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 08.04.2021

Americhem added compounding capacities

The plant expansion includes the addition of an isolated 20,000 sq. ft. “Clean Compounding” room that will house six new compounding lines in the overall 60,000 sq. ft. expansion

News 05.04.2021

RadiciGroup: New production units for engineering polymers

RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers strengthens its global presence with investments of over EUR 35 million: new plants in Mexico and China, expansion in Europe and North America

News 05.04.2021

Material saving with roll-up packaging

A new HDPE bottle developed by ALPLA in cooperation with Beiersdorf for its NIVEA brand is good for the environment in a number of ways

News 01.04.2021

NGR further improves the field of PET bottle-to-bottle recycling

In order to meet the growing interest, a further Liquid State Polycondensation (LSP) plant will be available for demonstration and testing purposes from March 2021

News 01.04.2021

A novel dosing unit from Woywod

PLASTICOLOR 3500 series is designed for the processing of granules, PVC dry blend, regrind, agglomerate and masterbatch

News 01.04.2021

Tekni-Plex names new president and CEO

Brenda Chamulak will become company president and CEO effective June 30 as part of a planned leadership transition

News 01.04.2021

Plastic Energy Collaborates with ExxonMobil on Recycling Project in France

Project will use difficult-to-recycle plastic waste to produce high-value certified circular polymers

News 31.03.2021

New Transparent, Carbon Neutral Packaging Film from Innovia

REF30cn belongs to the Encore range of Sustainable Polypropylene packaging films and boasts a high level of certified renewable content

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

Videos

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