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 01.06.2021

High recyclate content in woven packaging made of PP

Starlinger's new backflush filter allows manufacturers of woven bags made of polypropylene tapes to use a proportion of recycled polypropylene of 50% and more

News 27.05.2021

Rolf Schlicht presents orbital cutter

The newly developed cutter MULTICUT OC-70 NG (next generation) is perfectly suited for semi-hard and hard pipes with a diameter of 5 to 70 mm for high line speeds

News 27.05.2021

Tide Rock Holdings Acquires Thermoformer PDM

Based in Centennial, CO, PDM has been a leader in custom plastic heavy-gauge thermoforming for more than 40 years

News 25.05.2021

Recycled plastic for 3D printing

Covestro and Polymaker collaborate on a polycarbonate filament made from recycled plastic

News 25.05.2021

Placon Expands Multi-Layer Material Capabilities

The laminated materials include a sealable barrier sheet that prevents moisture from passing through the container and a sealable high-barrier sheet that has an added EVOH layer to avert oxygen as well

News 25.05.2021

Maguire Offers New Bridge Breaker for High-Capacity Blenders

Automatically Actuated Hopper Device Enables Largest Maguire® Blenders to Accurately Dose Regrind, Recyclate, and Other Bridge-Prone Ingredients

News 20.05.2021

Dow and Mura Technology partner to scale new advanced recycling solution

The technology can recycle all forms of plastic – including multi-layer, flexible plastics often used in food packaging

News 20.05.2021

Conair PipeMaster™: A Cost-Effective Solution for Processing Plastic Pipe

PipeMaster™ is a complete line of downstream processing equipment and tooling in six size ranges for pipe diameters from 0.4 to 24.9 inches

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

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