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 15.12.2020

RKW Group relocates Headquarters to Mannheim

With a new corporate headquarters, the RKW Group is continuing the process of strategic realignment begun in 2020

News 11.12.2020

What is Haze and Why It’s So Important in Film Production?

Changes in the haze level can indicate problems with your process conditions, such as cooling too fast/slow, shear, flow issues, plasma surface treatment, variation in regrind content

News 11.12.2020

German recycling technology in Brazil

Braskem partners with Valoren, a developer and operator of technologies for transforming waste for the production of high-quality recycled resins

News 09.12.2020

Optimized raw material management for cost savings

The Promix Visco-P viscosity measurement system provides control of the raw material composition, thereby optimizing raw material quality

News 08.12.2020

Solids & Recycling-Technik in Dortmund will take place in June 2021

In view of the extended partial lockdown, exhibitors at Solids & Recycling-Technik are in favour of postponing the industry event to 16th and 17th June 2021

News 07.12.2020

ProAmpac acquires Rosenbloom Groupe Inc., Hymopack Ltd. and Dyne-A-Pak

With this acquisition, ProAmpac expands its manufacturing capabilities and broadens the product offering

News 07.12.2020

Gore and BIONIC® Yarn collaborate on recycled textile development

Gore recently made an equity investment in BIONIC® to help streamline its fiber supply chain and grow its Costa Rica operation

News 07.12.2020

TaipeiPLAS and ShoeTech Taipei rescheduled

The exhibitions, originally scheduled in September 2020, have been postponed to be held at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center from September 28 to October 2, 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