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 18.11.2020

Larger thermoplastic components from recycled plastic

DIEFFENBACHER supplies US customer with LFT-D plant that includes Fiberpress hydraulic press and uses a modified extrusion technology upstream of the press

News 17.11.2020

Nuvae Healthcare and Constantia Flexibles launch a fully recyclable packaging

EcoLamPlus laminate is one of Constantia Flexibles’ products in the monopolymer EcoLam packaging family based on PE

News 17.11.2020

A novel approach to passport and ID card concepts

Covestro will be explaining the latest developments in passport and ID concepts at the virtual conference "Identity Week 2020" in November this year

News 16.11.2020

Avient opens CycleWorks Innovation Center

The new lab and plant will conduct cutting edge chemistry testing and evaluations to help customers tackle and overcome the challenge of plastics recycling and the goal of a circular economy

News 16.11.2020

Tubi USA launches modular extrusion plants for on-site production of HDPE pipe

Breakthrough system reduces operational costs for mining, oil and gas, water, wastewater, and irrigation infrastructure projects

News 13.11.2020

High-barrier mono-polyethylene solutions for 100% recyclable flexible packaging

Premium performance films for sustainable food packaging were jointly developed by RKW and SAES Coated Films

News 13.11.2020

Plant modernization and space expansion for Rowa Masterbatch

The production equipment is being modernized with the addition of a Coperion ZSK 32 extruder, which will be put into operation this autumn

News 13.11.2020

New Plaswood furniture makes social distancing sociable

A new range of outdoor furniture, made from recycled plastic, has been launched by Plaswood, a brand of Berry Global

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