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 09.09.2020

VDL and DSM form joint venture to manufacture the PPE

The JV partners are investing several million euros in the purchase of manufacturing equipment and the construction of new manufacturing facilities to produce meltblown polypropylene

News 08.09.2020

NOVA Chemicals and Merlin Plastics will advance the circular economy with PCR

NOVA Chemicals announced a long-term agreement with Merlin Plastics to increase the supply of post-consumer recyclate for consumer packaging

News 08.09.2020

Americhem acquired Controlled Polymers in Denmark

The companies’ product lines will be blended together to create a full range of offerings in the medical plastics and other industries

News 08.09.2020

Infiana is now fully integrated into Loparex

Loparex, the leading global producer of release liners and engineered films, has announced, that it had successfully completed the integration of specialty film producer Infiana Group into its organization

News 08.09.2020

gwk presents its mobile water-cooled teco cw series

Unlike traditional cooling units, a cw unit can be used to produce cold water with a temperature of 0°C without the need for adding an anti-freeze agent to the water

News 04.09.2020

PolyQuest to expand PET recycling capacity in South Carolina

Plans call for building at least one additional FDA, RPET resin line in Darlington that is scheduled to be operational by Q3, 2021

News 02.09.2020

Trinseo collaborates with Coexpan to validate PS recycling technologies

The objective is to develop polystyrene containing recycled content that is fit for use in the global dairy industry’s form fill seal (“FFS“) market

News 02.09.2020

Russian Sibur to produce PET granules partially from recycled feedstock

PET flakes derived from used food packaging will serve as an input for primary polymers

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