Extrusion International 6-2019

4 Extrusion International 6/2019 CONTENTS Firms in this issue 6 Imprint 7 Industry News 8 Calendar 8 Partnership Agreement signed at K 2019 8 12th European Thermoforming Conference 11 PLAST 2021: Registration is Open 11 Cooperation 12 SPE Thermoforming Division Conference will be Biennial 12 Space Requests for NPE2021 Tracking Ahead of NPE2018’s Record-Breaking Pace 13 14th Global Bioplastics Award 2019 14 New Chief Technical Officer appointed 15 Doubts and Hopes for Italien Manufacturers of Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery 16 Moving to Part-Time Role 16 Gold for Packaging Innovation 17 Open Day fort he 70th Anniversary 18 Market Study: Polyethylenen – HDPE (5th ed.) 18 Corrugated Tubing made of Regenerated Polyamide for Cable Protection brings Additional Sustainability tot he World of Industrial Robots 19 Successful Run of Groundbreaking Plastics Recycling Technology 20 Extrusion Tooling 20 Thickness, Grammage and Density Measurement 21 Rotary Extrusion Dies with 2X Increase in Speed 22 New Thermoformer Significantly raises Manufacturing Speed and Output 22 roboTestN – Fully Automated Small Series Testing in the Lab 23 Commitment to Plastics Recycling stepped up 23 New Initiative „Choose Plastic“ 24 HDPE Recycling – Acquisition 24 Recyclability of Plastics Waste while Sustaining Valuable Properties 25 New President 25 Measuring Technology Advancement WARP XXL 26 Extrusion Technology – Case Study With the Right Recycling Technology to the Highest Quality 28 Measuring Technology Automated Sample Inspection and Detection of Metallic Contamination in Plastic Pellets 32 Materials Plastic Additives improve the Manufacture and Functionality of Underwater Cable Sheathing 35 Measuring Technology for Round Products First Single-Unit System Performing Complete Contour Measurement and Surface Inspection at the Same Time 36 Measuring Technologies PROFILMASTER ® – Complex Shape Measurement Made Easy 38 Materials – Interview Innovative Solutions for an Evolving World 39 Circular Economy – Interview „We want to do something about the garbage on the seas“ 40 K 2019 gives a Clear Signal for Responsible Handling of Plastics 42 Individual Variety with High Degree of Automation 43 Automation of Extrusion Lines 44 Innovation Lab 44 Sustainable Stretching: PET Film improves the Engergy and Ecological Balance 45 Successful K 2019 46 The New PVC Pipe Heads Already Tested in Practice 47 Circular Visions, Small Flakes and Big Data 48 New Devision introduced 49 Sales at K 2019 exceed $ 17 Million 49 C:GRAN: Cutter-Compactor-Extruder Combination 50 Mono-Material Hot Fill Cups out of foamed PET 51 Able to Handle Anything 52 Partnership 53 New Hot-Wash System 54 Future Proof Performance Tool launched at K-Show 55 New PP Resin clears the Way for New Extrusion Blow Molding Applications 56 Great Expectations to develop New Projects 57 Interplastica 2020 in Moskow with Favourable Prospects 58 Universal Construction Kit of the Future 59 New Rotary Filtration System SFneos, and more 60 Innovative Measuring, Control, Inspection, Analysis and Sorting Devices 62 Film and Recycling Division in Focus 63 Biax Film Production for a Circular Economy 64 Packaging Line, Blown Film Technology and more 66