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 02.06.2023

Canadian film producer Imaflex appoints President and CEO

Mr. Tambay joins Imaflex and its Board of Directors with immediate effect

News 02.06.2023

A Novel Mono-Material Film Packaging Material and Technology

Toray Industries, Mitsui Chemicals, and Kumagai announced that they have jointly developed a new mono-material film packaging material and manufacturing process that are free of VOCs

News 01.06.2023

Evonik launches additives portfolio to improve the quality of the recyclate

The TEGO® Cycle portfolio of additives also enhances the quality of polymers, enabling the transition of the plastics value chain into a ‘value cycle.’

News 01.06.2023

Alujain again selects LyondellBasell's Polypropylene technology

The Spherizone process technology will be used for a 500 kiloton per year (KTA) polypropylene line located in Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

News 01.06.2023

Matt protective PP-laminate from Aslan

SoftTouch ASLAN SL 109, the self-adhesive SoftTouch-film has been developed for finishing digital prints and other smooth surfaces

News 01.06.2023

Nelipak Using Eastman Renew Materials for Production of Medical Packaging

Nelipak is the first healthcare packaging manufacturer to use Eastar™ Renew 6763 to produce rigid thermoformed sterile barrier packaging

News 27.05.2023

Americhem Expands Medical Grade Materials Compounding Facility

The new 1,394 sq. m.facility in Ribe, Denmark will feature new production lines, quality control labs, offices, customer meeting space, and staff common areas

News 26.05.2023

Aliaxis expands Pipe Company’s pipe & fittings manufacturing division

With this significant acquisition of $250 million, Aliaxis expands in the key market of the Western United States

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