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 09.04.2020

Oerlikon Nonwoven large-scale meltblown sold to Asia

The recently-signed contract comprises a 2-beam system for manufacturing filtration nonwovens with a nominal capacity of up to 1,200 tons of nonwovens a year

News 08.04.2020

MSC Software to drive innovation with new CTO, Bruce Engelmann

In this role, Engelmann will lead research and development and be responsible for technology leadership and solutions development across the complete MSC design and engineering product line

News 08.04.2020

Dri-Air: SmartTouch controls with Industry 4.0 communications

The new control gathers data from the dryer and shares it with various pieces of equipment

News 07.04.2020

Berry to invest in meltblown capacity for face masks production in the EMEIA Region

This investment is targeted to meet increased demand and will be focused on premium applications, such as FFP2 (N95) and FFP3 (N99) for face mask

News 06.04.2020

Kuteno is postponed

The organizers of Kuteno trade fair made an announcement about new dates for the plastics industry show

News 06.04.2020

Solvay partners with Boeing for COVID-19 face shields

Manufactured by Solvay's Ajedium™ Films business, the thermoplastic film will be used by Boeing in the production of thousands of face shields critically needed by hospitals and medical workers in the U.S.

News 06.04.2020

Unipetrol completes major investment in new PE unit

The Czech company has completed and officially commissioned the principal part of the construction of the new polyethylene unit (PE3)

News 03.04.2020

Ingenia acquired the Bayshore masterbatch tolling operations in Texas

With this acquisition, Ingenia brings added expertise and capacity to its existing world-class team and infrastructure

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