Extrusion International 3-2021

4 Extrusion International 3/2021 CONTENTS Firms in this issue 6 Imprint 7 Industry News 8 Calendar 8 Wide Selection of Courses in English 8 COLOMBIAPLAST Re-Scheduled 8 K-MAG – 365 Days of Community News 9 CHINAPLAS 2021 Concluded with a Huge Success 9 First „AdEx Home“ Webinar 10 Representation in Middle East and North Africa 11 New Date for ICE Europe 12 Italien Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery Manufacturers – After the Drop in Revenues in 2020 Orders Again Growing 12 Business in Asia Expanded 13 Acquisition 13 Acquisition 14 Digital Watermark Initiative „HolyGrail 2.0“ joined 14 New Machine Design has won the Good Design ® Award 15 New E-Book – The Circular Economy 15 Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Capacity doubled 16 New CEO 16 New CFO 17 Multi-Purpose Co-Extruders – Now also for Sheet Production 17 Leaving the Board after more than 45 Years 18 Personnel Expansion for Sales Team 18 Management Board Expanded 19 New BOPE Additives for Agile and Eif fi cient Response to New Market Trends 19 Joint Venture in India Established 20 Joining the Circular Plastics Alliance 20 Next-Generation Space-Saving Scanning Measurement System for Narrow Web Processes 21 Liaison Of fi ce in Turkey 21 Portfolio expanded 21 New 500 Series Rubber/Silicone Extrusion Crosshead 22 Capacity Expansion 22 New Vacuum Technology Optimises the Production of High-Performance Oriented Films 23 Collaborative Project in Sweden intensi fi ed 23 Compounding Increase in Turnover on the European Market 24 Recycling – Case Study PET Bottle to Bottle Recycling – Major Ef fi ciency Improvements by Retro fi tting Melt Filtration System 25 Recycling – Case Study Cleaning Up Coasts at the Edge of the World 26 Recycling Reduced Odour – An Indispensable Quality Criterion in Post-Consumer Plastics Recycling 28 Control Systems Service Portfolio expanded – Control Solutions for Complete Recycling Plants 30 Recycling The Best Recycled Pellets for Irrigation Pipes 31 Recycling, Circular Economy – From Research Today’s Waste Becomes Tomorrow’s Resource – „Waste4Future“ Paves New Ways for Plastics Recycling 32 Recycling 2 Million Tons of Installed Recycling Capacity Worldwide Celebrated 34 Film Technology Dual Frame System Boosts Ef fi ciency 35 Pipe Extrusion Strongly Positioned with Optimal Machine Technology for the Growth Market of PVC-O Pipes 36 Film Extrusion Desire for Hygiene and Food Safety Increases Worldwide Demand for Flexible Packaging Films 38 Measuring Technology – Case Study Fast and Reproducible Sample Inspection of Plastic Pellets 40 Pelletizing Melt Pump Technology for Production of Bioplastic PLA 42 Extrusion Technologies Extrusion Lines for Pipes Renewed 43 Pipe Extrusion Shape your Pipes, Shape your Future and Go Green 44 Extrusion Technologies Physical Foaming to In-House Extruder Test Line Added 45 Extrusion and Recycling Technology New Life for Worn Arti fi cial Grass 46 Extrusion BlowMolding PCR in Cosmetic Packaging? It’s all a Question of Technology 50