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 06.07.2017

Jin Ming: 5-layer film line sold to Pakistan

The line is to produce five-layer biaxial oriented heat shrinkable film with A/B/C/D/E structure

News 04.07.2017

PURe: New technology for food-grade PET film applications

The innovation by Bandera helps turning post-consumer PET flakes into extra clean food-grade raw material for film and packaging

News 04.07.2017

LyondellBasell: First PB-1 based polymer for healthcare

Top global player in chemical and plastics markets premieres Purell KT MR 07, the first ever polybutene-1 based resin for transparent/flexible healthcare items

News 04.07.2017

LANXESS’s unit to combine rubber and colorant specialties

Following the acquisition of U.S. firm Chemtura in April this year, specialty chemicals company LANXESS has revised its organizational structure.

News 29.06.2017

ALPLA grows through acquisition in Italy

ALPLA, a leading global provider of plastic packaging, has acquired a 100 per cent stake in the Italian company Propack Srl.

News 28.06.2017

Decathlon India: New Quechua Passion sports bottles

The new sports bottles line is produced with Eastman Tritan™ odor- and scratch-resistant material free from BPA

News 28.06.2017

New compounding plant for engineering plastics by BASF

The newly commissioned production facility at Schwarzheide (Germany) became the largest compounding site within BASF

News 28.06.2017

Intersolar Europe: The premiere of ICOSOLAR® CPO 3G backsheet

The new state-of-the-art coextruded PP backsheet technology by ISOVOLTAIC and Borealis helps creating high-performance PV units

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