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 05.08.2021

Trinseo to Acquire Producer of Acrylic Sheets Aristech Surfaces LLC

Purchase price is $445 million; the transaction is expected to generate approximately $10 million in annual pretax cost synergies by 2024

News 03.08.2021

SK chemicals and Huvis to produce polyester yarn with chemical recycling technology

SK chemicals will produce and supply chemical-recycled PET bottles (CR PET) which will be used by Huvis to create “chemical-recycled” yarn products

News 03.08.2021

ProAmpac Acquires Euroflex

Euroflex is a family-owned business based in Ireland that produces a broad portfolio of flexible printed film, lamination and pouching packaging solutions

News 03.08.2021

LyondellBasell’s technology selected for Jiangsu Fenghai complex in China

Using Spheripol and Hostalen ACP processes, Jiangsu Fenghai will be able to produce polypropylene (PP) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) products

News 03.08.2021

Alpla backing biodegradable materials

With its acquisition of a significant minority stake in the Slovak company Panara a.s., ALPLA Group is stepping up its activities in the research field of sustainable raw materials for packaging

News 29.07.2021

Joining forces to produce sustainable flexible packaging

Using advanced recycling technology from Plastic Energy, TotalEnergies will supply Jindal Films with Certified Circular Polypropylene produced from post-consumer plastic waste

News 29.07.2021

PTi: New Die Splitting Cart

uCAMS™ Delivers Safety and Simplicity to the Die Cleaning, Maintenance and Assembly Process

News 29.07.2021

Three units for fundamental chemicals completed in Texas

Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, a joint venture of ExxonMobil and SABIC, located near Corpus Christi, Texas, has reached mechanical completion of a monoethylene glycol unit and two polyethylene units

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

Videos

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