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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28.03.2025

Extrusion & Recycling Asia 1-2025

News

News 05.03.2021

Pexco Acquires Altaflo and Expands the Fluoropolymer Offerings

Altaflo develops exceptional fluid handling solutions for aggressive applications and maintains a large inventory of fluoropolymer tubing and pipe

News 05.03.2021

ProAmpac Launches ProActive Recyclable® Film for Frozen Food Products

This patent-pending film is the newest member of the ProActive Sustainability® product family and has been prequalified for store drop-off recycling

News 05.03.2021

Mitsui Chemicals to Sell its Sanitary Nonwovens Production in China

This share transfer will see the Mitsui Chemicals Group concentrate its resources on two bases in Japan and Thailand

News 02.03.2021

Milliken acquires Zebra-chem

Headquartered in Bad Bentheim, Germany, Zebra-chem carries a respected portfolio of chemical blowing agent and peroxide masterbatches for application in thermoplastics and engineering plastics

News 26.02.2021

Alpla to expand its recycling activities

The company is to invest up to 50 million euros a year on average between now and 2025 in the expanding of its recycling facilities

News 26.02.2021

ExxonMobil tests advanced recycling of plastic waste

ExxonMobil has also formed a joint venture with Agilyx Corporation, focused on developing innovative solutions for aggregating and pre-processing large volumes of plastic waste

News 24.02.2021

New cooperation between K.D. Feddersen and Ascend Performance Materials

K.D. Feddersen is now distributing polyamide compounds from Ascend Performance Materials in Germany and most other European countries

News 24.02.2021

Baerlocher USA presented additive solutions at the 2021 SPE International Polyolefins Conference

Baeropol® T-Blend stabilizers can help increase the percentage of recycled content in extrusion blow molded HDPE bottles and PE film

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