In-house barrier and adhesion measuring for film producers and converters

Bobst Manchester's Centre of Excellence for High Barrier for metallizing trials offers the companies to test their film using the latest measuring equipment

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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

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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

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09.04.2020

Extrusion International USA 1-2020

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3-Layer blown film – 12% Material Savings

Many extrusion companies can employ the LineMaster™ system from Maguire to enhance product consistency, save on raw material, shorten setup times, and reduce scrap

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When Excellence chooses Excellence

Montello S.p.A., based near Bergamo, Italy, uses the latest sensor-based technology of 40 TOMRA machines to give a new lease of life to tonnes of post-consumer plastic arriving from Lombardy

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First VAREX II nine-layer extrusion line conquers Colombia

The Plastilene Group has recently been serving the demanding market for barrier and protective films with a VAREX II extrusion line measuring 2,600 in width from Windmöller & Hölscher

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Russian producer with 63 POLYSTAR machines

Up until now, a Russian company has already installed 60 blown film extrusion and 3 recycling machines from POLYSTAR in St. Petersburg with more machines on the way

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New cutter hub for pelletizing from Nordson

According to Bischof + Klein, the new-design cutter hubs increased the lifespan of blades from 3 days to nearly 3 weeks

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Customized system for 5-layer PP-R pipe with fiberglass

A special concept for manufacturing 5-layer PP-R pipes with fiberglass reinforcement was developed by KraussMaffei Berstorff in close collaboration with Poloplast GmbH

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ips supplies the 1000th system for underwater pelletizing

With the ips-SGU 120/2 HS, high-quality plastic pellets are to be produced from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) residues

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Cyklop® uses screen changer from Nordson to boost productivity and cut costs

Nordson's BKG® HiCon™ V-Type 3G Screen Changer reduces number of screen changes and amount of backflush waste while yielding uniform melt flow

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News 09.04.2020

Oerlikon Nonwoven large-scale meltblown sold to Asia

The recently-signed contract comprises a 2-beam system for manufacturing filtration nonwovens with a nominal capacity of up to 1,200 tons of nonwovens a year

News 08.04.2020

MSC Software to drive innovation with new CTO, Bruce Engelmann

In this role, Engelmann will lead research and development and be responsible for technology leadership and solutions development across the complete MSC design and engineering product line

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Balzanelli: Coiling in line and Coiling off line Solutions

Market demands and customized solutions have always been at the core of FB Balzanelli, largely recognized as a leader in the manufacturing of coiling machines