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 22.11.2022

Colorants from Avient Are Recognized as Preferred for Recyclability

OnColor™ NIR Sortable Colorants have received APR Meets Preferred Guidance for packaging applications using HDPE resin

News 20.11.2022

Cutting-edge cleaning process for plastics recycling

Vecoplan′s approach, which demonstrates new ways to save water and energy, represents a deliberate departure from established treatment processes

News 18.11.2022

TekniPlex Launches New PCR Dip Tube in Europe

The tube can be made of up to 100% post-consumer recycled content depending on customer requirements

News 18.11.2022

Shell begins operations at polymers plant in Pennsylvania

The facility is the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in the Northeastern United States and has a designed output of 1.6 million tonnes annually

News 17.11.2022

Integrated polymers facility to be constructed on US Gulf Coast

Chevron Phillips and QatarEnergy announced that they are proceeding with the construction of an $8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas to produce Marlex® polyethylene

News 17.11.2022

Hexpol to acquire compounder McCann Plastics

Ohio-based McCann Plastics is an American specialist in thermoplastic compounding

News 17.11.2022

New members of Plexiglas® proTerra product family

Röhm produces now multi-skin sheets and corrugated sheets containing recycled PMMA

News 17.11.2022

Davis-Standard to be Systems Integrator for Prodigi™ Die System

The new APC (automatic profile control) uses a direct motorized bolt adjustment for instant modification versus slower responding heaters used in current thermal bolt models

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