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 15.05.2020

Thermoformer Placon forged face shield alliance

The PPE face shield subcomponents are shipping daily and sometimes twice a day to keep up with demand

News 14.05.2020

ICMA co-rotating extruder for advanced PP and HDPE recycling

The Milanese manufacturer has successfully tested a new recycling line to be installed at a major Italian group active in the industrial components sector

News 12.05.2020

Kautex appoints Michael Müller as new global sales manager for the packaging division

Kautex as world's leading system providers in extrusion blow molding technology, occupies another key role in its global leadership team

News 12.05.2020

SIAF Guangzhou & Asiamold 2020 confirm new date of 11 – 13 August

Postponed from their original date in February due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the fairs will be held again at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou

News 12.05.2020

Sibur to offer polyethylene grades for infusion solutions

R&D centre of Russian company SIBUR has developed new low-density polyethylene (LDPE) grades that can be used in packaging for infusion solutions

News 12.05.2020

UNION celebrates the 70th anniversary

On May 12 UNION OFFICINE MECCANICHE thanks all those who in these 70 years have contributed to the growth and development of the company

News 07.05.2020

Mitsui to boost production capacity for APEL™, cyclic olefin copolymer

The company announced that it would establish a new plant within Osaka Works, Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture, to produce the APEL™ series of cyclic olefin copolymers

News 06.05.2020

New CEO at Austrian plastics recycling machines manufacturer NGR

As of May 1, Wolfgang Steinwender took over as CEO of the successful Austrian plastics recycling machines manufacturer

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