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Fiber-Based Solutions: Sustana Mill Optimization for Dry Bale Production, Paper360º March/April 2024

How China Came to Dominate Market for Lithium Batteries, Paper360º May/June 2022

Multilayering of conventional latex-based dispersion coatings containing small amounts of silica nanospheres: Runnability on a pilot scale flexographic coater and barrier performance, TAPPI Journal November 2023

ABSTRACT: The addition of functional coatings to packaging materials is a key requirement for increasing their performance and creating innovative packaging solutions. Flexography, a cost-effective printing method commonly used to print information and graphics directly onto a wide variety of packaging substrates, shows good potential for applying functional coatings. In this study, conventional clay-latex coating formulations containing approximately 1.3 wt% silica nanospheres were applied to a linerboard using a pilot scale flexographic printing web press. The performance of multilayered silica nanosphere-based coatings was compared with conventional coatings containing talc and/or wax dispersion in terms of coating grammage, runnability, and barrier performance. Coating grammage increased with an increased number of coating layers and a significant decrease in both the water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) and the direct water uptake of water (Cobb 120 wettability test) was observed for coatings containing silica nanoparticles. In general, the silica nanosphere-based coatings performed better than talc-based coatings. Talc/wax-based coatings had the highest variation in surface roughness due to an uneven distribution and variations of coating layers.

The Paper360° Top 75, Paper360º November/December 2022

The European Industry: Plenty of Challenges and Opportunities, Paper360º March/April 2020

The European Industry: Plenty of Challenges and Opportunities, Paper360º March/April 2020

GBP’s Paul Bucek Honored with First SLY Award, Paper360º January/February 2020

GBP’s Paul Bucek Honored with First SLY Award, Paper360º January/February 2020

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2020 TAPPI/PIMA Awards:, Paper360º May/June 2020

2020 TAPPI/PIMA Awards:, Paper360º May/June 2020

Leading our Industry, Paper360º May/June 2018

Leading our Industry, Paper360º May/June 2018