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 29.01.2019

Klöckner Pentaplast to expand its capacities in Virginia

The company's oldest American facility will obtain new capacities and capabilities

News 28.01.2019

New non-DEHP compounds for medical PVC applications

New-Generation Apex® and Flexalloy® compounds from Teknor Apex are pre-compliant with global standards and enable device manufacturers to reduce their time-to-market

News 28.01.2019

Innovative compounding tasks

Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) extends an invitation to the symposium in Aachen in March

News 23.01.2019

An innovation combining the benefits of EBM and PET

The PET regranulate was modified so that it is suitable for extrusion blow moulding

News 23.01.2019

Full-service concept for silicone and thermoplastic medical devices

Flexan Group continues to expand and develop its portfolio following the acquisition of IntroMED LLC in April 2018

News 22.01.2019

Instron to present new product for biaxial testing

Instron, a leading global manufacturer of materials testing systems, will debut their freshly enhanced Torsion Add-On 2.0 for universal testing machines at MD&M West 2019

News 22.01.2019

Borealis increases PP capacity in Europe

The company has taken the final investment decision to expand the capacity of its PP plant in Kallo, Belgium, by 80kt

News 21.01.2019

Sikora at Interplastica 2019

At the Interplastica in Moscow from January 29 to February 1, 2019, SIKORA will present a comprehensive portfolio of systems for quality control, process optimization and cost savings

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