Extrusion International 6-2023

4 Extrusion International 6/2023 CONTENTS Firms in this issue 6 Imprint 7 Industry News 8 Calendar 8 Long-awaited Return to Shanghai after Six Years Rising Expectations to CHINAPLAS 2024 from the Industry 8 32nd International Colloquium Plastics Technology in Aachen/Germany 10 Interplas – Celebrating 75 Years of Connecting the UK Plastics Industry 11 Plastpol 2024 – New Technologies, New Supply Chains, NewMarkets 11 NPE2024 – The Plastics Show’s Education Sessions 12 NPE2024 To Feature Technical Seminars in Spanish on Plastics Technology and Circular Economy 12 Acquisition 13 Acquisition 14 New Austrian Production – Facility Is Fully Operational 14 In-Line Wall Thickness, Concentricity, Outside Diameter and Ovality Measuring Solution for Single or Multilayer Tube & Pipe Applications 15 Breathing New Life Into Plastics 15 Investment in Collaboration 16 An Innovative Partnership Enables Efficient Production Optimisation and Cost-saving 17 Growth of Leading Chinese BOPP Film Producer Supported 18 Promoting Quality in Plastic Recycling 18 Collaboration to Give Waste a Second Live 20 Investment 20 Efficient Drive Solutions for Shredders 21 Recycling Pioneer Expanding into France 22 New Ultra-High Barrier PVDC Coating Solution for More Sustainable Pharmaceutical Blister Films Launched 22 Maximum Connectivity for Efficient Web Guiding 23 Capacity, Portfolio and Service in Polycarbonate Additives Boosted 24 Collaboration to Create New Mono-Material Packaging 24 Energy Efficiency in Thermoforming 25 Recycling Content TPE With Various Adhesiion Options 26 Mass Extraction Detects the Smallest Defect Sizes with SpeedAir 3050 27 Fakuma 2023 – Innovation Fireworks 28 Broad Competence Network and In-House Manufacturing 28 New TPVs With Up To 40% Recycled Content 29 Energy Eficiency Becomes a Driver of Development 30 The Human at the Centre 30 The Digitalization that Enhances the Customer Service 30 Sustainability: Taking Action to Protect our Planet and Ensure Product Efficiency 31 Innovations at Fakuma 2023 31 Laboratory Extruder Relaunched 32 Digitally Controlled Grinders for Energy-saving Plastics Recycling 32 Latest Developments in POM, LCP, and 3D Printing 33 Fluoropolymers and their Alternatives 34 New Compounds for Drinking Water and Hot Water Applications as well as Trendsetting TPE Solutions that Contain High Proportions of Bio-Based and Recycled Materials 35 Sustainability Integrated into Supreme Material Performances 36 Focus on Circularity and Sustainability 36 Extrusion Technologies Highly Innovative – and a Technology Leader in the Extrusion Industry 38 Extrusion Technology New Energy-Efficient Process for Manufacturing ABS Blends 40 BlowMolding BlowMolding Machine by PET Technologies to Follow the Triple Utility Strategy 41 Extrusion Technology Redefining Plasticization and Performance 42 Recycling – Interview New Era in Plastics Recycling 43 Recycling Dechlorination of PVC in Mixed Plastics on the Planetary Roller Extruder (PRE) prior to the Pyrolysis Recycling Process 44 Recycling – Company Anniversary Technology Event 2023 – Gneuss Presents OMNI Recycling Technologies and Celebrates 40th Anniversary of the Company 45 Sustainability – From the Research Put in Extra Shifts fort he Circular Economy? 46 Extrusion Tooling Extrusion Takes Some New Turns 48 Recycling – Case Study 10-Year Anniversary – A Partnership Built on Trust 50 Recycled Big Bags Made in Türkiye 51 Three Partners Changing the Narrative in Plastic Recycling 53 Corona Treatment – Case Study Two Corona Treaters Installed in the USA 54 wire & Tube 2024 Fort he Speed Quantum Leap to Succeed 55 Temperature Control More Productivity and Quality in the Plastics Industry 57 Flat Film Extrusion – Case Study From Converter to Full-Range Supplier 58