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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30.04.2025

Extrusion 3-2025

News

News 02.06.2020

Postponement of Taipei Int’l Plastics & Rubber Industry Show 2020 (TaipeiPLAS)

The new dates will be announced until further notice

News 01.06.2020

Cancellation of IPF Japan 2020

The fair, planned for the October this year, will be held in autumn 2023 as scheduled

News 28.05.2020

Dow and Doxa Plast to deliver stretch films made with renewable resources

Bio-based stretch films address brand owners’ increasing demand for renewable plastics that reduce carbon footprint without compromising performance

News 28.05.2020

Berry to invest in new meltblown capacity in South America

The investment will bring more than 400 metric tons of Meltex™ meltblown nonwoven material to the region, which will enable production of more than 500 million surgical-grade masks per year

News 27.05.2020

PolyOne’s crosslinkable Barricade™ elastomers for hoses and tubing

This elastomer offers high-temperature compression set performance, easier processing, and a lighter weight solution when compared to conventional materials

News 26.05.2020

Nordson boosts productivity of their extrusion coating die

Simplified mechanisms for Nordson’s widely used EPC™ die streamline the adjustment of coating width while reducing the size of edge bead

News 26.05.2020

Mondi to produce melt blown nonwoven fabric and face masks in Germany

The new lines will have a capacity to produce more than one million surgical face masks (EU Standard Type IIR) per day

News 22.05.2020

Bobst launches the NOVA SX 550 laminator

The NOVA SX 550 laminator is a plug and play machine designed to deliver cost-effective performance for all production lengths on a wide range of substrates and thickness

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

Mexico's converter chooses Vetaphone

One of Mexico’s leading narrow web converters of labels and shrink sleeves, Promographic & Design, has fitted Vetaphone corona technology to its Nilpeter flexo and HP Indigo digital presses

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

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