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 01.04.2021

Tekni-Plex names new president and CEO

Brenda Chamulak will become company president and CEO effective June 30 as part of a planned leadership transition

News 01.04.2021

Plastic Energy Collaborates with ExxonMobil on Recycling Project in France

Project will use difficult-to-recycle plastic waste to produce high-value certified circular polymers

News 31.03.2021

New Transparent, Carbon Neutral Packaging Film from Innovia

REF30cn belongs to the Encore range of Sustainable Polypropylene packaging films and boasts a high level of certified renewable content

News 29.03.2021

Evonik launches new PEEK filament for industrial 3D applications

The high-performance polymer can be processed in common extrusion-based 3D printing technologies such as fused filament fabrication (FFF) or fused deposition modeling (FDM)

News 29.03.2021

XOL Automation to Represent Davis-Standard in Middle East and North Africa

The area of XOL’s representation includes Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia

News 29.03.2021

For greater stretchability and shrinkability: New grade of gas barrier resin from Kuraray

Used to form a multilayer structure, EVAL SC provides better support for biaxially oriented multilayer films

News 26.03.2021

Kautex to unveil new Skyreef series at Chinaplas

The new Skyreef packaging machines open the door to flexible machinery solutions based on a common platform

News 26.03.2021

Eastman to Expand Extrusion Capabilities for Interlayers

The investment in company’s Springfield, Massachusetts, manufacturing facility will strengthen Eastman’s supply capability for Saflex® polyvinyl butyral (PVB) products

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