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 21.10.2020

Ineos Styrolution receives funding to research plastics recycling

Working together with leading European research institutes in the project will allow the company to build up expertise related to recycling via dissolution

News 21.10.2020

New TM 500 drum mill for pulverizing large sample quantities

With the TM 500 drum mill RETSCH has developed an instrument that grinds up to 35 liters of sample to a fineness of 15 µm; the maximum feed size is 20 mm

News 20.10.2020

Cosmo Films presents BOPP thermal lamination film

The antimicrobial technology used in this film tackles the globally growing problem of bacterial infections on packaged items

News 20.10.2020

Latin America’s film production giant is expanding again

In November 2020, Oben Holding Group, Peru, and Brückner Maschinenbau will start South America’s first 4-layer 10.4 m high-speed BOPP line in their new greenfield film factory in Barranquilla, Colombia

News 19.10.2020

Revolution expands Arkansas facilities for film products

he Little Rock-based company plans to complete the 36,000-square-foot expansion of its facility in 2021

News 16.10.2020

Loop Industries and Suez partner for a world's largest recycling facility in Europe

The resource management expertise of SUEZ and Loop’s technology will be combined for the production of food grade, 100% recycled and recyclable plastic

News 16.10.2020

NewAge Industries to increase tubing capacities

The company from Penssylvania will use the facility as an additional site for the manufacture of AdvantaSil® silicone tubing and braid reinforced hose, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) tubing etc.

News 15.10.2020

Qualiform to produce luxury cosmetics packaging from Eastman Cristal™ Renew copolyester

Cristal Renew delivers high levels of certified recycled content without compromising the performance, color and quality

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