Newpage Wisconsin System, Inc.

Newpage Corporation

Verso Minnesota Wisconsin LLC

Gopal Iyengar

Gerald W Lowe

Robert L Schade

Joseph E Briganti

Thomas Borchardt

Gerald Lowe

Release liner substrates and release liners produced therefrom wherein the substrate includes a coating layer containing a binder and a hyperplatey talc. The release liner may comprise a release liner substrate with a binder and a hyperplatey talc coating and a silicone coating applied to the substrate coating. In accordance with certain aspects, the binder may comprise a carboxylated latex binder.

Coated release liner substrate

Bio-degradable, high-barrier packaging materials and methods for production are provided. The present high-barrier packaging materials include a substrate having a print side and a back side, a coating having nano pigments on the print side and a metalized film applied to the back side with a binding layer. Preferably, at least one of the metalized film and the binding layer includes polylactic acid. Moreover, the back side preferably also includes a polylactic acid heat seal layer.

Substantially biodegradable and compostable high-barrier packaging material and methods for production

A multifunctional identification label comprises a paper substrate formed from a cellulose furnish including 1 to 2.5 percent of a wet strength resin and a rosin size. A front side of the substrate is machine glazed, coated with a print receptive coating, and printed with a bar code. The back side of the substrate has a coating comprising one or more pigments selected from the group of clay, magadite and mixtures thereof, a binder, and 1 to 2.5 parts by dry weight of pigment of a salt. A conductive ink antenna is printed on the back side coating. A RFID chip is secured to the back side of the coated substrate and electrically connected to the antenna. Embodiments of the invention include a pressure sensitive adhesive label including RFID and bar code identification, a ticket adapted for printing on both sides incorporating RFID identification, and an RFID insert.

Multifunctional paper identification label

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Stevens Point, WI, United States of America

Gopal Iyengar