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 02.10.2020

Recyclable retort pouch for pet food

Amcor and Nestlé are launching a breakthrough in recyclable packaging that will improve the environmental footprint of consumer packaging up to 60%

News 01.10.2020

Ineos and AmSty to build facility for advanced recycling of polystyrene in Illinois

A joint 100 ton per day facility in Channahon, Illinois, will utilize the Agilyx advanced recycling technology

News 30.09.2020

KuibyshevAzot inaugurates its first European PA6 compounding line in Germany

The new extruder, supplied by Krauss Maffei Extrusion GmbH has a capacity of 12 KT

News 30.09.2020

ips: Rotary drum for underwater pelletizing

ips Pelletizing Solutions GmbH & Co. KG is supplying a newly developed rotary drum for the inline crystallisation of PET pellets

News 29.09.2020

Direct Pack hitting the first one-million-pound milestone on thermoforms

Direct Pack Recycling has a capacity to recycle 20,000 tons of PET plastic per year – and not only bottles but also mixed thermoformed PET containers

News 29.09.2020

KHS and Alpla develop returnable PET bottle

The 1.0-liter bottle’s high recyclate content of 35% has a very positive effect on its overall ecobalance

News 28.09.2020

Uptaking the renewable polypropylene in Japan

Borealis, Borouge and ITOCHU jointly announced that they have the strategic intent to jointly evaluate how to enable uptake of renewable polypropylene (PP) in the Japanese market

News 25.09.2020

Berry and Azek unite for plastic recycling

Berry’s mixed material, post-industrial scrap will be used for production of high-quality, sustainable building materials such as composite decking

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

Сase studies

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

Сase studies

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