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 17.08.2023

Launch of Thailand's first beverage bottles made from 100% rPET

The joint venture between ALPLA and PTT Global Chemical (GC) introduces Thailand's first food-grade rPET to the market, which is already being used for Thailand's first 100% rPET bottles

News 17.08.2023

Union: New high-capacity line for hollow sheets

The line for the Middle Eastern market with 3200 mm width and 180 mm extruder will allow the stable processing of polymers also derived directly from post-consumption

News 12.08.2023

Klöckner launch fully recyclable kp Flexivac® in collaboration with Dow

Dow’s FUSABOND™ technology – incorporated into kp FlexiVac® R – allows the film to be recyclable without compromising on performance and aesthetics

News 12.08.2023

Kuraray to Boost EVAL™ Resin Production in USA and Europe

A total of 5,000 tons/year will be added to the capacity of U.S, and European bases of operation in 2024, with another 5,000 tons/year to be added in 2026

News 12.08.2023

Direct recycling of production waste

Hosokawa Alpine has developed a new process to recycle material scrap from lithium-ion battery production directly by the battery manufacturer

News 10.08.2023

Motan: METRO G med conveyers for plastics processors in the medical industry

The comprehensive family of units is based on the established METRO G series of material loaders for plastic granulate

News 10.08.2023

Sabic launches two PP-based materials for sheet extrusion and thermoforming

SABIC® PP compound H1090 resin and STAMAX™ 30YH611 resin are 30 percent glass fiber-reinforced, intumescent, flame retardant (FR) materials

News 10.08.2023

DuPont Completes Acquisition of Spectrum Plastics

With a global workforce of approximately 2,200 employees and annual revenue of about $500 million, Spectrum will become part of the Industrial Solutions line of business

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

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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

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Powerfil - Erema Laserfilter

With POWERFIL you can count on high-performance filters that can best master challenging filtration tasks

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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