Extrusion International 4-2026

11 Extrusion International 4/2026 Pipe Conference – PPXXIII Baystar has signed up as a main corporate sponsor for next year's PPXXIII Conference and Exhibition in Houston. Baystar is a U.S.-based integrated producer of high-per- formance polyethylene (PE), delivering advanced and cus- tomizable materials for a wide range of applications across infrastructure, energy and consumer markets. PPXXIII will be hosted through 27-29 September 2027 in Houston, Texas. Mike Casavant (Plastics Pipe Institute, PPI), Chair of the Technical Program, explains: “Innovation sustains the world of plastic pipes and we are excited with this major industrial presence on our conference platform.” Baystar is based in Pasadena, Texas, and was formed in 2018 as a 50/50 joint venture between Borealis and TotalEnergies. Vice President, Commercial PE, Sonia De Greef: „Baystar is honored and excited to support this world-leading techni- cal conference, which aligns well with our strategic priority to safely deliver best-in-class solutions and grow within the NorthAmerican pipemarket. Our PE pipe resin portfolio cov- ers a wide range of applications, from multimodal PE4710/ PE100 pressure pipe using Borealis’ Borstar® 3G technology to conduit and corrugated pipes. We are proud to be part of an innovative and dedicated industry that enables sustain- able, long-lifetime pipe systems for critical water supply, en- ergy, industrial, telecom, and water management.“ Conference call for abstracts Organizers of next year’s PPXXIII Conference have issued a call for abstracts. Potential speakers for this international plastic pipe conference have until 6 November 2026 to sub- mit a 300-word summary in the English language. This event will feature around 90 speakers and an au- dience of about 400 delegates from over 45 countries. Conference speakers typically review the most fascinating advances within the industry. Speakers come from diverse backgrounds and include professors, researchers, engi- neers, business leaders, marketeers and technicians. Their abstracts may describe, for example, the latest tech- nical advances in materials, additives/ingredients, testing, performance and environmental assessment or even an- nounce major market breakthroughs or assess case studies. A special online portal to guide and process abstracts has been created via: https://ppxxiii.com/abstract-portal-guideline-docs/ 10 Pike Street • West Warwick, RI 02893 Email: sales@guill.com Visit www.guill.com to find out more! Introducing the ALL NEW UNICAM ™ Crosshead! Guill now offers the Unicam ™ extrusion crosshead, a combination of its concentricity adjustment system and fastener-free assembly system. The new Universal Adjustment system allows the user to choose either a traditional 4-bolt method of concentricity adjustment or a Single-Point style. The Unicam ™ system allows disassembly of the head with a single turn of a wrench for very quick and easy color changes or cleanouts. Keeps the lines running! NewWebsite Guill Tool & Engineering, West Warwick, Rhode Island (USA), world leader in extrusion tooling design and manu- facturing, has unveiled a new website. The new site offers a detailed look at the company’s en- tire product line, which offers a wide-range of standard and custom designed extrusion tooling, including cross- heads, in-line heads, rotary heads and extrusion tips & dies. Highlight among the new products is the inline Spiderless Pipe Die, unique in the world market currently for its de- sign ef ciency and process performance on small to me - dium sized plastic pipe. The site includes a full listing of all products and speci ca - tions with calculation tools to compute annual cost of lengthy concentricity adjustments and crosshead replacement analy- sis, plus calculators to compute draw-down, feet per minute and pounds per hour, making extrusion production schedul- ing and estimating far more accurate and ef cient. The web - site also includes charts and tables with detailed data and a full library of downloadable literature organized by industry and tool type. Guill markets its equipment worldwide and is currently seeking new representatives in select countries. The Guill website is mobile phone friendly and offers the convenience of allowing users to request a quote online. For more information: Guill Tool & Engineering www.guill.com Jacob Marcure, Senior Design Engineer jmarcure@guill.com Peter Leary, Technical Sales Engineer, Extrusion Division pleary@guill.com