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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News

News 18.05.2023

Shrink bag: adapa Group to make investments at two locations

First, an upgrade in adapa's Centre of Excellence for shrink materials in Kempten in southern Germany will be made. In addition, the site in UK St Helens Limited in northern England is currently being expanded

News 18.05.2023

Borealis launches portfolio of circular plastomers and elastomers

The introduction follows the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) of Borealis’ production site for the Queo™ portfolio, in Geleen, the Netherlands

News 18.05.2023

Nova and Pregis Collaborate to Deliver Sustainable Food Packaging

Pregis to use SYNDIGO™ recycled polyethylene resins for applications such as stand-up pouches, fitmented pouches, and lay-flat bags

News 13.05.2023

Bekum acquires the LFT-Pultrusion business unit of ProTec

Bekum will offer complete production lines in the sizes 8-strand LFT lab line, 32-strand LFT production line and 64-strand LFT production line

News 13.05.2023

Dura-Line to produce plastic conduit for fiberoptic lines in Texas

Orbia’s Connectivity Solutions business Dura-Line announced its expansion into the the Lubbock Business Park with over $52 million of capital investment

News 13.05.2023

Thermoformer Plastics Unlimited Grows

The expansion brings the company’s total manufacturing space to 130,000 square feet, three new thermoformers were added

News 13.05.2023

Paragon Films to Expand in North Carolina

During the groundbreaking ceremony, plans for the 70,000 square foot state-of-the-art warehouse facility were outlined

News 11.05.2023

Tosaf presented a new halogen-free additive for PE foams

FR9185PE is a halogen-free flame retardant (HFFR) additive newly developed by Tosaf for crosslinked and non-crosslinked polyethylene foams

Articles

Sustainable and closed loop solutions of flame retarded plastics

The hffr-Up2Cycle project, lead by the German Fraunhofer Institute LBF, aims to increase the sustainability of plastic materials formulated with flame retardeds

Articles

The Power of Plastics! Green – Smart – Responsible

From 8 to 15 October 2025 K in Düsseldorf, completely booked up since May 2024, will again become the main stage for the international plastics and rubber industry

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