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 13.05.2022

UFP Industries adds plastic recycling to its operations

Tipton-based Cedar Poly is a full-service recycler of high-density and low-density polyethylene (HDPE and LDPE) flakes and pellets

News 13.05.2022

good natured Acquires Thermoformer FormTex Plastics

good natured® is expected to supply FormTex’s extruded rollstock sheet requirements from its Ex-Tech facility

News 11.05.2022

Reifenhäuser: Food-safe sheet from PET recyclate

A new production process allows PET recyclate to be processed directly into food-safe sheet without an upstream drying process

News 10.05.2022

Arkema Introduces New Thermal Stabilizer for PMMA

By enabling higher processing temperature and higher throughput, while reducing defects and VOCs, Tippox^TM 2028 stabilizer saves customers on operational costs

News 10.05.2022

Avery Dennison to invest in its packaging capacities in Europe

The investments in facilities in France and Luxembourg are aimed at expanding the company′s manufacturing capacity and improving factory efficiency

News 06.05.2022

Exco Technologies Acquired Halex Extrusion Dies

Halex will complement Exco’s six existing extrusion die operations, located in Canada, USA (2), Mexico, Colombia and Brazil

News 06.05.2022

New Nitrile Glove Manufacturing Facility in Ontario

The new plant of Medicom represents an initial investment of over $120 million and will produce more than one billion nitrile gloves each year

News 06.05.2022

Circular Economy for Flexible Films in Minnesota

The new initiative will expand film recycling infrastructure and the supply of recycled resin for use in new products, whereby a state-of-the-art flexible film recycling plant is slated for Minnesota

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

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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

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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