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 29.03.2017

Borealis launches first ADCA-free material solution for data cables

Borealis and Borouge announce the launch of the first material solution free of azodicarbonamide (ADCA) for use as a blowing agent in foamed communication cables

News 29.03.2017

ALBIDUR® 1223 from Evonik: Long-term flexibility and corrosion protection

With the launch of ALBIDUR® 1223, Evonik has introduced to the market a product that ensures long-term coating flexibility

News 28.03.2017

Zumbach at Wire 2017 in Moscow, Russia

At the exhibition on 5 – 8 of June, a wide range of measuring & control solutions for process monitoring, quality control and cost-effective production will be presented

News 27.03.2017

Rampf: Innovative dispensing technology plus high-performance casting and sealing systems

RAMPF Group companies will be exhibiting at Battery Show Europe from April 4 - 6, 2017, in Sindelfingen, Germany.

News 23.03.2017

A. Schulman to increase capacity for color masterbatches in Europe

Three additional extruders will be added in the facilities in Hungary, Italy and Poland

News 21.03.2017

BEKUM: economical alternatives in the materials used for extrusion blow moulding

BEKUM will be focusing on the latest trends and production processes for extrusion-blown packaging at the Interpack 2017

News 21.03.2017

Sesotec: Food-PET or Non-Food-PET

The sorting technology was developed in parallel to the marking technology to distinguish the food-containing bottles from non-food bottles

News 21.03.2017

Nordson: New die design for multi-layer fluid coating

Innovation makes the economic productivity benefits of multi-layer slot dies more accessible by eliminating calculation in use of shims to achieve lip face alignment

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