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

New Issue

30.04.2025

Extrusion 3-2025

News

News 27.02.2019

Illig RV 53d pressure former for production of PP packaging

ILLIG will show the latest equipment at IndiaPlast in Greater Noida near New Delhi, from February 28 to March 04, 2019

News 27.02.2019

GN develops new stack thermoformer for medium-volume packaging production

New GN580 Thermoformer is a smaller version of the company′s highly regarded GN800 launched at K 2016

News 27.02.2019

Slitting & rewinding challenges from Atlas Titan at the ICE 2019

Technology and innovation that has delivered the widest primary slitter rewinder (10.6 metres at 1500m/min) is also leveraged across the range of Titan secondary slitter and inspection rewinders

News 27.02.2019

Erema acquires 60 percent stake in recycling machine manufacturer Plasmac

The remaining 40 percent is owned by SYNCRO Group, a manufacturer in Italy that makes equipment for the blown film industry.

News 25.02.2019

European Commission approved Amcor and Bemis transaction

A condition of this approval is an agreement to divest three Bemis plants located in the UK and Ireland that generate about USD 170 million of annual revenue from the sale of flexible packaging

News 25.02.2019

RKW North America to invest in technical films production

German RKW group to create over 30 new jobs in Franklin, Kentucky

News 21.02.2019

Reifenhäuser acquires blown film lines supplier Plamex Maschinenbau

Core competences of Plamex are blown film lines for water-cooled and biaxially oriented films for the medical and food packaging industry

News 21.02.2019

Dienes slitting technology at the ICE 2019

The latest developments of a company include the new "easy change" system for tool-free knife change and the electrically driven "PSGs-DF-P-DC" knife holder

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

Сase studies

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