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

New Issue

28.03.2025

Extrusion Asia 1-2025

Articles

Innovative plastic film material made from PLA

A team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP has now developed a recyclable plastic film material based on PLA and paved the way for its commercialization

Articles

Bio-based and biodegradable: PHAs as a sustainable alternative

With the help of the Thüringer Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung e.V., several PHA types are to be optimized with the available and adapted bFI additives from Polytives

Articles

Flame retardancy for post-consumer recyclates

Teams of experts at the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF are working on EU regulations and the need for halogen free flame retardancy in specific applications

Articles

Consistent quality in plastics recycling

EREMA and Lindner revealed, how to achieve this goal by exchanging data between the extruder and washing system

Articles

Insight into profile extrusion

The SKZ Plastics Center and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS have launched a research project in which X-ray-based computed tomography (CT) is to be used for online measurement of a 3D image of the extrudate cross-section

Articles

Step into Tomorrow

INTRAVIS demonstrated its cutting-edge inspection solutions at NPE2024 in Orlando

Articles

An Interview with Mr. Cliff Zhang, Head of Foam Division, Vice President, Useon Technology Limited, at Chinaplas 2024

Articles

Market study: Annual growth of 17 % for bio-based polymers till 2028

New report released on the global bio‑based polymer market 2023 – a deep and comprehensive insight into a dynamically growing market

News

News 31.03.2025

A new recycled polymer production plant in Venice

Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, opens a new plant in Porto Marghera with the capacity of up to 20,000 tonnes of crystal polystyrene (r-GPPS) and expandable polystyrene (r-EPS)

News 31.03.2025

Constantia Flexibles Acquired Aluflexpack AG

Aluflexpack is a Swiss producer of custom flexible packaging, serving food and pharmaceutical sectors

Case studies

Сase studies

Recycling up to 6 tonnes of PET per hour

With VACUREMA® technology, EREMA offers a proven system: In total, a dozen VACUREMA® machines have been commissioned worldwide since 2020

Сase studies

Plastic recycling with Untha

The Austrian RDG Recycling Group uses innovative recycling processes, starting with an UNTHA shredder – a XR3000C mobil-e

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