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Stretchable Paper—Yes, Really!, Paper360º January/February 2

Stretchable Paper—Yes, Really!, Paper360º January/February 2017

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Understanding puncture resistance and perforation behaviour of packaging laminates (211KB), "the PLACE" June 2002

Understanding puncture resistance and perforation behaviour of packaging laminates (211KB), "the PLACE" June 2002

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Cast film lines for barrier film, "the PLACE", November 2003

Cast film lines for barrier film, "the PLACE", November 2003

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Open Access
Understanding coating strength at the molecular and microscopic level, TAPPI JOURNAL June 2015

Understanding coating strength at the molecular and microscopic level, TAPPI JOURNAL June 2015

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Paptic: Paper Products to Help Save the World, Paper360º March/April 2020

Paptic: Paper Products to Help Save the World, Paper360º March/April 2020

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Open Access
Local delamination in pharmaceutical blister packages • A thermomechanical theory on buckling of heat-sealed composite laminates in flexible packaging, TAPPI Journal July 2025

ABSTRACT: Pharmaceutical blister packages consist of cavities made from a thick polymeric form foil and a thin aluminum lid foil. Heat-sealing technology is usually used to bond the lid foil to the form foil. Occasionally, the sealed area shows buckling defects of the lid foil, which allow contamination to enter into the cavity. A contaminated product is a worst-case scenario for pharmaceutical production and must be avoided. We discuss a thermomechanical theory on buckling defects in blister packages and derive strategies to avoid these. The theory is based on the assumption that the seal of a blister packaging behaves like a laminate of thin composite layers under compressive load. Literature research on buckling of thin laminated films, thermal behavior of polymers, and seal strength of heat-sealed polymers provides the technical and physical background to elaborate the theory. The theory comprises three elements: an initial condition regarding thermal load and precedent defects; a buckling condition; and a crack propagation condition. The plausibility of the theory is verified using model calculations and heat-seal tests. The paper concludes with strategies against buckling of heat-sealed lid foils and an outlook on other applications in laminating and coating of polymer films.

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Open Access
Adhesion with purpose: The value of primers in sustainable flexible packaging, TAPPI Journal July 2025

ABSTRACT: Primers play a crucial role in flexible packaging by providing adhesion, enhancing performance, and improving the overall quality of packaging structures. As the packaging industry shifts towards more sustainable solutions, it brings new challenges for meeting adhesion requirements. Different types of sustainable materials, with their complicated physical and chemical properties, usually result in poor adhesion in extrusion coating or extrusion lamination, whether this is due to fast crystallization, secondary crystallization, low processing temperature, lack of functional groups, or a combination thereof. Water-based primers ensure that these innovations meet both functional and environmental standards for the packaging of tomorrow. Conventional water-based primers, including polyethyleneimine (PEI) and ethylene acrylic acid (EAA), offer significant advantages in sustainable packaging design by chemically modifying the surface of the substrate to enhance adhesion. In this study, we will discuss adhesion issues in three case studies involving sustainable packaging materials: (1) extrusion coating of polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) on paper; (2) extrusion lamination of paper and metallized film with starch biopolymer; and (3) extrusion coating of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) on paper. These cases represent three adhesion challenges related to sustainable materials, namely fast crystallization rate, low processing temperature, and secondary crystallization. A three-step adhesion improvement procedure was employed to identify the proper primer in each case study. This procedure included a wetting-out test with primer, an adhesion test, and an extrusion test with priming. In our results, strong fiber tearing or destructive bonds were achieved in each case with the help of water-based primers. These results demonstrate the value of water-based primers in enabling the transition to more sustainable packaging structures without compromising performance.

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Rheological Indicators to Predict the Extrusion Coating Performance of LDPE, 2004 PLACE Conference

Rheological Indicators to Predict the Extrusion Coating Performance of LDPE, 2004 PLACE Conference

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New High Barrier Lidding Materials: Optimization Studies to Understand Seal Peel Characteristics to Different Consumer Cup Substrates

New High Barrier Lidding Materials: Optimization Studies to Understand Seal Peel Characteristics to Different Consumer Cup Substrates

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The Use of Mettallocene polyethylene in Coextruded Lamination Films, 2006 PLACE Conference

The Use of Mettallocene polyethylene in Coextruded Lamination Films, 2006 PLACE Conference

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