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

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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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News 14.09.2021

Oben Group acquire Poligal

This acquisition includes the BOPP and CPP production plants in Portugal and Poland, commercial offices in Germany and an extensive sales and distribution network throughout Europe

News 10.09.2021

World's first bread packaging based on recycled plastic

Allied Bakeries, a UK based supplier of bakery products, has introduced bread bags made by St. Johns Packaging using SABIC’s circular PE in the packaging of their Kingsmill No Crusts 50/50

News 10.09.2021

United Poly Systems Gets FM Approval

The company is now certified to manufacture FM Approved polyethylene pipe in 2–24-inch diameters

News 10.09.2021

Illinois-Based Pactiv Evergreen to Acquire a Thermoformer Fabri-Kal

The transaction, valued at approximately $380 million, is expected to close late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of this year

News 09.09.2021

Yes Recycling to produce EcoSheet in a new facility in Scotland

A state-of-the-art recycling facility in Glenrothes, Scotland will open in late October and will recycle 15,000 tonnes per annum of post-consumer plastic to produce Ecosheet, an alternative to plywood

News 09.09.2021

PET Recycling: Decontamination and IV Control in One Extrusion Step

The New MRSjump Extruder from Gneuss combines the unmatched decontamination performance of the established MRS Devolatilising Extruder with viscosity boost in only one processing step

News 09.09.2021

New Biocompounds for Extrusion and Thermoforming

With its M·VERA® grades GP4001, GP4003 and GP4005, the German company BIO-FED has developed materials for rigid packaging solutions that are easy to extrude

News 07.09.2021

Sustainable rPET cups for school milk

The joint project of Austrian school milk producers and the three Upper Austrian companies PET-MAN, Greiner Packaging and Starlinger viscotec is revolutionising the food packaging market

Articles

Preheater Range for Wire and Cable Manufacturing from Zumbach

The range is built around an innovative intelligent induction power controller, ensuring stable and linear heating of conductors.

Articles

How To Replace PFAS in Medical Technology

A team at the Fraunhofer Institute IFAM has succeeded in developing solutions that hold great promise of targeted substitution for PFAS in fields including medical engineering

Case studies

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Sikora's X-RAY 6000 PRO for quality control by Huacheng Cable

The system allows inline measurement of wall thickness, eccentricity and diameter of up to three material layers

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Sikora inspection and measuring systems ensure the HV and EHV cables

HV and EHV cables place the highest demands on their function and their production

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Bausano Twin Screw Extruder MD 75-30 in the extrusion line

The line is equipped also with a cooling and calibration pipe tank, Digital Extruder control 4.0, degassing unit and pressure transducer

Videos

Mflow extrusion plastometer from ZwickRoell

ASTM D1238 Melt flow plastometer is designed for MVR measurements according to method A