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

Sica Starbell 630 automatic beller and Masterfit 630 IL inserter unit

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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

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Taking PET recycling quality to next level

Doğa PET in Türkiye is using TOMRA Recycling’s sensor-based sorting solutions to produce high-quality PET flakes and rPET granules suitable for food and textile applications

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Mexico's converter chooses Vetaphone

One of Mexico’s leading narrow web converters of labels and shrink sleeves, Promographic & Design, has fitted Vetaphone corona technology to its Nilpeter flexo and HP Indigo digital presses

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Powerfil - Erema Laserfilter

With POWERFIL you can count on high-performance filters that can best master challenging filtration tasks

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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

A new high-performance LLDPE tie-layer from LyondellBasell

While excelling in shrink film, Plexar PX3990 can also be a viable solution for many demanding applications in the oxygen barrier co-extrusion film market

News 20.03.2025

A solution for manufacturing efficiency and faster biodegradability of BOPLA films

Using a new platform of Ingeo™ PLA polymers from NatureWorks, biaxial film manufacturers can produce BOPLA with transverse direction stretch up to 7x

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From Foil to Foam

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have developed a foil that changes into polyurethane foam (PU foam) when heated – entirely without health risks

News 17.01.2025

Plasmatreat: New Openair-Plasma system for EPDM profiles

The system offers manufacturers in the automotive industry an efficient, clean, environmentally friendly and highly compact solution for the surface pretreatment of EPDM/TPE profiles

News 14.10.2024

Sustainable packaging made with Bio-PE from used cooking oil

The process starts with collection of used cooling oil from Lamb Weston’s production which is then converted to bio- feedstock to produce bio-renewable SABIC® HDPE and SUPEER™ metallocene LLDPE