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 18.11.2023

Asahi Kasei demonstrates novel technology for fibers and textiles from bio-mass

Asahi will exhibit at ISPO Munich 2023, the leading international sports trade fair, from November 28 to November 30 in Munich, Germany

News 18.11.2023

Hexpol acquires the American TPE Compounder

Star Thermoplastics currently has a turnover of approximately 20 MUSD and has its operations near Chicago, Illinois, USA

News 18.11.2023

TekniPlex Celebrates Costa Rica Facility Expansion

The additional room of 55,000 square feet is being utilized for new medical tubing extrusion lines, downstream equipment for assembly and other operations

News 17.11.2023

Brabender offers a free webinar on “Clear Vision – Optical inspection for plastic film quality”

The visitors will have the opportunity to gain insights into the latest developments in the plastic film industry

News 17.11.2023

Conventus Opened a Subsidiary in Singapore

Conventus is selling the same global portfolio of products in Singapore including specialty nylons, polysulfones, thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs), and custom compounds

News 16.11.2023

Kiefel: New Thermoforming Machine KMD 78.2 Premium

This new machine for polymer packaging production is equipped with a bigger vacuum and forming air system than its predecessor

News 11.11.2023

Borealis and TotalEnergies Start Up Polyethylene Unit in Texas

The new PE unit, referred to as Bay 3, increases the Baystar site’s total production to over one million tons per year, which includes two legacy polyethylene production units

News 11.11.2023

Amcor and Nova Chemicals Announce a Supply Agreement

The supply agreement will enable Amcor to purchase SYNDIGO™ rPE resin, manufactured at NOVA’s first mechanical recycling facility in Connersville, Indiana, which should be in operation in 2025

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

Mexico's converter chooses Vetaphone

One of Mexico’s leading narrow web converters of labels and shrink sleeves, Promographic & Design, has fitted Vetaphone corona technology to its Nilpeter flexo and HP Indigo digital presses

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

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