Extrusion International USA 3-2021

4 Extrusion International 3/2021 CONTENTS Firms in this issue 6 Imprint 7 Industry News 8 Calendar 8 Wide Selection of Courses in English 8 COLOMBIAPLAST Re-Scheduled 8 K-MAG – 365 Days of Community News 9 CHINAPLAS 2021 Concluded with a Huge Success 9 First „AdEx Home“ Webinar 10 Representation in Middle East and North Africa 11 New Date for ICE Europe 12 Italien Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery Manufacturers – After the Drop in Revenues in 2020 Orders Again Growing 12 Business in Asia Expanded 13 Acquisition 13 Acquisition 14 Digital Watermark Initiative „HolyGrail 2.0“ joined 14 New Machine Design has won the Good Design ® Award 15 New E-Book – The Circular Economy 15 Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Capacity doubled 16 New CEO 16 New CFO 17 Multi-Purpose Co-Extruders – Now also for Sheet Production 17 Leaving the Board after more than 45 Years 18 Personnel Expansion for Sales Team 18 Management Board Expanded 19 New BOPE Additives for Agile and Eif fi cient Response to New Market Trends 19 Joint Venture in India Established 20 Joining the Circular Plastics Alliance 20 Next-Generation Space-Saving Scanning Measurement System for Narrow Web Processes 21 Liaison Of fi ce in Turkey 21 Portfolio expanded 21 New 500 Series Rubber/Silicone Extrusion Crosshead 22 Capacity Expansion 22 New Vacuum Technology Optimises the Production of High-Performance Oriented Films 23 Collaborative Project in Sweden intensi fi ed 23 Industry News USA 24 Cooperation 24 LFT-D Line with 2,500-Tonne Press Ordered 24 Material Tests on Shredder-Extruder Machines – Service Offering for Customers in North America Expanded 25 Director of International Sales for Extrusion Systems Promoted 25 Next-Generation Case Packer with Collaborative Robot Automation System Launched 26 Signi fi cant Addditives Expansion in the U.S. 26 Vice President of North America Operations Named 27 Vice President and General Manager of Latin America Named 27 Statement on Canadian Government’s „Toxic“ Label Released 27 Automatically Hopper Device Enables to Accurately Dosing 28 Mourning The Loss Of One Of Their Own 28 New Flame Retardant Wire and Cable Jacketing Compounds Receive „Halogen-Free“ Assessements 29 Tacki fi er Capacity Expansion in India Announded 29 Compounding Increase in Turnover on the European Market 30 Recycling – Case Study PET Bottle to Bottle Recycling – Major Ef fi ciency Improvements by Retro fi tting Melt Filtration System 31 Recycling – Case Study Cleaning Up Coasts at the Edge of the World 32 Recycling Reduced Odour – An Indispensable Quality Criterion in Post-Consumer Plastics Recycling 34 Control Systems Service Portfolio expanded – Control Solutions for Complete Recycling Plants 36 Recycling The Best Recycled Pellets for Irrigation Pipes 37 Recycling, Circular Economy – From Research Today’s Waste Becomes Tomorrow’s Resource – „Waste4Future“ Paves New Ways for Plastics Recycling 38 Recycling 2 Million Tons of Installed Recycling Capacity Worldwide Celebrated 40 Film Technology Dual Frame System Boosts Ef fi ciency 41 Pipe Extrusion Strongly Positioned with Optimal Machine Technology for the GrowthMarket of PVC-O Pipes 42 Film Extrusion Desire for Hygiene and Food Safety Increases Worldwide Demand for Flexible Packaging Films 44 Measuring Technology – Case Study Fast and Reproducible Sample Inspection of Plastic Pellets 46 Pelletizing Melt Pump Technology for Production of Bioplastic PLA 48 Extrusion Technologies Extrusion Lines for Pipes Renewed 49 Pipe Extrusion Shape your Pipes, Shape your Future and Go Green 50 Extrusion Technologies Physical Foaming to In-House Extruder Test Line Added 51 Extrusion and Recycling Technology New Life for Worn Arti fi cial Grass 52 Extrusion BlowMolding PCR in Cosmetic Packaging? It’s all a Question of Technology 56