Converting Magazine

High-tech film simplicity
To do things with films that haven't been done before,” says product development manager Eric Bartholomay, summing up what drives Toray Plastics (America), Inc. “And by doing that, make films more economical or with better performance.” Amid the ever-shifting tides of the plastic-film business—industry consolidation, skyrocketing cost increases, foreign competition, and ...

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