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 21.09.2023

Open House Bielefeld 23 invites packaging industry to “Unwrap the future of flexible packaging”

At the BOBST Training Center and the Competence Center in Bielefeld, visitors will witness on October 26 an evolution of the BOBST VISION CI flexo press

News 21.09.2023

BASF launches first biomass balance plastic additives

The initial offerings, including Irganox® 1010 BMBcert™ and Irganox® 1076 FD BMBcert™, are certified by TÜV Nord for mass balance according to the ISCC PLUS

News 17.09.2023

Tredegar to Sell its flexible packaging films business to Oben Group

Terphane, which solely comprises the flexible packaging segment reported by Tredegar, has approximately 500 employees with manufacturing sites located in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil and Bloomfield, New York

News 17.09.2023

Teknor Apex Announces New CEO

Experienced industry professional Donald K. Wiseman has taken on the CEO role, replacing Jonathan Fain

News 16.09.2023

Lifocolor at Fakuma 2023: Innovative masterbatch solutions

The presentation will focus in particular on the expansion of products for the various circular economies of polymers

News 16.09.2023

Kautex: Self-administration in response to external developments

Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH, producer of extrusion blow molding machines, with its German site in Bonn, has been in insolvency in preliminary self-administration since August 25, 2023

News 16.09.2023

Enercon to Open New Corporate Headquarters

As part of the expansion, Enercon will also be investing in new laboratories and other customer support capabilities

News 16.09.2023

Röhm showcases special films for secure labels at Labelexpo

PLEXIGLAS® and EUROPLEX® special films offer best solutions for trends and technical innovations in label printing

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

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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