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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News 09.06.2022

Wacker to Increase Global Production Capacity for Silicone Rubber

Over € 100 million have been earmarked for this capacity boost

News 07.06.2022

Oerlikon Barmag – focus on pumps

The Swiss company is showcasing its precision metering pumps at this year’s ACHEMA between August 22 and 26, 2022 in Frankfurt

News 07.06.2022

Ampacet extends its carbon-free Rec-NIR-Black masterbatch range

Rec-NIR-Black masterbatches are near-infrared (NIR) transparent to allow sorting with near-infrared optical sensors

News 03.06.2022

Braskem partners for the development of stand-up pouches with PCR content

Initiative with Antilhas, Gualapack and Terphane enables an alternative to brands requiring barrier packaging made from recycled raw material

News 02.06.2022

Lanxess and Advent International establish a joint venture for high-performance plastics

With this goal, Engineering Materials business should be acquired from DSM to be transferred into joint venture

News 31.05.2022

TekniPlex Launches Sustainable PET Processor Tray Line

New trays are made of 100% PET, and contain up to 50% postindustrial recycled content

News 31.05.2022

Next-Generation Gear Reducer from Davis-Standard

The reducer fulfills a variety of extrusion requirements, including those with high and low torque, speeds and extrusion pressures

News 31.05.2022

In Scandinavia CMG relies on two new distributors

KD Feddersen and Protec Scandinavia have their bases in Värnamo, Sweden, and Trondheim, Norway

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

Articles

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

Case studies

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A clear commitment to film production in Europe

Plastchim-T, a Bulgarian manufacturer of biaxially oriented polypropylene films, orders a new Brückner 8.7m wide 5-layer BOPP film line

Сase studies

Cost savings with ultrasonic measuring system from Zumbach

SWM International, based in Richland, Philadelphia, USA, achieved $40,000 cost savings in 1 Year using UMAC® ultrasonic measuring system from Zumbach Electronic

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