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 31.12.2020

Fuji Seal to build a packaging plant in North Carolina

Construction is planned to begin in May 2021, shrink labels will be produced

News 29.12.2020

Sibur starts manufacturing new PP grades to produce raffia

The new grades greatly speed up the processing equipment performance owing to an improved melt flow rate, thus boosting production by up to 15% for heavy threads and by up to 23% for light threads

News 29.12.2020

Starlinger doubles production capacity for plastics recycling systems

At the new site of the company in Schwerin, the largest PET processing systems sold by Starlinger recycling technology are assembled

News 28.12.2020

Davis-Standard Presents Model 4000AG Fully Automated Crosshead

It delivers closed loop, stepper-driven automatic control of tube concentricity and wall thickness in a hands-free, low maintenance package

News 25.12.2020

Graphene nanotubes in Canada and Mexico

OCSiAl′s solutions for high-performance composites and coatings expand to North America

News 24.12.2020

Novel meat packaging made from post-consumer plastics

DSM, SABIC, Cepsa, Fibrant, and Viscofan have together created a multi-barrier casing for meat products made via advanced recycling of mixed post-consumer plastics

News 22.12.2020

ProAmpac introduces recyclable paper-touch flexible packaging

This enhanced innovation utilizes ProActive Recyclable film that is flexographically coated with Signature Surfaces Paper Touch coating

News 22.12.2020

Berry Global and Repsol to boost circular plastics in packaging

Spanish multi-energy global company Repsol will supply Berry with ISCC Plus certified circular polyolefins from its Repsol Reciclex® range

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