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

News 29.12.2016

New BKG® NorCon™ EMR and XMR screen changers from Nordson provide cost advantages

Switching screens with new cost-effective manual screen changers is easier, with operators exerting only 50% of the usual force.

News 29.12.2016

Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering to deliver a polycondensation system to well-known Chinese filament yarn manufacturer

News 29.12.2016

HEXPOL TPE creates more possibilities to be green

TPE compounding group, HEXPOL TPE, has added new compounds to their Dryflex Green family of biobased TPEs, creating more opportunities for sustainability.

News 29.12.2016

New Dow Corning® MB25-502 masterbatch delivers best-in-class processability for PE wire and cable insulation and jacketing

News 29.12.2016

Dynisco brings simplified rheology to the masses with new ViscoIndicator online rheometer

The ViscoIndicator provides continuous measurements of the melt flow rate, apparent viscosity, or intrinsic viscosity directly on an extruder.

News 29.12.2016

battenfeld-cincinnati supplied a complete extrusion to India

The Indian customer Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd opted again for battenfeld-cincinnati and ordered a complete ex-trusion line to manufacture large polyolefin pipes up to 2,500 mm in diameter.

News 29.12.2016

From bottle to bag: The next generation of sustainable woven plastic packaging

Starlinger & Co. GmbH now offers the opportunity of closed-loop production for woven plastic sacks made from rPET.

News 15.12.2016

Updated Buss Kneader optimises cable compound production

Buss AG from Switzerland has updated its MX 105 compounding line for processing highly filled or crosslinkable halogen-free flame retardant (HFFR) cable compounds, optimising it in many respects.

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