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 16.04.2021

Reifenhäuser acquires air cooling ring specialist Kdesign

With this purchase Reifenhäuser Group expands its in-house expertise in cooling, controlling, measuring and calibrating blown films

News 16.04.2021

C+K Plastics acquires a thermoformer from North Carolina

The acquisition gives the larger C+K organization access to Piedmont's more than 95,000 ft2 of manufacturing space

News 15.04.2021

A material series for exterior automotive applications from Kraiburg TPE

The highlight: With at least a 20% proportion of postindustrial recycled materials, the compounds meet the OEMs’ high requirements

News 13.04.2021

DOMO introduces black plastics for laser welding

A new product family PA66 based black plastics suitable for laser welding, a technology that is increasingly used in joining together thermoplastic parts

News 13.04.2021

Avient Launches ColorMatrix™ Optica™ Specialty Toners for PC

ColorMatrix Optica for PC toners offer exceptional visual clarity, color consistency, and color dispersion in transparent PC resins

News 13.04.2021

Bandera US will now serve the North American market

Together with the offices in China, Indonesia, South America and Italy, the new office will allow a better global management of sales technical assistance and spare parts services

News 13.04.2021

Solvay's new corrugated tubing technology

Ryton® PPS replaces metal and rubber in automotive thermal management systems

News 09.04.2021

Polycarbonate sheets: Exolon® instead of Makrolon®

The brand name will firstly change for the multiwall sheet range from May 2021, followed by the solid sheet range in July 2021

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