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Automated Die, Feedblock System Improves Efficiencies at Cast Film Processor

Reifenhäuser's PAM automation systems helps Bogucki Folie reduce waste at startup while slashing time between changeovers.

Novel Line Turns Fluff to Blown Film

Processor Bioflex of Mexico is utilizing Reifenhäuser Blown Film’s EVO Fusion technology to integrate postindustrial and postconsumer recycled materials into products.

LG, Reifenhauser Combine on MDO Push

Resin and machinery companies also aim to look for further downgauging opportunities.

Banach to Lead Cast Film, Sheet, Coatings at Reifenhäuser

Flat film and sheet veteran has worked for both suppliers and processors.

Reifenhauser Stakes Claim to 'World's First' 18-Micron MDO Blown Film

Five-layer structure, to be displayed at drupa 2024 printing show, reportedly provides 25% material savings over current standard.

Breaking the Barrier: An Emerging Force in 9-Layer Film Packaging

Hamilton Plastics taps into its 30-plus years of know-how in high-barrier films by bringing novel, custom-engineered, nine-layer structures resulting from the investment in two new lines.

Generation Gap? Not at Packaging Personified

Started at a kitchen table and now in its third-generation of family involvement, this vertically integrated supplier of flexible packaging traces its success to closely aligning with customers and continually investing in new technology across its films, printing and converting operations.

Non-Contact Control of Flat Dies, Adapters

More automation comes to flat die technology.

Green’s the Theme in Extrusion/Compounding

The drive toward circular economy is requiring processors to make more use of PCR. Machine builders at K—across all extrusion processes—will be highlighting innovations to help them do just that.

Reifenhauser PTXPO Spotlight

Reifenhauser discusses the upcoming Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) March 29-31

High-Output Air Ring for Heavy-Duty Bags

Air ring exceeds output rates of 1320 lb/hr and targets bags for form-fill-seal applications.

Reifenhauser Buys Air-Ring Supplier

Acquires a majority stake in Germany’s Kdesign.

Extrusion: Go from Fluff to Blown Film With Twin-Screw System

System bypasses pelletizing step and can reprocess barrier films.

Digital Watermarking Consortium Advances Technology for Sorting & Recycling Plastics

Europe’s Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 gains new members and advances to Phase II pilot projects.

Polykar Adds Film Line Dedicated to Biopolymers

New Reifenhauser blown film line designed to process all types of biopolymers plus the full range of traditional polymers.

Reifenhauser Converts Second Pilot Line for Protective Gear in Coronavirus Fight

Line will produce enough material to create 1.2 million coveralls for hospital workers aiding COVID-19 patients.

K 2019 Preview: Green's the Theme in Extrusion & Compounding

Themes of sustainability and the Circular Economy will be visible at the booths of many suppliers of extrusion and compounding equipment—film, in particular.

Report from the K 2019 Preview: The Future of Plastics is Circular

During the K 2019 Preview in Düsseldorf, Germany, machinery and material suppliers discussed new initiatives and technologies dedicated toward incorporating sustainability into their offerings.

Sigma Plastics Continues Equipment Investment Spree

Film processor closed deals on 13 new lines during NPE2018. Adds four more from W&H, Reifenhauser.

Sheet: Next-Generation System For PET

Optimized extruder, new feedblock options, and Industry 4.0 compatibility highlight new line for PET packaging sheet.

NPE Wrap-Up: News in Primary Machinery, Part 1

Rounding up details from the Big Show not previously reported in all our other coverage, here’s more news in injection and blow molding, extrusion and compounding. Next month, we’ll conclude with recycling/scrap reclaim, robots, tooling, auxiliary equipment, materials and additives.

News Highlights from NPE2018

Developments in Industry 4.0, multi-layer preform molding, automation, LSR processing, and PP were among the major newsbreakers at May’s show. And one film processor finalized purchases of 13 new lines.

