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

Сase studies

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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28.03.2025

Extrusion & Recycling Asia 1-2025

News

News 13.02.2018

Petcore Europe launches its new Plastic Aerosol Recycling Special Industry Group

This industry task force is looking for ways to increase the recycling volumes of PET products from the household packaging waste stream

News 13.02.2018

New Braid-cut™ cutter for stainless steel braided PTFE & rubber hose

The Braid‐Cut™ HD is fully PLC controlled to ensure total synchronisation between the welding & cutting

News 12.02.2018

PROFILE RAISER to revolutionize the start-up process

With the PROFILE.RAISER, Greiner Extrusion Group presents a new system that automatically guides profiles to the correct entry position on the haul-off during start-up

News 08.02.2018

New package for papaya market

Braskem has successfully developed new protective polyethylene film package in cooperation with Brazilian fruit growers

News 08.02.2018

Hexcel took part in ISPO in Munich

Hexcel presented new composite materials including Polyspeed® pultruded components for various sport applications

News 07.02.2018

European debut of a new highest performance twin-screw extruder

The extruder's exceptionally high torque density enables effective yet gentle compounding at low screw speed and optimally low temperature

News 06.02.2018

LyondellBasell advances packaging with new polypropylene grade

This new grade provides a stiffness and impact performance for the production of thinner-walled products such as storage containers and media boxes

News 01.02.2018

High performance vacuum metallizing from the BOBST K5 Vision

The new BOBST K5 VISION is a compact vacuum metallizer for flexible packaging converters and CPP/PE film producers

Articles

COM4PHA project: New biodegradable bioplastics

The project is working on formulations based on the PHBV copolymer for applications in the packaging and agriculture sector

Articles

Sustainable circular economy for plastic and CFRP components

At the Open Hybrid LabFactory research campus, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, solutions for a circular economy in the automotive industry are being developed

Case studies

Сase studies

X-ray technology in rubber hose extrusion in China

Since 2013, WOJUN (Guangzhou) Rubber Co. has integrated four SIKORA X-RAY 6000 PRO into its production lines to ensure quality control during the extrusion process

Сase studies

PVC extruder from battenfel-cincinnati convinces Bahrain Pipes

The key feature of the combination of parallel twin-screw extruder twinEX and co-extruder conEX is the permanently installed gravimetric dosing unit on the twinEX

Videos

Powerfil - Erema Laserfilter

With POWERFIL you can count on high-performance filters that can best master challenging filtration tasks

Videos

Why Brabender extruder liners are openable

Simon Hill (Area Sales Manager Western Europe) shows the advantages of the clamshell design of Brabender's twin-screw extruders