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

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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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Illinois-Based Pactiv Evergreen to Acquire a Thermoformer Fabri-Kal

The transaction, valued at approximately $380 million, is expected to close late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of this year

News 09.09.2021

Yes Recycling to produce EcoSheet in a new facility in Scotland

A state-of-the-art recycling facility in Glenrothes, Scotland will open in late October and will recycle 15,000 tonnes per annum of post-consumer plastic to produce Ecosheet, an alternative to plywood

News 09.09.2021

PET Recycling: Decontamination and IV Control in One Extrusion Step

The New MRSjump Extruder from Gneuss combines the unmatched decontamination performance of the established MRS Devolatilising Extruder with viscosity boost in only one processing step

News 09.09.2021

New Biocompounds for Extrusion and Thermoforming

With its M·VERA® grades GP4001, GP4003 and GP4005, the German company BIO-FED has developed materials for rigid packaging solutions that are easy to extrude

News 07.09.2021

Sustainable rPET cups for school milk

The joint project of Austrian school milk producers and the three Upper Austrian companies PET-MAN, Greiner Packaging and Starlinger viscotec is revolutionising the food packaging market

News 07.09.2021

Lifocolor: Antimicrobial masterbatches for effective protection

The antimicrobial effect of LIFOBACT masterbatches relies on a proven, highly effective silver ion technology

News 07.09.2021

Kruger Family Industries Announces a Growth Equity Investment

Kruger Family Industries (“KFI”) is a large heavy-gauge industrial thermoformer in North America employing approximately 1,000 people

News 03.09.2021

Hosokawa Alpine AG introduces high-performance film winder

The AW winder allows working widths of 1,000 to 3,000 mm and a roll diameter of up to 1,500 mm by the winding speed up to 300 m/min

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Preheater Range for Wire and Cable Manufacturing from Zumbach

The range is built around an innovative intelligent induction power controller, ensuring stable and linear heating of conductors.

Articles

How To Replace PFAS in Medical Technology

A team at the Fraunhofer Institute IFAM has succeeded in developing solutions that hold great promise of targeted substitution for PFAS in fields including medical engineering

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Sikora's X-RAY 6000 PRO for quality control by Huacheng Cable

The system allows inline measurement of wall thickness, eccentricity and diameter of up to three material layers

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Sikora inspection and measuring systems ensure the HV and EHV cables

HV and EHV cables place the highest demands on their function and their production

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Bausano Twin Screw Extruder MD 75-30 in the extrusion line

The line is equipped also with a cooling and calibration pipe tank, Digital Extruder control 4.0, degassing unit and pressure transducer

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Mflow extrusion plastometer from ZwickRoell

ASTM D1238 Melt flow plastometer is designed for MVR measurements according to method A