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

News 06.04.2020

Unipetrol completes major investment in new PE unit

The Czech company has completed and officially commissioned the principal part of the construction of the new polyethylene unit (PE3)

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29.06.2020

Extrusion International USA 3-2020

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Italian quality for mixing the thermosetting resins

Six horizontal mixers were replaced with three new FX-2500 High Speed Mixers, destined to the mixing of thermosetting resins with pigments, fillers and additives

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Creating a new soft nonwoven fabric

JOFO (Weifang) Nonwovens Co., Ltd. has created a new differentiated nonwoven fabric by increasing the dosage of Vistamaxx™ performance polymers in a formulation with an ExxonMobil™ PP resin

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Gneuss MRS Technology in Dubai: From bottle flakes to PET strap - ping tapes

CONSENT Plastic, a company of the Arabian CONSENT GROUP, is the leading producer of strapping tapes and PET flakes in the Middle East

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FLXT foam from CMT Materials for improving the quality of thermoforming

Productive Plastics has chosen HYTAC FLXT as a new plug/pusher assembly to improve quality and consistency

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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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News 02.07.2020

Collin's first melt blown pilot line for non-woven fabrics

This line consists of one approved Extruder E 25 P with spinneret for the production of finest fibres

News 01.07.2020

SC Johnson: New Mr Muscle® bottle made from 100% recycled ocean-bound plastic

The new line of bottles are now available from Wilko and Amazon, and will be rolling out to more stores in the coming months

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EPS-SURE, the polystyrene recycling project concludes with success

The project with participation of COEXPAN focuses on a system for the collection, pre-treatment, and recycling of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) waste for its subsequent use in new PS food packaging