Valeron Strength Films

HOUSTON—Valéron® Strength Films, a producer of high-performance and specialty films, has formed a distributor partnership with Transilwrap Company, Inc. Transilwrap, a manufacturer and converter of plastics for more than 75 years in the thermal laminating, printing, industrial, specialty packaging, and graphic arts markets, will now distribute Valéron® and VMax ® printing films to customers throughout the United States. Transilwrap is headquartered in Franklin Park, Ill., with multiple distribution locations throughout the United States and Canada. The company is unique in the marketplace because of the diverse products they sell, and the market and sales experience accumulated over many years in service. They are

Synthetic papers are tough, but that’s just one of two key attributes that make them distinctive. The other is their ability to support high-quality printing. All applications in which synthetics are used take advantage of these qualities in one form or another. Potential uses for synthetic papers include virtually any application that requires long-term durability, says Mike Mead, marketing manager for Wausau Coated Products. “Synthetic papers are chemical-resistant, ­water-resistant, tear-resistant, and generally more durable than paper.” In addition, synthetic ­papers provide an ease of printability, he says. Paul Mitcham, director of marketing and sales support for Yupo Corporation America, concurs with

In-mold labeling (IML) is a product decoration method that has grown in popularity over the past 10 to 20 years. Why? Because it can provide lots of apple-pie type of stuff—improved quality and shelf appeal, reduced waste, reduced cost, and better durability. Who can argue with that? The IML process gets its name from how the label is applied to the plastic packaging container. The label is placed “in the mold” as the container itself is being formed. Plastic containers are produced using several different forming methods, including thermoforming, injection molding, and blow molding. To a large degree, the forming method used is

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Synthetic labeling materials are grabbing the attention of converters with their durability and versatility. WITH ITS UNIQUE shell, the nine-banded armadillo is the only mammal in the animal kingdom with armor. Made from plates of bones, its armored shell is coated with a layer of horny skin, protecting the creature from most impending harm. Even with the armored shell, this seemingly awkward animal is very versatile, able to run and even swim. Within the package-printing industry, there is a similar anomaly. Like the armadillo, synthetic labeling materials provide durability and protection for tough applications, along with added versatility. Synthetics Converters are increasingly

A growing need for security packaging opens up opportunities for converters to increase their customer base and income. THE TYLENOL MURDERS of 1982, the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, and last year's Procrit® drug scare all have something in common: they're all the result of product counterfeiting and/or tampering. Once deemed relatively harmless problems, counterfeiting and tampering have turned out to be sinister crimes that threaten public safety and encumber economies around the world. The statistics are dismal. • In a blitz this past summer, the FDA and the U.S. Customs Service found that 88 percent of drug products examined at mail facilities