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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

New Issue

18.09.2022

Extrusion International USA 4-2022

Companies

A Schulman ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing GmbH AceRetech Achema ACROPLASTIC Addex Addivant Adopen Plastic and Industrial Construction Inc Co Advanced Barrier Extrusions Advanced Blending Solutions Advanced Drainage Systems Advanced Polymer Tubing Advansix AFColor Agilyx Agiplast Agr International AGRU AIMPLAS AKROPLASTIC Albis Aliaxis Alpek Alpla Amaplast Amcor Americhem Ampacet AmSty Amut Anchor Packaging APFE APK AG Arburg Arkema ARLANXEO Arlin Mfg Artec Asahi Beverages Asahi Kasei Ascend Performance Materials Asiamold Aslan Assocomaplast AST Kunststoffverarbeitung ATC Atkore Atlas Titan Auping Avangard Innovative

Full range of yoghurt cup formats using 100% mechanically recycled polystyrene

INNOTECH announced the successful completion of trials with all dairy formats manufactured by INEOS Styrolution and COEXPAN

News 30.09.2022

ProAmpac Presented Newest Recyclable Film at Fachpack 2022

With an emphasis on their ProActive Sustainability® capabilities they will introduce their newest ProActive Recyclable® film R-2050

News 30.09.2022

Interzero and Eastman reach supply agreement for planned recycling facility in France

Interzero will provide up to 20,000 metric tonnes per year of hard-to-recycle PET household packaging waste

News 30.09.2022

Inteplast Increases Stretch Films Production in Indiana

The Remington, Indiana plant moves forward with its first film extrusion line, to be followed soon by its second

News 29.09.2022

Novel Semi-Solid White Film for Pressure Sensitive Labels

Innovia Films has developed a high yield, semi-solid, glossy white BOPP film, Rayoface™ JB

News 29.09.2022

Investment in plastic recycling supported by New Zealand

Aliaxis invests over €7 million to reduce plastic construction waste in New Zealand, the Ministry for the Environment’s Plastic Innovation Fund (PIF) will co-fund one third of this initiative

News 29.09.2022

High barrier BOPE films for mono-material packaging solutions

At Fachpack trade show in Nuremberg in September, Jindal presented the new generation of high barrier Ethy-Lyte™ films

News 29.09.2022

Coperion acquires Herbold Meckesheim

Herbold Meckesheim will be integrated with Coperion’s recycling product lines into its new Recycling Business Unit

Articles

Cleacom: Reliable separation of emissions and fumes from extruders

Keller Lufttechnik has extensive experience with the treatment of dust, fumes, gaseous and adhesive aerosols released during compounding and extrusion processes

Articles

Highly wear-resistant screws and barrels enable safe recyclate processing

Whether film manufacturer, injection molder or line manufacturer: the processing of recyclate involves many challenges

News 29.09.2022

Chemical recycling of polystyrene

Technip Energies and Agilyx announced the launch of the Tru Styrenyx brand, an all-in-one solution for the chemical recycling of polystyrene

News 29.09.2022

Müller UK & Ireland has converted 75% of its cream volume to rPET pots

Müller Milk & Ingredients is to remove 500 tonnes of virgin plastic from its annual production of cream pots

News 29.09.2022

Avery Dennison introduces recycled-content MDO films

RMDO facestocks feature 30-percent-recycled content

News 29.09.2022

Cyclyx partners with Virgin Red

The partnership will drive behavioral changes in plastic recycling

News 29.09.2022

Starlinger PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line installed in Bangladesh

Dhaka-based food manufacturer Akij Food and Beverage Ltd. is producing its own rPET for the company’s brand beverage bottles

News 29.09.2022

Melt Filters for the Recycling of Styrene-based Plastics

Sysplast uses melt filters from Ettlinger to recover styrene-based thermoplastics

News 29.09.2022

Automated waste sorting plant maximizes recovery rates

Sixteen Autosorts process 40 tons of waste per hour

News 27.09.2022

Mondi invests in new research and development centre in Germany

New €5 million R&D centre at Mondi Steinfeld, Germany, to support customers by helping them to develop solutions that achieve their sustainability goals

Case studies

Сase studies

Revere extends flexible packaging capabilities with Bobst Master M6

Already successfully running two BOBST MASTER M5 presses for film products and labels, Revere Group is accelerating its Flexpak division with more inline flexo power from BOBST

Сase studies

Berry Produces Lightweight Pack Solution for Croatian Company

Berry has provided its EasySnacking™ on-the-go packaging solution for Podravka, one of Croatia’s most popular cream spread brands

Videos

Bringing process waste recycling in-house synthetic turf

For its Fibres and Fabrics production facility in the Netherlands, TenCate Grass has put a shredder-extruder recycling machine, supplied by PURE LOOP, fully into operation

Videos

Amut: Extrusion line to produce mono layer low thickness PP foil

Innovative feeding and extrusion concept based on screw 52 L/D developed by AMUT R&D Division to process up to 100% low thickness re-grind material, with NO production decreasing