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 23.03.2023

Illig presents a new sheet-processing thermoforming machine

The new system for forming technical parts was showcased at the ILLIG Technology Day on March 22 at its company headquarters in Heilbronn

News 23.03.2023

RadiciGroup launches a new sustainable product for garments

Biofeel® Eleven is a natural-sourced yarn born of a story that begins in India

News 16.03.2023

BTC Europe and Sudarshan sign agreement on distribution of pigments

BASF’s European distribution organization and one of the global manufacturers of pigments join forces to expand offerings of pigments in Europe

News 16.03.2023

Piovan takes over selected assets of Protec

The transaction involves certain assets previously belonging to material handling, dosing and Recycling divisions

News 16.03.2023

Formerra to distribute PureCycle’s recycled polypropylene resin in North America

PureCycle resin is a like-virgin material, easily colorable, and is projected to use approximately 79% less energy than virgin resin

News 16.03.2023

Compoundeur Mepol to become a part of LyondellBasell

Mepol′s facilities in Poland and Italy will produce recycled and polymer compounds for diverse markets

News 16.03.2023

Alpla and Inden Pharma form joint venture

The companies are planning a combined annual production of around 800 million pharmaceutical packaging products in 2023 and a three-fold increase in the next five years

News 16.03.2023

Ineos Styrolition develops a compound for bio based products

Styroflex is a styrene-butadiene block copolymer (SBC) with the properties of a thermoplastic elastomer that is suitable for extrusion and injection molding

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