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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News 23.11.2023

A new global player for advanced film and sheet products

Röhm’s Acrylic Products business unit and SABIC’s Functional Forms business unit are going to be merged to form POLYVANTIS

News 18.11.2023

Asahi Kasei demonstrates novel technology for fibers and textiles from bio-mass

Asahi will exhibit at ISPO Munich 2023, the leading international sports trade fair, from November 28 to November 30 in Munich, Germany

News 18.11.2023

Hexpol acquires the American TPE Compounder

Star Thermoplastics currently has a turnover of approximately 20 MUSD and has its operations near Chicago, Illinois, USA

News 18.11.2023

TekniPlex Celebrates Costa Rica Facility Expansion

The additional room of 55,000 square feet is being utilized for new medical tubing extrusion lines, downstream equipment for assembly and other operations

News 17.11.2023

Brabender offers a free webinar on “Clear Vision – Optical inspection for plastic film quality”

The visitors will have the opportunity to gain insights into the latest developments in the plastic film industry

News 17.11.2023

Conventus Opened a Subsidiary in Singapore

Conventus is selling the same global portfolio of products in Singapore including specialty nylons, polysulfones, thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs), and custom compounds

News 16.11.2023

Kiefel: New Thermoforming Machine KMD 78.2 Premium

This new machine for polymer packaging production is equipped with a bigger vacuum and forming air system than its predecessor

News 11.11.2023

Borealis and TotalEnergies Start Up Polyethylene Unit in Texas

The new PE unit, referred to as Bay 3, increases the Baystar site’s total production to over one million tons per year, which includes two legacy polyethylene production units

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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