International USA 2-2022
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Record Output Rates for Heavy-Duty Bag Applications
Reifenhäuser Blown Film presents a new highperformance cooling system on the market for its "EVO FFS" blown fi lm line. It was specially developed for heavy-duty bag applications and achieves record output rates of more than 600 kg/h
In-House Extruder Test Line Added
The Benelux carpet and artifi cial turf industry has taken a big step toward a greener future with the recent release of an industry road map. In the document the industry sets out ways to signifi cantly reduce energy usage. Meaf Machines has now set up its in-house extruder test and demonstration line specifi cally to help manufacturers to try out new greener carpet backing materials
Sustainable Composite Decking
For decades, plastic and paper waste has been sent overseas to be recycled. Repurposing plastic waste where it’s created can provide a new income stream for businesses while eliminating the need to ship waste materials across the ocean. Fiberon has embraced this process, proving that being attentive to the environment does not always have to be a fi nancial burden
MENA PET Recycling Giant Signs Contract for New Recycling System
Based in Giza, Egypt, the biggest PET bottletobottle recycler in MENA region is expanding and upgrading its existing plant with another Starlinger PET recycling system and an additional solidstate-polycondensation (SSP) reactor
Hygienic Shields Become High-Quality Recycling Resources
A great number of hygienic shields is being used in industrial and trade facilities, as well as in the catering trade and restaurant business. Now the disposal of these highly transparent plates becoming an issue. Krall Kunststoff-Recycling has foresightedly prepared for a sustainable recycling
Polish Profile Manufacturer Expands with Space-Saving Extrusion Solutiony
The two coextrusion solutions supplied by battenfeldcincinnati in 2019 proved so perfectly satisfactory to the modern Polish system manufacturer of door and window profi les from the very beginning that they immediately placed repeat orders for several more
CONTENTS:
| Firms in this issue | 06 |
| Imprint | 07 |
| Industry news | 08 |
| Calendar | 08 |
| K 2022 – Global Plastics and Rubber Industries get their Act Together for Climate Protection, the Circular Economy and Digitalisation | 08 |
| „Packaging Speaks Green 2022“ | 09 |
| Interplastica 2022 and upakovka 2022 Exceed Expectations | 09 |
| New Business Unit Project Acquisition | 10 |
| CHINAPLAS 2022 Postponed | 10 |
| START-UP ZONE – New at K 2022 | 10 |
| New Conference on Plastic Films in Mobility | 11 |
| Business Activity in South East Asia Expanded | 12 |
| Changes in Responsibilities on the Board of Executive Directors | 12 |
| Interplas 2023 | 13 |
| More Transparency in European Data on Recycled Plastics | 14 |
| Virtual Service Expanded | 14 |
| Rebranding of CabideX Protective Coatings for Feedscrews Announced | 15 |
| Reducing Production Downtimes | 16 |
| Next Generation Twin-screw and Single-Screw Extrusion Lines for PVC and PO Pipes Launched | 16 |
| Distribution of Bioplastics | 18 |
| Reciprocating Head Introduced | 18 |
| Melt Filter for PET Recycling System Delivered | 19 |
| Market Study: Stabilizers | 20 |
| RegXcellence for Plastic Additives Launched | 20 |
| Capital Equipment Sales Manager Appointed | 20 |
| Sheet Manufacturer Future Proofs its Extrusion Line by Retrofitting | 21 |
| Universal PCR TPE – A Multitalented Compound for the Plastics Industry | 22 |
| Innovative Bonding Technology to Join Different Resin Materials Introduced | 22 |
| Optimistic Business Conditions in the European Plastics Industry | 23 |
| New Packaging Valley Member | 24 |
| New LongFiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic is Made of Regenerated Cellulose for Lighter Weight and Higher Strength | 24 |
| First-Ever Female Duo Leads PLASTICS Marketing Efforts for NPE2024 | 25 |
| New Line in Italy for Specialty, Technical Rubber Customers | 25 |
| New 800 Series Hybrid Extrusion Tooling Announced | 26 |
| New High-Output Pulverizer Expands Capacity for PVC Extruder | 26 |
| PLASTPOL 2022 | 27 |
| New Research Report | 27 |
| Cooperation | 27 |
| Industry News USA | 28 |
| Nonwovens and Converting Solutions at Techtextil North America | 28 |
| RPET/PET Capacity to Beaver Site Added to Further Grow Sustainable Healthcare and Food Packaging Market in North America | 28 |
| Sustainably Produced Compounds | 29 |
| Personalia | 30 |
| TCO Certification Received | 30 |
| US-Based Sulfone Polymers Business Expanded | 30 |
| Automated Six-Axis Case Packer for Lid and Container Packaging Introduced | 31 |
| Expansion | 31 |
| 2022 Sustainability Innovation Award Winners | 32 |
| Broad Range of Sustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs) | 33 |
| Extrusion Tooling | 34 |
| Getting the Most from Your Extrusion Tooling | 34 |
| Profi le Extrusion – Case Study | 38 |
| Polish Profile Manufacturer Expands with Space-Saving Extrusion Solution | 38 |
| Blown Films | 39 |
| Record Output Rates for Heavy-Duty Bag Applications | 39 |
| Extrusion Technlogy | 40 |
| High Productivity in Medical Tube Extrusion | 40 |
| Extrusion Coating – Case Study | 41 |
| Resin Development Taken to the Next Level with Installation of Extrusion Coating and Laminating Line for Flexible and Aseptic Packaging Applications | 41 |
| Circular Economy, Recycling | 42 |
| In-House Extruder Test Line Added | 42 |
| Quality Control – Case Study | 43 |
| Effi cient Quality Control at the End oft he CV Line | 43 |
| Recycling – Case Study | 38 |
| Working Together Over Generations | 44 |
| Recycling – Case Study | 44 |
| MENA PET Recycling Giant Signs Contract for New Recycling System | 46 |
| Recycling – Case Study | 48 |
| Super Recycling in Romania | 48 |
| Recycling | 50 |
| Hygienic Shields Become High-Quality Recycling Resources | 50 |
| Processing | 51 |
| Pump & Filtration Systems, Pelletizing & Pulverizing Systems, Recycling Systems and Digital Solutions at Greenplast 2022 | 51 |
| Recycling – Case Study | 52 |
| Sustainable Composite Decking | 52 |
| Plastic Pipes | 54 |
| CO2 Reduction and Cost Savings Through Physically Foamed Cable Protection Tubes | 54 |
| Extruder Technology | 56 |
| Focus on the Medical Market Expanded | 56 |
