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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28.03.2025

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Sica Starbell 630 automatic beller and Masterfit 630 IL inserter unit

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News 31.03.2025

A new recycled polymer production plant in Venice

Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, opens a new plant in Porto Marghera with the capacity of up to 20,000 tonnes of crystal polystyrene (r-GPPS) and expandable polystyrene (r-EPS)

News 31.03.2025

Constantia Flexibles Acquired Aluflexpack AG

Aluflexpack is a Swiss producer of custom flexible packaging, serving food and pharmaceutical sectors

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Sikora’s Purity Scanner Advanced for pure XLPE & PP pellets

How to eliminate contamination thanks to the latest material sorting

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Crisis in EU Plastic Recycling Demands Immediate Action

A sharp decline in domestic production, increased imports, and rising economic pressures are forcing company closures

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Recycling up to 6 tonnes of PET per hour

With VACUREMA® technology, EREMA offers a proven system: In total, a dozen VACUREMA® machines have been commissioned worldwide since 2020

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Plastic recycling with Untha

The Austrian RDG Recycling Group uses innovative recycling processes, starting with an UNTHA shredder – a XR3000C mobil-e

A solution for manufacturing efficiency and faster biodegradability of BOPLA films

Using a new platform of Ingeo™ PLA polymers from NatureWorks, biaxial film manufacturers can produce BOPLA with transverse direction stretch up to 7x

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From Foil to Foam

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have developed a foil that changes into polyurethane foam (PU foam) when heated – entirely without health risks

News 17.01.2025

Plasmatreat: New Openair-Plasma system for EPDM profiles

The system offers manufacturers in the automotive industry an efficient, clean, environmentally friendly and highly compact solution for the surface pretreatment of EPDM/TPE profiles

News 14.10.2024

Sustainable packaging made with Bio-PE from used cooking oil

The process starts with collection of used cooling oil from Lamb Weston’s production which is then converted to bio- feedstock to produce bio-renewable SABIC® HDPE and SUPEER™ metallocene LLDPE

News 16.09.2024

Packaging Manufacturer UFP Technologies Acquires AQF Medical

Headquartered in Navan, Ireland, AQF Medical develops and manufactures custom-engineered foam and thermoplastic components used in a wide range of medical devices and packaging