United Kingdom: Food-grade HDPE recycling champion

Every HDPE milk or juice bottle that has been produced in any ALPLA plant in the United Kingdom must consist of at least 30 per cent rHDPE

News 06.04.2020

Unipetrol completes major investment in new PE unit

The Czech company has completed and officially commissioned the principal part of the construction of the new polyethylene unit (PE3)

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14.07.2021

Extrusion 5-2021

Articles

Entex: Project study temperature control variants

Liquid temperature control and the thin wall thicknesses of the planet roller extruder make it possible to heat up by up to 50% less

Articles

Kung Hsing stands out in multi-layer film extrusion

The company offers a broad selection of multi-layer co-extrusion high-speed blown film lines, monofilament production systems, and plastic recycling and washing lines

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EKO-N: Two drying concepts combined in a new drying unit

KOCH-TECHNIK, specializing in peripherals, has combined the advantages of two successful CKT and EKO drying concepts in this dryer

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Artificial vision for pipe extrusion lines

Sica has developed a quality control system to be applied to its Belling machines or stand-alone to evaluate the quality of the produced sockets

Articles

Parx: Synthetic yarn with antiviral properties

The Parx Materials technology relies on a non-toxic, body’s own, biocompatible element that is integrated in the material to modify or improve its mechanical/physical properties

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Lanxess extends use of composite material to extrusion blow molding

Continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites of the Tepex brand can now also be integrated in the production process

Articles

Autonomous operable side feeder from Entex

With the new side feeder, all safety-related and control modifications are no longer necessary: This system only requires an appropriate power supply and a suitable cooling water supply

Articles

The Lindner film examiner

This latest development for PE film recycling, the film examiner, is placed directly in front of the extrusion phase as a final process to improve product quality

News

News 20.07.2021

Aslan presents a film with holographic effect

Holographic ASLAN SE 72 is a silver self-adhesive PET-film, shimmering in the colours of the rainbow

News 20.07.2021

Polykar Breaks Ground on its New Manufacturing Facility in Edmonton

The construction of this facility is phase one of a $40 million investment to create a centre of excellence for the development of flexible and compostable packaging

Case studies

Сase studies

Recycled resin based shrink film in China

Dow and Mengniu, China’s leading dairy company, announced the successful commercialization of a collation shrink film made with Dow’s post-consumer recycled (PCR) resins in Mengniu’s product packaging