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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BOBST K4000 with Hawkeye installed at IG Design Group UK Ltd

The BOBST K4000 is used as part of the Transfer Metallizing process developed by IG Design Group to manufacture gift wrap

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Minger counts on Sikora’s inspection and sorting system

Since 2018, the family owned company located in Appenzell/Switzerland has been using the PURITY SCANNER ADVANCED, an online inspection and sorting system from SIKORA

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PBS Plastics cuts downtime 71% with Dyna-Purge® D2

PBS Plastics began using Dyna-Purge® D2 engineered purging compound before removing the screw, thus cutting 10 hours off of the previous down time

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Line to produce HDPE rigid sheet from Union

New extrusion line for the production of HDPE rigid sheet line from 5 to 25mm thickness and 2.500mm width delivered to customer

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Welex Evolution® thin-gauge PET/PP sheet line for Pro Ex Extrusion

The dual-resin line features a J-stack configuration with roll-skewing and electric gap adjustment under full hydraulic load

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Colines cooperates with stretch film producer in Vietnam

A few months ago, Ky-Phat, the company based in Ho Chi Minh City, started the brand new "ALLrollEX 1500" 5-layer cast line for stretch film production made by COLINES

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British packaging manufacturer won over by barrier technology from Reifenhäuser CSC

Earlier this year, packaging specialist RPC Bebo Plastik put into operation a multi-layer extrusion line for the production of barrier films

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HDPE pipeline saves hundreds of flange connections

Due to time and cost savings, the main contractors in Singapore opted for the AGRULINE piping system entirely made of HDPE for safe waste water transport

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

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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