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

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22.04.2025

Extrusion International 2-2025

News

News 19.07.2022

Graphene nanotubes add functionality to yarns

A smart textile technology with graphene nanotubes has been developed by CoatYarn and OCSiAl

News 19.07.2022

Röhm: Films for excellent UV and weather resistance of HPL panels

PLEXIGLAS® and EUROPLEX® films ensure that HPL panels for outdoor applications permanently retain their weather resistance

News 15.07.2022

Perlen Packaging and Cipatex collaborate on mono PVC films in Brazil

CPH Group will support the modernization of a calendering facility at Cipatex’s São Paulo plant to align it to pharmaceutical mono PVC film requirements

News 14.07.2022

Trinseo and GMP to Establish a PS Recycling Plant in Europe

The plant with a minimum 25kt capacity in Netherlands will purify PS waste and deliver high-quality recycled PS pellets via the Super Clean recycling process

News 14.07.2022

Braskem and Nexus plan a chemical recycling facility near Chicago

The new facility will have an initial capacity to convert over 30,000 metric tons annually of used plastic into new materials, with the potential to rapidly expand the processing capacity

News 14.07.2022

Suitable also for used PVC window recycling

battenfeld-cincinnati developed a new pelletizing extruder series for PVC

News 13.07.2022

Purest white for pharmaceutical and drug packaging

Lifocolor has developed a special white masterbatch for the needs-based white colouring of pharmaceutical packaging and drug packaging

News 08.07.2022

The new HX pump generation for polyurethane processing

An in-house development by Hennecke is the very first axial piston pump produced exclusively for polyurethane applications

Articles

Sustainable and closed loop solutions of flame retarded plastics

The hffr-Up2Cycle project, lead by the German Fraunhofer Institute LBF, aims to increase the sustainability of plastic materials formulated with flame retardeds

Articles

The Power of Plastics! Green – Smart – Responsible

From 8 to 15 October 2025 K in Düsseldorf, completely booked up since May 2024, will again become the main stage for the international plastics and rubber industry

Case studies

Сase studies

X-ray technology in rubber hose extrusion in China

Since 2013, WOJUN (Guangzhou) Rubber Co. has integrated four SIKORA X-RAY 6000 PRO into its production lines to ensure quality control during the extrusion process

Сase studies

PVC extruder from battenfel-cincinnati convinces Bahrain Pipes

The key feature of the combination of parallel twin-screw extruder twinEX and co-extruder conEX is the permanently installed gravimetric dosing unit on the twinEX

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