biweekly webinar series, the Association has issued a statement on behalf of the adhesive tape value chain. Read |
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| Quick facts about what makes Afera important to your business |
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| Our new brochure and presentation summarise the mission, targets, activities, projects and events that make our Association the go-to community of the European adhesive tape industry. Read |
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| Member news |
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| Avery Dennison to donate half a million face shields |
| www.labelsandlabeling.com, 17 April 2020 – Avery Dennison Medical, based in Mentor, Ohio, has adapted its manufacturing lines and started producing vital disposable plastic face shields for healthcare professionals, and persons that require additional protective equipment in their line of work. Read |
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| UPM Raflatac reveals PP label material made from post-consumer recycled plastic |
| www.packagingeurope.com, 15 April – UPM Raflatac has collaborated with SABIC to produce what it says is the first polypropylene (PP) label film manufactured from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic on the market, on a mass balance basis. Read |
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| A 4-day rush at Eastman to deliver on need for 10,000 shields |
| www.plasticsnews.com, 9 April 2020 – Over a four-day period in late March, Eastman Chemical Co. cranked out enough plastic film to make 10,000 face shields for medical workers treating the COVID-19 crisis. Read |
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| PSTC confirms 2021 dates for inaugural Tape Week |
| www.adhesivesmag.com, 1 April 2020 – The first edition of the revamped Tape Week was cancelled due to COVID-19. Read |
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| Industry news |
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| Chemical recycling: staying in the loop |
| www.filmandsheet.com, 17 April 2020 – Chemical recycling, which converts waste polymers back into monomers, could help boost recycling rates for film and sheet waste such as packaging. Read |
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| Straight story: flat die technology |
| www.filmandsheet.com, 17 April 2020 – Recent advances in flat dies include harder surfaces, higher throughput and quality – and the ability to improve tolerances and reduce start-up times. Read |
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| A cut above: latest in slitters and winders |
| www.filmandsheet.com, 17 April 2020 – Recent innovation in slitter-rewinders include narrow knifeholders, a modelling program for the slitting process, and a modernising retrofit of 30-year-old machines. Read |
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| Report: AWA Global Release Liner Industry Conference and Exhibition |
| www.packagingsouthasia.com, 14 April 2020 – The annual Global Release Liner Industry Conference and Exhibition, hosted by AWA Alexander Watson Associates, was one of the last few industry events to take place this spring, before the coronavirus ‘lockdown’. Read |
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| Global release liner market 2020: new and expanded AWA Annual Review |
| www.whattheythink.com, 10 April 2020 – While the pressure-sensitive labelstock segment continues to be the largest, with a 48% share of the market worldwide – and forecast growth at 3.9% p.a. – other segments, benefiting from release liner as a carrier for adhesive coatings or other substances, continue to grow, driving the overall growth of the global release liner market to 3.5% in 2019. Read |
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