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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News 22.10.2023

Reifenhäuser relies on in-house manufacturing

The Reifenhäuser Group will showcase at Fakuma its latest blown and flat film technologies as well as components for extrusion

News 22.10.2023

Cabopol to open a compound facility in Mexico

With an expected conclusion date of December 2023, the new production unit, located in the Monterey’s industrial zone, will achieve a production capacity of 25,000 tons per year

News 22.10.2023

FKuR: Keeping carbon in the cycle

At Fakuma, FKuR will be presenting its broad portfolio of sustainable plastics solutions, including bio-based bioplastics, a comprehensive recyclate portfolio and recyclate compounds for injection molding and extrusion

News 21.10.2023

Collin shows a flat film line with coex extrusion

At the Fakuma 2023, COLLIN Lab & Pilot Solutions presents a flat film line with numerous features in live operation, the COLLIN press with integrated AI control, as well as the Roll Mill W 150 P for battery production

News 21.10.2023

Hellweg: Digitally Controlled Grinders

At Fakuma, Hellweg Maschinenbau will be presenting a selection of its digitally controlled grinders for efficient and energy-saving plastics recycling

News 20.10.2023

Celanese: New Solutions for Manufacturers of TPV, PBT and PP Applications

Celanese announced the commercial introduction of multiple sustainable engineering thermoplastic solutions

News 20.10.2023

Polykemi to present CO2 calculation tool at Fakuma

With the LCA software program developed by Polykemi, the company can present the environmental impact for all virgin and recycled compounds

News 15.10.2023

Plaskolite to acquire Vycom

Based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Vycom manufactures highly engineered Olefin and PVC thermoplastic sheet for various markets

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