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 06.05.2023

Conair to sell three Doteco product lines in North America

The three product lines – Blendo Adroit and Grado Adroit blenders and the Vento air ring – are the vanguard of a new Conair by Doteco™ brand

News 04.05.2023

Ineos introduces film for flexible packaging with more than 50% recyclate

The PE film is made by processing INEOS Recycl-IN hybrid resins, which compound recycled plastic waste with highly engineered new resins

News 04.05.2023

Thinner polyolefin film maximises PET bottle sorting and recycling

Innovia Films is extending the range of shrink sleeve materials by developing a thinner version of RayoFloatTM APO, APO45

News 29.04.2023

PharmaGuard – Südpack Medica’s recyclable blister concept

The PP-based top and bottom webs are manufactured in a unique coextrusion process and are perfectly coordinated, particularly when it comes to their sealing performance

News 29.04.2023

Shawcor Invests in Two Composite Pipes Facilities

Capital expenditures for these facilities in Texas and South Carolina are expected to represent approximately $60 million across 2023 and 2024.

News 29.04.2023

PureCycle's Polypropylene Purification Plant Reaches Mechanical Completion

Thу Facility in Ironton, Ohio, is expected to produce 107 million pounds of Ultra-Pure Recycled (UPR) resin annually

News 28.04.2023

Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim at Chinaplas 2023

Pioneering technologies for the compounding and recycling of plastics here including laboratory extruders

News 28.04.2023

Helping to find the perfect powder flowability of drugs

Measurements performed with the NETZSCH Kinexus rotational rheometer highlight the glidant function of magnesium stearate

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

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

Сase studies

Cost savings with ultrasonic measuring system from Zumbach

SWM International, based in Richland, Philadelphia, USA, achieved $40,000 cost savings in 1 Year using UMAC® ultrasonic measuring system from Zumbach Electronic

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