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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Baerlocher’s stabilizers for 100%-recycled film

KNF FLEXPAK can now run 100 percent recycled film using post-industrial polyethylene (PE) film by improving its quality and consistency with Baerlocher’s BAEROPOL® T-Blend Resin Stabilizer

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NEO Group adds a 3rd production line with BKG® pelletizers from Nordson

Europe’s 2nd-largest PET supplier, NEO Group installed 4 BKG® pelletizers running smoothly after 12 years in storage

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Candi/ Calex: seventh Starlinger recycling line

The recycling company CALEX S.R.L. installed a Starlinger recycling line for post-consumer film in Satu Nou de Jos in the Romanian municipality Groși

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Photopolymer films to improve high-performance telescopes

Covestro′s Bayfol® HX films consist of a transparent carrier film on which a light-sensitive layer and an additional protective outer film are placed

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ABS-PMMA sheet line under delivery

Union to supply a new co-extrusion line for rigid optical sheet application to Italian IMPA

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India’s First with AquaFrost® Technology from Brampton Engineering

With the addition of the water-quenching system, Vishakha Polyfab will be able to improve film clarity and thermoformability

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Reifenhäuser: First RF5 line starts spinning successfully

The first line of the new RF5 generation has successfully extruded the first filaments at the nonwoven manufacturer PFN

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EDI® Autoflex™ die from Nordson to improve performance of a film line

Asia Poly Films Industries, a producer of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films, has substantially reduced downtime and increased throughput on a film line by switching to a brand-new die from Nordson

News

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

Articles

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

Articles

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