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 13.08.2021

Evergreen is getting an investment to expand its bottle-to-bottle recycling

The $5 million investment is part of Evergreen’s $22 million expansion project that will grow operations and double production capacity by 2022

News 13.08.2021

Uponor Expanding Manufacturing Capacity in US Facilities

To help meet growing demands for PEX pipe, Uponor North America is expanding its manufacturing capacity in Minnesota and Hutchinson

News 13.08.2021

PureCycle to build new PP recycling facility in Georgia

The 200-acre location in Augusta Corporate Park will create over 80 manufacturing jobs with an initial $440 million investment and 130 million pounds of capacity during Phase 1 of the project

News 10.08.2021

Pre-dispersion like a Pro

With the new NETZSCH ProPhi pre-grinding unit, a significant increase in production capacity with high reproducibility as well as considerable energy savings are achieved

News 09.08.2021

Circular Economy at Fakuma 2021

The 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing extends its invitation to the live trade fair in Friedrichshafen from the 12th through the 16th of October, 2021

News 09.08.2021

Toray Opens Resins Technical Center in Munich

The new Resins Technical Center will offer materials with high tracking performance and heat cycle resistance and provide support analysis on crack prevention

News 09.08.2021

Huhtamaki to launch next generation tube laminates with renewable content

The tube is developed in partnership with LyondellBasell, Plastuni Lisses and Groupe Rocher for use in cosmetics and food sectors

News 06.08.2021

Hosokawa Alpine introduces new high-performance film winder

The AW winder allows working widths of 1,000 to 3,000 mm and a roll diameter of up to 1,500 mm; the winding speed is up to 300 m/min with a maximum tensile force of 250 N

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