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

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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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30.04.2025

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News 10.04.2025

Coperion at Chinaplas 2025

Technologies for Closing the Loop in Plastics Compounding and Recycling

News 07.04.2025

Color homogeneity of cables with half the masterbatch dosing rate

Delta Tecnic manages to reduce the amount of Masterbatch needed to 1% on average without compromising quality and allowing cost savings of up to 30%

News 07.04.2025

A circular economy for the VCI films market

EcoCortec has entered a recycling partnership with the Jakob Schober GmbH

News 07.04.2025

Minimize material losses, maximise product quality

New secondary filtering system re-inspecting the reject fraction

News 06.04.2025

Nexeo Plastics to distribute the Engineered Polymers of L&B in Europe

The range of Engineered Polymers included offers solutions for antistatic, heat stabilizers, flame retardants, UV Stabilizers, and other applications

News 06.04.2025

Mitsui Chemicals Group Establishes Coating Technical Center in India

The facility in Gurugram, in the Indian state of Haryana, is equipped with coating machines capable of handling all kinds of coating methods along with analyzers

News 06.04.2025

Placon Launches New Dip Cup Container Line

The dip cups and corresponding lids are made with Placon’s exclusive EcoStar® material, which consists of a minimum of 10% recycled PET

News 06.04.2025

U.S. Plastics Industry Association does not approve new tariffs

According to Matt Seaholm, President and CEO of PLASTICS, the new tariffs will disrupt supply chains, increase production costs, and undermine competitiveness of the USA

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

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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

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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

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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