Blown film production boost with new die head from W&H

Comptoir National du Plastique (CNP) in Tunisia increases production of its blown film line by 20% with a retrofit from W&H

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Improving tolerances by 30% and achieving faster startups with EDI® Automatic Die from Nordson

Nordson's Autoflex™ VI-RE die yields more uniform film, enhancing the printing and heat shrinking processes used for labels in packaging

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30.04.2025

Extrusion 3-2025

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From PET bottles straight to food contact grade r-PET packaging

In summer 2021, EREMA in collaboration with AMUT has finalized the installation and commissioning of ALTO packaging´s first extrusion line for food grade PET sheets in New Zealand

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Scientex expands with W&H FFS machinery

SGWI is based in Malaysia and is the largest heavy duty FFS film manufacturer in South East Asia

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Tomra’s sensor-based technology at Mid UK Recycling’s facility

As part of the facility’s development, 14 of the latest generation TOMRA AUTOSORT® units have been installed across two lines to enhance the sorting process

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iPul pultrusion system for Carbon TT from Stade, Germany

The newly installed pultrusion system, delivered by Pultrex (a British KraussMaffei subsidiary), produces profile parts for around 70,000 vehicle chassis annually

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Borealis Bornewables™ for reducing the climate impact of meltblown fibres production

Borealis is providing Dutch PPE Solutions with renewable PP from its Bornewables™ range of circular polyolefins

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SmartDuty PET – Ready for the italian market

Bandera’s SmartDuty® PET foil extrusion plant, launched in production on June ’21, is available for delivery starting from the end of October ‘21

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Grupo Ortiz expands PP sack production with new Starlinger machinery

The machines will be installed in Grupo Ortiz' new facility on the outskirts of Morelia in Michoacán State in Mexico during the 4th quarter of 2021

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Starlinger recoSTAR in Turkey’s textile industry

A big yarn producer Korteks, based in Bursa, Turkey, has started the production of recycled polyester filament yarn in its production facility using a Starlinger recycling line

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News 28.04.2025

UpSolv Receives FDA Clearance for Food-Grade Recycled Polystyrene

The FDA’s No Objection Letter confirms that packaging made with UpSolv’s recycled resin meets the highest standards for food safety and material quality

News 28.04.2025

Braskem to supply the upcoming bio-ethylene plant in Thailand

The new bio-ethylene plant in Thailand will almost double the existing production of Braskem's I'm greenT bio-based polyethylene globally

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Color measurement system for optimizing the plastics recycling

A research project to develop a camera-based measuring system for optimized colour formulation in plastics recycling was successfully completed at the SKZ Plastics Centre in Würzburg, Germany

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Sustainable and closed loop solutions of flame retarded plastics

The hffr-Up2Cycle project, lead by the German Fraunhofer Institute LBF, aims to increase the sustainability of plastic materials formulated with flame retardeds

Videos

Powerfil - Erema Laserfilter

With POWERFIL you can count on high-performance filters that can best master challenging filtration tasks

Videos

Why Brabender extruder liners are openable

Simon Hill (Area Sales Manager Western Europe) shows the advantages of the clamshell design of Brabender's twin-screw extruders