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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News

News 22.01.2024

Plastic distributors Bamberger Polymers and Amco Polymers Merge

Business operations will remain “business as usual” for Bamberger and Amco until full integration into Bamberger Amco Polymers occurs in March 2024

News 20.01.2024

TricorBraun acquires Australian plastic packaging firm Plas-Pak WA

Plas-Pak WA provides a wide range of plastic packaging for applications in food, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, and industrial sectors

News 19.01.2024

TekniPlex to Debut World’s First Pharma-grade PET Blister Film with PCR

Suitable for a wide array of primary packaging applications, 30% of the PET blister film is manufactured using post-consumer recycled (PCR) monomers

News 19.01.2024

Management change at the KraussMaffei Group

Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board Chi Zhang takes over the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

News 19.01.2024

Coperion develops ZSK FilCo system for PCR and polymer recycling

The innovative filtration compounder allows filtration and compounding in a single production step

News 14.01.2024

Plastics recycling plant opens near Minneapolis

The mechanical recycling and pelletizing plant was opened by Myplas USA, a South Africa–based plastics recycler, and will recycle nearly 90 million pounds of plastic waste per year

News 14.01.2024

AmerCareRoyal Acquires Thermosource Tooling and Manufacturing

TTM, established in 2004 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, supplies thermoformed and flexible packaging solutions for foodservice

News 14.01.2024

Jwell has acquired German extrusion blow molding company Kautex

Except for the Kautex Shunde entity, all the property rights of Kautex Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and related entities have been sold to Jwell Machinery

Articles

COM4PHA project: New biodegradable bioplastics

The project is working on formulations based on the PHBV copolymer for applications in the packaging and agriculture sector

Articles

Sustainable circular economy for plastic and CFRP components

At the Open Hybrid LabFactory research campus, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, solutions for a circular economy in the automotive industry are being developed

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