Hosokawa Alpine American, Inc Suppliers Showroom

ExxonMobil Develops High-Performance, 95% PE Recyclable Thermoformed Packaging

The packaging solution involved a collaboration with equipment suppliers Hosokawa Alpine and Multivac Group.

Materials Suppliers Team on PFAS-Free Solutions

Baerlocher PFAS-fee process aid passes muster in resin manufacturer’s testing on production-sized blown film line.

Masterbatch Creates Cavities, Helping Film Processors Boost Sustainability, Recyclability

Additive technology creates air pockets in film during orientation, cutting down on the amount of resin needed while boosting opacity, mechanical properties and recyclability.

Processing Megatrends Drive New Product Developments at NPE2024

It’s all about sustainability and the circular economy, and it will be on display in Orlando across all the major processes. But there will be plenty to see in automation, AI and machine learning as well.

Novel Cooling System, Energy Efficient Extruders for Blown Film

NPE2024: Tower-mounted, variable-diameter air ring and flexible, energy-efficient extruder highlight Apline display.

ADG Solutions Expands Recycling Product Line

ADG will offer recycling equipment from Baracco and Break Machinery.

Flexible, Multilayer Film Made With 50% Reclaim

Target for new film is mono-material packaging to replace difficult-to-recycle multi-material structures in applications that include stand-up pouches.

Single-Inlet Air Ring

Easy to maintain an operate, it’s integrated in the blown film line through just one cooling air supply line.

Recycling Challenges Become Opportunities with the Aid of New Technologies

The latest recycling equipment on view at the K Show handles more materials, is more efficient and produces higher quality output than ever achieved before.

Variable-Diameter Air Ring Cools Film Above Frost Line

Tower-mounted adjustable ring adds cooling so that blown film can run at optimum line speeds with structures having soft inner skin layers that tend to block.

Alpine American PTXPO Spotlight

Hosokawa Alpine American, Inc. discusses the upcoming Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) March 29-31

'Circular Economy' Dominates Discussion of Resins, Additives at K 2019

New product launches from materials suppliers at the giant show shine light on sustainability.

Film Extrusion: Towers of Power & Sustainability

At K 2019, developments in blown film highlighted recyclable film structures for new applications and technology aimed at making product changes more efficient.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Film & Extrusion Coating

Check out what’s new in blown and cast film and extrusion coating at the big plastics industry trade show.

Are Blown Film Processors Getting The Biggest Bang for Their Resin Buck?

Decades-old extrusion equipment may be holding some processors back, says Alpine exec Nunes.

Extrusion/Compounding at NPE2018: More…More…More!

More speed, flexibility and robustness. Across a gamut of extrusion applications, machine builders are introducing new machinery, components, and systems to dramatically raise the bar on productivity.

K 2016 Extrusion: Speed, Versatility Rule the Day at K

Shorter product runs mean frequent product changeovers for processors, and suppliers responded to these trends across all extrusion technologies.

Alpine Piled on the Layers At K 2016

A record for film blowing at a show: 11 layers.

Alpine Kicks Off K With Lots of Layers

Layers are great with chocolate cake. And blown film too. Hosokawa Alpine ran what’s believed to be a show first: an 11-layer line producing nylon-based barrier film.

K 2016 Preview: Extrusion and Compounding

Regardless of what you might be extruding, the themes of speed and flexibility will loom large in extrusion at the giant show.

Nova Installs Nine-Layer Blown Film Line to Enhance Customer Collaboration

It's said to be a first for PE resin producers in North America.

EXTRUSION AND COMPOUNDING NPE: Flexibility, Speed and Quality

Extrusion processors need more—of everything—to compete. And suppliers responded in force in Orlando.

EXTRUSION AND COMPOUNDING AT NPE: The Word Is ‘More’

As in speed, power, quality, flexibility, layers, and efficiency. Those are the trends across all extrusion processes.

Extrusion/Compounding at K 2013: Having It All

Extrusion processors no longer need to chose among speed, quality, and flexibility, based on exhibits at K 2013.

K 2013 Preview: Extrusion, Compounding, Recycling

Across all extrusion technologies, expect to see new standards in speed, quality, flexibility, and efficiency in both energy and material usage.

Packaging Powerhouse Does It All

Materials formulation, cast and blown film extrusion, sheet extrusion, printing, and laminating come under one roof at this processor.

Modified MDO Gives Higher Film Yields

Hosokawa Alpine American, Natick, Mass., is offering new machine-direction orientation (MDO) technology that is said to dramatically reduce the amount of film to be edge-trimmed compared with other MDO designs.

Extrusion & Compounding at NPE: Advances Push Efficiency Envelope

Blown film towers may have been scarce, but there was no shortage of new technology aimed at helping to make extrusion processors more profitable.

Extrusion & Compounding at NPE: More Output, More Flexibility, Less Energy

There won't be many blown-film lines running, but there is still much in the way of innovation going on in extrusion and compounding.

From the Ashes, A More Efficient Film Operation Emerges

Three years after a fire destroyed most of its operation, Tex-Trude came back as a more productive extrusion ��ý.

Processor Strategies - Cadillac Products Packaging Move to Nine Layers Means Better Bags, High-Value Niches

The story of Cadillac Products Packaging is a 65-year-old tale that combines a steadfast commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction with a broad range of product offerings.

EXTRUSION & COMPOUNDING: Five-Layer Film Structures Set to Supplant Three Layers?

In blown film, equipment and material suppliers have come together to push five-layer technology into non-barrier applications previously held by three-layer films.

K 2010 Preview, Extrusion More…Layers, Output & Quality

In most segments of extrusion technology, the word at K 2010 is more.

Seven-Layer R&D Line Spurs Blown Film Innovation

Business might be slow in most blown film extrusion markets, but leading-edge processors are preparing for better times by tapping into a seven-layer line installed last year at Dow Chemical Co.’s Film Application Development Center (FADC) in Freeport, Tex.

NPE News in Extrusion

This NPE show won’t have a lot of extruders on the floor, either running or static. Instead, look for videos and announcements of new technology. You will also find lots of ingenious peripheral devices to improve output and quality and save resin. Some will do all three, and cost less into the bargain.

Investing in Planet-Friendly Packaging

Clear Lam Packaging Inc. is a mid-sized, family-owned packaging company with an enviable growth rate of over 20%/yr, unusual at a time when many mid-sized packaging companies are being bought out and disappearing. The secret, Clear Lam believes, has been its aggressive investment in R&D.

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