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

New Issue

28.03.2025

Extrusion & Recycling Asia 1-2025

News

News 16.03.2023

TotalEnergies and Colines® partner to create recyclable stand-up pouch

The partners have developed a full PE recyclable Unlaminated Stand-Up Pouch, allowing to decrease the packaging thickness

News 16.03.2023

Plastribution acquires Leicester-based sheet supplier Eagle Plastics

The move enables Plastribution to add a thermoplastics sheet business to its products division

News 10.03.2023

Polykemi begins compounding operations in the USA

The company is launching operations with 6500 tons of capacity on two twin-extrusion lines (92 mm and 75 mm, respectively), and room for immediate expansion

News 10.03.2023

Vonco acquires Genesis Plastics

Genesis Plastics an Indiana-based thermoplastics contract manufacturer providing world-class medical device innovation and collaboration through radio frequency (RF) welding and heat-sealing

News 09.03.2023

Nova Commercializes First FDA-Compliant Mechanically Recycled Polyethylene

Low-emission recycled solution allows converters and brand owners to incorporate recycled polyethylene into food packaging

News 08.03.2023

Ampacet BIAX4CE™ Portfolio for Oriented Mono-material PE Film Applications

The BIAX4CE additive line includes antiblock, antistatic, migrating and non-migrating slip as well as high performance antifog masterbatches

News 04.03.2023

Constantia Flexibles to acquire Drukpol Flexo

Founded in 1992, Drukpol has grown to 183 employees and is a well-established player in the Polish flexible packaging market with strong capabilities in flexo printing and extrusion lamination

News 04.03.2023

New matt white film for tray labels from Innovia

This coated BOPP film is available in a thickness of 92 micron and has a unique matt white printable surface on one side, and an adhesive receptive coating on the other

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