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 05.07.2021

ProAmpac Acquires Ultimate Packaging

Ultimate Packaging is a pioneer in flexographic and digitally-printed flexible packaging based in the United Kingdom

News 01.07.2021

Biopolymer extrusion coating with ‘edge encapsulation’

SAM North America Uses an EDI® Feedblock from Nordson to More than Double the Line Speed in Extrusion Coating of PLA and Reduce Coat Weight by 40%

News 01.07.2021

Canadian GREENMANTRA awarded to develop recycling solution for PPE waste

The Government of Canada has awarded $300,000 CN to GREENMANTRA to develop an efficient system for recycling Personal Protective Equipment

News 30.06.2021

Schur Flexibles expands by acquiring Termoplast S.r.L.

Specialising in recyclable films, Termoplast S.r.L. is one of the pioneers of sustainable film production in Europe

News 30.06.2021

Avient Offers New Grades in High-Performance Elastomers Portfolio

Two new grades within the next-generation Barricade™ elastomers product line expand the durometer range, which now spans from 50 to 90 Shore A

News 28.06.2021

GAP R&D centre and the new Blown film line

GAP has just completed a new 27 layer Blown Film Line using the microlayer technology in their Research & Development centre in Trecate, Italy

News 24.06.2021

New foam closure liners from Tri-Seal

ProTecSealsTM is a new line of polypropylene (PP) foam closure liners enables up to 100% acceptance into the material recycling stream at municipal recycling facilities

News 23.06.2021

For a better circular economy

Canadian Soleno has acquired Plastiques VPC, a start-up specializing in the recycling of oil-contaminated plastics

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

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