Baker Perkins said its new MAX3 feed system for powder coating and industrial extruders can result in a throughput increase of up to 34%. Baker Perkins had added MAX³ with re-designed feed port and screws to enhance flow of material ...
Germany-based Herbold Meckesheim has supplied and commissioned a plastic film recycling system in Germiston South, near Johannesburg, in South Africa. The first large-scale plant for the recycling of heavily contaminated PE film waste has ...
Tags: Plastic Film, recycling system
Baker Perkins, a provider of manufacturing and process services to the food industry, has opened a new industrial extrusion innovation center in Peterborough, UK. The new center is designed to offer a resource for chemical, plastics, ...
Swedish packaging firm Tetra Pak has introduced new ice cream extrusion line for medium-capacity producers. The new ice cream extrusion line employs an independently controlled horizontal cutter to slice the ice cream as it exits from the ...
Extrusion technology provider KraussMaffei Berstorff says that its newly designed extruder models for pelletizing are bagging orders worldwide in both PVC and PO segments. The company claims to be registering significant growth in orders ...
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The installation of a new 6-inch (150mm) Davis-Standard extruder and strategic line upgrades have enabled Mid South Extrusion of Monroe, Louisiana, to improve throughputs while delivering a broader slate of HDPE procession options. The ...
Tags: HDPE, LLDPE films
Mid South Extrusion, a US-based converting and process films supplier for packaging industry, has installed a new 150mm Davis-Standard extruder to improve throughputs and expand film manufacturing capabilities. The firm has also made ...
Tags: packaging industry, Extruder
Taiwan-based Polystar has exhibited its two recycling machines at Plastivision India 2017 event. The company showcased Repro-One one-step recycling machine, and Repro Air compact and air-cooling film recycling machine at the event. The ...
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Gneuss has exhibited a new IV booster Jump system at the K 2016 show in Düsseldorf, Germany. Part of the recycling systems, the new add-on IV booster Jump system allows waste to be directly reintroduced into the production process. ...
Tags: Gneuss, PET thermoforming sheet
Taiwanese blown film machinery makers compete globally with high-performance, high-quality and competitively priced models. Among the plastic processing machines makers in Taiwan, those making plastic inflation and blown film machines ...
Polish firm Eurocast has installed new APET extruder, manufactured by Italian company Luigi Bandera, to meet the growing market demand for rigid packaging in the country. The new machine, which will complement the two existing machines at ...
Tags: Eurocast, APET extruder, Luigi Bandera
Spanish research institute Aimplas has developed a new method to produce polylactic acid (PLA), as part of the European project InnoREX. The institute has used an extruder as a reactor to produce PLA from lactide without using metallic ...
Taiwan based plastic recycling machine manufacturer Polystar has integrated its Repro-One recycling machine with a heavy-duty single shaft shredder to offer a one-step process for recycling both soft and rigid plastics. The integrated ...
Tags: Polystar, Repro-One recycling machine, integrated shredder
Nippon Paper Industries has completed the acquisition of Weyerhaeuser’s liquid packaging board business for $285m. Under the deal, which was first announced in June, Nippon acquired Weyerhaeuser’s mill situated in Longview of ...
Tags: Nippon, Weyerhaeuser, acquisition
Austria based extrusion equipment supplier SML Maschinengesellschaft has developed bigger, faster and smarter stretch film line for hand, machine and jumbo roll production. The new 4m-wide stretch film line, PowerCast, features a 13-layer ...
Tags: Stretch Film Line, SML