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 27.08.2021

Benvic buys Chemres, a specialty US compounder

The combination with Princeton-based Chemres will allow Benvic to enter the US market and strengthen its exposure to the medical sector

News 26.08.2021

C-P Flexible Packaging Makes Two Acquisitions

Both of the acquired companies specialize in manufacturing flexible rollstock and pre-made pouches used in cleanroom environments

News 24.08.2021

Alpla acquires packaging manufacturer from Austria

In acquiring all the shares in the packaging manufacturer Wolf Plastics Group ALPLA intends to use the company’s expertise, in particular in the manufacture of plastic buckets and canisters

News 19.08.2021

Braskem launches new PE resin in the rigid packaging segment

Company presents a new, 100% recyclable grade in the Braskem Rigeo family, aimed at rigidity, and resistance to impact and breakage under environmental stress

News 18.08.2021

Davis-Standard’s Elastomer Solutions at RubberTech China

The exhibit will highlight innovative solutions including the new model 4000AG (automatic) crosshead as well as the company’s expanded manufacturing space at Davis-Standard (Suzhou) Machinery Co., Ltd

News 17.08.2021

Sulzer and Wageningen partner for bio-based foamed materials

The global process technology specialist and research institute are combining their capabilities to develop new methods to produce competitive bio-based foamed polymers

News 17.08.2021

Mechanically recycled polystyrene from Ineos and Tomra

Production of the new “Styrolution® PS ECO 440” is based on TOMRA’s high-quality NIR sorting process delivering a polystyrene purity of more than 99.9%

News 17.08.2021

Sabic and DSM to create Dyneema® products from circular polymers

In this pilot project, DSM will produce Dyneema®, an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (HMPE) made using SABIC’s certified circular ethylene

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