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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Extrusion & Recycling Asia 1-2025

News

News 18.11.2023

Hexpol acquires the American TPE Compounder

Star Thermoplastics currently has a turnover of approximately 20 MUSD and has its operations near Chicago, Illinois, USA

News 18.11.2023

TekniPlex Celebrates Costa Rica Facility Expansion

The additional room of 55,000 square feet is being utilized for new medical tubing extrusion lines, downstream equipment for assembly and other operations

News 17.11.2023

Brabender offers a free webinar on “Clear Vision – Optical inspection for plastic film quality”

The visitors will have the opportunity to gain insights into the latest developments in the plastic film industry

News 17.11.2023

Conventus Opened a Subsidiary in Singapore

Conventus is selling the same global portfolio of products in Singapore including specialty nylons, polysulfones, thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs), and custom compounds

News 16.11.2023

Kiefel: New Thermoforming Machine KMD 78.2 Premium

This new machine for polymer packaging production is equipped with a bigger vacuum and forming air system than its predecessor

News 11.11.2023

Borealis and TotalEnergies Start Up Polyethylene Unit in Texas

The new PE unit, referred to as Bay 3, increases the Baystar site’s total production to over one million tons per year, which includes two legacy polyethylene production units

News 11.11.2023

Amcor and Nova Chemicals Announce a Supply Agreement

The supply agreement will enable Amcor to purchase SYNDIGO™ rPE resin, manufactured at NOVA’s first mechanical recycling facility in Connersville, Indiana, which should be in operation in 2025

News 11.11.2023

Asahi Kasei to expand coating capacity for battery separators

New coating lines will be installed at existing Asahi Kasei LIB separator facilities in the United States, Japan, and South Korea

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