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 16.12.2024

Steve Andrews named as CEO of Davis-Standard

Before joining Davis-Standard, Mr. Andrews served in several prominent leadership roles across a broad range of industrial end markets

News 16.12.2024

Expansion of Nu-Vu Conair Production site in India

The company is active in the design and production of innovative and competitive automation solutions for the production of technical polymers in India

News 16.12.2024

Placon Expands Production Capacity in Plymouth, MN

The newly added capacity at the Plymouth facility will allow Placon to increase production of the company’s popular line of Fresh ‘N Clear catering trays and lids

News 16.12.2024

Nelipak Opens First North American Flexible Packaging Production Site

The new site in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is a 110,000 square-foot, new construction Class-A industrial building purpose-built to Nelipak’s specifications for healthcare packaging production

News 13.12.2024

Evonik with a leaner Group structure

Under the new structure, which will take effect on April 1, 2025, the Group will organize its business lines in two new segments: Custom Solutions and Advanced Technologies

News 09.12.2024

Ineos to sell its Composite Divisions to KPS Capital Partners

The business has combined sales of more than €800m per year and employs c. 900 employees across 17 sites and 3 technology centres in Europe, North and South America, Asia and the Middle East

News 09.12.2024

Trex has a new distributor in Canada

Alexandria Moulding, a Specialty Building Products (SBP) brand, brings a wealth of sales, marketing and supply chain expertise to the partnership

News 09.12.2024

Aurora Material Solutions Acquires Recycler Lastique

This acquisition marks the seventh transaction by Aurora since 2017, the company will now employ close to 500 people across nine sites throughout North America

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