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

Сase studies

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 10.09.2021

United Poly Systems Gets FM Approval

The company is now certified to manufacture FM Approved polyethylene pipe in 2–24-inch diameters

News 10.09.2021

Illinois-Based Pactiv Evergreen to Acquire a Thermoformer Fabri-Kal

The transaction, valued at approximately $380 million, is expected to close late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of this year

News 09.09.2021

Yes Recycling to produce EcoSheet in a new facility in Scotland

A state-of-the-art recycling facility in Glenrothes, Scotland will open in late October and will recycle 15,000 tonnes per annum of post-consumer plastic to produce Ecosheet, an alternative to plywood

News 09.09.2021

PET Recycling: Decontamination and IV Control in One Extrusion Step

The New MRSjump Extruder from Gneuss combines the unmatched decontamination performance of the established MRS Devolatilising Extruder with viscosity boost in only one processing step

News 09.09.2021

New Biocompounds for Extrusion and Thermoforming

With its M·VERA® grades GP4001, GP4003 and GP4005, the German company BIO-FED has developed materials for rigid packaging solutions that are easy to extrude

News 07.09.2021

Sustainable rPET cups for school milk

The joint project of Austrian school milk producers and the three Upper Austrian companies PET-MAN, Greiner Packaging and Starlinger viscotec is revolutionising the food packaging market

News 07.09.2021

Lifocolor: Antimicrobial masterbatches for effective protection

The antimicrobial effect of LIFOBACT masterbatches relies on a proven, highly effective silver ion technology

News 07.09.2021

Kruger Family Industries Announces a Growth Equity Investment

Kruger Family Industries (“KFI”) is a large heavy-gauge industrial thermoformer in North America employing approximately 1,000 people

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

Сase studies

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