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 22.05.2020

Coexpan takes part in he polystyrene recycling project in France

COEXPAN is participating in the French RECYQUALIPSO initiative led by Syndifrais (French Union of Fresh Dairy Product Manufacturers)

News 22.05.2020

Borealis supports Austrian face mask initiatives

Meltblown pilot line was transformed in record time to increase supply of polypropylene (PP) filtration fabrics for high-quality face masks to support the regional population

News 21.05.2020

Steinert presented new NIR sorter UniSort Film

The sorter with innovative belt cover is designed for films, paper and fibres

News 21.05.2020

BASF and Security Matters collaborate towards a circular economy

Proprietary technology from Security Matters to improve the traceability and sorting of plastics in the value chain

News 21.05.2020

Braskem to launch additive manufacturing product portfolio

Among other products, there are polypropylene for fused filament fabrication and industrial scale pellet extrusion

News 18.05.2020

Ampacet launches antiscratch additive

The new additive, AntiScratch ABS 6000047-E enhances the surface appearance of styrenic plastics

News 18.05.2020

Alpla builds new plant in Lanseria

Production site near Johannesburg bundles activities from five existing plants

News 15.05.2020

Berry announces new meltblown capacity in Germany

The new asset is expected to be operational in October 2020 and will be placed in Europe at Berry’s existing production facility in Berlin

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