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 29.04.2020

ER-WE-PA customizes calender unit for adhesives

A Davis-Standard’s German subsidiary recently installed a custom five-roller calender unit for a global adhesive tape manufacturer

News 29.04.2020

New additive for PET haze reduction and recyclability improvement

PolyOne announced the launch of ColorMatrix™ Amosorb™ 4020G, a non-nylon based, low-haze oxygen scavenger for PET rigid packaging

News 29.04.2020

Powtech India postponed to February 2021

The show will now take place parallel to HPCI India on 11–12 February 2021 in Mumbai

News 24.04.2020

Solids & Recycling-Technik in Dortmund is postponed

All tickets and registrations purchased so far will remain valid and can be used to visit the trade show duo on the alternative dates in spring next year

News 24.04.2020

Postponement and venue change of Chinaplas

The show will be further postponed from 3-6 August 2020 to 13-16 April 2021, and the venue will be changed to Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center in Shenzhen

News 23.04.2020

KraussMaffei have resumed operation after Corona break

On Monday, 20 April 2020, the corona-related closures of company's German sites have ended

News 23.04.2020

ExxonMobil boosts production of raw materials for medical equipment

Specialized polypropylene monthly production increased by 1,000 tonnes; enough to make 200 million masks or 20 million gowns

News 21.04.2020

Brabender's TwinLab-C 20/40: Compounding system on a small scale

The compact twin-screw extruder was specially developed for laboratory use: development of recipes and processes

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