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 09.03.2021

Dow and Lucro to launch PCR polyethylene film solution in India

Lucro’s trademark Plast-E-Cycle™ process, which converts plastic waste into granules for recyclable products, helps to solve the complexity of recycling flexible plastic waste in India

News 09.03.2021

Brown Machine Group acquires GN Thermoforming

GN is the global leader in contact heat thermoformers and a growing provider of innovative form cut stack thermoforming machines

News 05.03.2021

KraussMaffei Group sells KraussMaffei Austria to Luger GmbH

KraussMaffei employees will continue to work in the new business unit KMAT Maschinen- und Service GmbH

News 05.03.2021

Pexco Acquires Altaflo and Expands the Fluoropolymer Offerings

Altaflo develops exceptional fluid handling solutions for aggressive applications and maintains a large inventory of fluoropolymer tubing and pipe

News 05.03.2021

ProAmpac Launches ProActive Recyclable® Film for Frozen Food Products

This patent-pending film is the newest member of the ProActive Sustainability® product family and has been prequalified for store drop-off recycling

News 05.03.2021

Mitsui Chemicals to Sell its Sanitary Nonwovens Production in China

This share transfer will see the Mitsui Chemicals Group concentrate its resources on two bases in Japan and Thailand

News 02.03.2021

Milliken acquires Zebra-chem

Headquartered in Bad Bentheim, Germany, Zebra-chem carries a respected portfolio of chemical blowing agent and peroxide masterbatches for application in thermoplastics and engineering plastics

News 26.02.2021

Alpla to expand its recycling activities

The company is to invest up to 50 million euros a year on average between now and 2025 in the expanding of its recycling facilities

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