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 01.04.2023

VTT pilot scales up production of cellulose film

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have invested €1.5 million into their CelluloseFilms pilot facility to replace the plastic film

News 01.04.2023

SK Chemicals Enters Recycled PET Market

News 31.03.2023

Hexcel Opens New Center of Research & Technology Excellence in Utah

The 100,000-square-foot building is home to a state-of-the-art laboratory where company scientists and researchers collaborate with customers

News 30.03.2023

Nova to invest USD $2-4 billion in circular economy

NOVA Chemicals announced ESG ambitions to drive the circular economy for plastics, in line with its vision to become the leading sustainable polyethylene producer in North America

News 25.03.2023

Evonik invests in Interface Polymers to develop recycling processes

This company’s Polarfin® additives simplify the processing of plastics and make it possible to recycle such plastics

News 25.03.2023

Partnership for compounding solutions

Gummiwerk KRAIBURG and Biesterfeld Spezialchemie have entered a strategic sales partnership, exclusive for the KRAIBON® product family and extending to all of Europe with the exception of Italy and Great Britain

News 25.03.2023

Entek to build a separator film plant in Indiana

The company is investing $1.5 billion in a new Terre Haute production facility and will create up to 642 new jobs by the end of 2027

News 25.03.2023

Integrated Commercial Production at PDH/PP Complex

Heartland Polymers has launched its propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant, which is now providing on-site feedstock for North America’s only integrated commercial polypropylene production

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