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 16.07.2023

Specialized Packaging Group Acquired Protective Packaging Solutions

SPG Expands Capabilities and Footprint with Addition of Midwest and Rocky Mountain Engineered Packaging Provider

News 13.07.2023

Partnership for recycling post-consumer PS into food contact PS

INEOS Styrolution, Tomra and EGN have announced a ground-breaking project, whereby a first large-scale mechanical recycling facility to process recycled PS suitable for food packaging will be built

News 07.07.2023

Swedish Nefab acquires PolyFlex

With the acquisition of American innovative company PolyFlex, Nefab will expand its offering of returnable packaging solutions

News 07.07.2023

Thermoformer Brentwood Expands in Mexico

Coming ive years after the launch of Brentwood’s first operation in Tijuana, Mexico, the new facility will add an additional 100,000 square feet of production space

News 06.07.2023

WL Plastics Constructs MDPE pipe manufacturing facility in Lubbock, TX

The new 140,000 square foot factory will incorporate the latest pipe extrusion and packaging technologies

News 06.07.2023

Aliaxis completes the acquisition of Valencia Pipe Company’s manufacturing division

Valencia’s teams will join Aliaxis’ North American IPEX business, strengthening the company’s position in the USA

News 06.07.2023

Duraco Specialty Materials Buys Film Manufacturer Strata-Tac

With the fifth add-on, Duraco builds its North America specialty materials market positioning

News 06.07.2023

Borealis to acquire compoundeur Rialti

Rialti is one of Europe’s leading producers of mechanically recycled polypropylene (PP) compounds for injection moulding and extrusion

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

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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

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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