Reifenhauser Buys Flat Die Maker EDS

Acquisition said to 'perfectly complement' Reifenhauser's existing expertise in die production.

Take These Steps To Maintain Efficiency Of Your IBC

The overall performance of a blown film line depends on a properly tuned and maintained IBC control system. Follow these preventive-maintenance tips to keep your system running smoothly.

Help’s On the Way for Sheet Processors

Do you extrude sheet? Are you interested in networking with fellow processors, suppliers and sheet extrusion experts? Maybe you have questions about new-generation materials, or fundamental issues with drying?

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.

Europe’s Plastics Machinery Manufacturers Concerned Over "Brexit”

The United Kingdom is both an important export market for Europe’s plastics suppliers, as well as a location for independent subsidiaries.

China Serves Up Stiff Competition in Table Tennis and Plastics Machinery

Table tennis as a commentary on China’s pursuit of Germany for global plastics machinery preeminence.

Slideshow: The sights of NPE2015

Relive NPE2015 through photos taken by the Plastics Technology staff.

Chinaplas Show Offers News For Packaging, Automotive, Electronics

Fast-growing plastics fair showcases the region’s growing appetite for sophisticated food packaging, and more.

DuPont Shows Off New Film Structures

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, Wilmington, Del., rolled out a series of packaging innovations at last month’s Interpack 2014 show in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Five-Layer Line Gives Processor More Flexibility, New Opportunities

Processor bumps it up from three-layers to boost quality, flexibility and enter new markets.

Lots of Expansion Brewing In Film Extrusion

Firms adds more capacity to produce higher-tech films.

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.

Reifenhauser to Unwrap New Extruder, Other Innovations

New machine and novel approaches in blown/cast film, sheet, and wood composites touted.

Packaging Powerhouse Does It All

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

Making Old Bags New Again

This year, leading film processor and bagmaker Hilex company reprocessed 25 million lb of post-consumer material in its Bag2Bag recycling program.

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.

Extrusion at NPE 2003

NPE is typically a competitive display of the biggest, most dramatic equipment machine builders can muster.

NPE 2009 Wrap-Up: New Machinery for Extrusion and Compounding

Extrusion machinery at the June NPE show in Chicago showed inventive ways to get more out of your floorspace and materials.

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.

K 2007 Extrusion: Extrusion Outputs Go Through the Roof

Dramatic production demonstrations of cast and blown film set throughput records on the show floor in Dusseldorf.

What's New at the Show in EXTRUSION

It’s all about higher speeds and higher outputs at this year’s “K” show in Germany.

More Filler, Less Resin: Bag Films Load Up to Cut Costs

Filler isn’t a bad word in T-shirt bags and can liners any more.

What to See at NPE 2006: Extrusion

The new factor in extrusion machinery at this NPE is the influx of Asian suppliers.

K 2004 Extrusion: Outputs Rise, Downstream Units Gain Flexibility

The show was packed with new equipment for pipe and profile, including extruders redesigned for higher outputs and/or lower cost, plus new ways to adjust die and calibrator diameters or switch dies and calibrators more quickly.

Shhh ... Can You Hear the New Extruder Motors?

Silent, space-saving, energy-efficient, and high-torque, a new generation of ring-shaped motors is gaining a foothold in extrusion. A couple of hundred are already in use. Though most machine builders are reacting cautiously, adventurous processors are using them happily.

K 2004 News Preview: Extrusion

At K 2004, at least a half-dozen European machine builders will show new direct-drive extruders running gearless—or nearly gearless—drives with substantially higher rpm and output rates than conventional extruders of the same size.

Automatic Gauge Control: Comparing the Options

Until recently, blown-film processors looking for auto-gauge control had a choice of one segmented-die system, one IBC-based system, and several segmented air rings. Now there are at least nine auto-dies, including two for high-stalk bubbles, and lots of air-ring variations. All claim to improve gauge uniformity, but there are differences.

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