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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PET bottle recycling solution from a single source

Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim deliver bottle-to-bottle recycling plant to Magpet

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Downgauging for nonwovens

Thanks to Reifenhäuser Reicofil 5-Bico technology, spunbonded nonwovens can be produced with up to 20 percent less weight per unit area

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Extremely high throughput and recovery levels

TOMRA's technology enables Sackers to achieve 99% recovery of non-ferrous metal

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The power of 117 recycled PET bottles

Spanish FIBC manufacturer CLIMESA produces big bags made of rPET with Starlinger technology

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LDPE film recycling with WEIMA shredder at RKW in Belgium

At the Hoogstraten site in Belgium, RKW has recently started using a WEIMA W5.18 single-shaft shredder and primarily shreds LDPE film waste from production as well as externally purchased film

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Sikora’s measuring system in Thailand

As the only company in Thailand, Thai-Asia P.E. Pipe offers the largest HDPE pipes with a product diameter of up to 2,000 mm

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Hexachase chooses Vetaphone technology for its Nordmeccanica laminator

Hexachase Flexipack has installed a Nordmeccanica Super Simplex laminator fitted with Vetaphone corona technology at its production facility in Cheng, Melaka

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TS Plastics chooses Vetaphone corona for Webcontrol laminator

REcently, Malaysia-based TS Plastics has installed an 800mm wide Webcontrol laminating machine and chose to fit Vetaphone corona technology for the first time

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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

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