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 26.10.2020

Braskem launches portfolio for 3D printing in South America

Polypropylene filaments, pellets and powder can be used in industrial and desktop printers to make processes more versatile and to make more resistant and stable pieces

News 26.10.2020

Kautex Maschinenbau: focus on smart solutions and sustainability

The market leader in the field of extrusion blow molding technology is going to modernize and extend its portfolio for the packaging sector significantly over the next few months

News 23.10.2020

RKW supports “Seas without Plastics” with EUR 5,000

A cash donation of EUR 5,000 has now been granted to the project "Oceans without plastic" of NABU Germany

News 23.10.2020

Elix Polymers and Repsol to partner for a circular economy

The agreement will allow to implement a collaborative framework that includes the commitment to supply ISCC PLUS-certified recycled styrene on a regular basis as from 2021

News 21.10.2020

Ineos Styrolution receives funding to research plastics recycling

Working together with leading European research institutes in the project will allow the company to build up expertise related to recycling via dissolution

News 21.10.2020

New TM 500 drum mill for pulverizing large sample quantities

With the TM 500 drum mill RETSCH has developed an instrument that grinds up to 35 liters of sample to a fineness of 15 µm; the maximum feed size is 20 mm

News 20.10.2020

Cosmo Films presents BOPP thermal lamination film

The antimicrobial technology used in this film tackles the globally growing problem of bacterial infections on packaged items

News 20.10.2020

Latin America’s film production giant is expanding again

In November 2020, Oben Holding Group, Peru, and Brückner Maschinenbau will start South America’s first 4-layer 10.4 m high-speed BOPP line in their new greenfield film factory in Barranquilla, Colombia

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

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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

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