Full-body labels now appear on formed cups.Full-body shrink labels, which are brightening up the shelf appeal of today's blow molded packaging, now are embellishing thermoformed products, too. Pinar, a Turkish dairy-products company, is using PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. full-body shrink labels on PP and PS dessert cups that are designed and formed by Huhtamaki Turkey in Istanbul. The initial application is for 2.6- to 4.7-in. diam. containers that Pinar uses for a line of dairy-based mousse products. Shrink sleeves designed by Huhtamaki incorporate adhesion points on the inner surface that activate at 340 to 390 F after containers enter the shrink tunnel. The applicator ap·pli·ca·tor n. An instrument for applying something, such as a medication. applicator, n a device for applying medication; usually a slender rod of glass or wood, used with a pledget of cotton on the end. equipment runs at 90 pieces/min for cups of up to 5 in. diam. and 10 in. high. Currently, only circular cups can accept shrink sleeves. Container walls must be stiff enough to withstand deformation deformation /de·for·ma·tion/ (de?for-ma´shun) 1. in dysmorphology, a type of structural defect characterized by the abnormal form or position of a body part, caused by a nondisruptive mechanical force. 2. due to high shrink forces experienced in the heat tunnel. Huhtamaki Americas is based in De Soto de So·to , Hernando or Fernando 1496?-1542. Spanish explorer who landed in Florida in 1539 with 600 men and set out to search for the fabled riches of the north. , Kan. Tel: (913) 583-3025; www.us.huhtamaki.com |
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