Compounding

Compounding

Coperion Adds Pelletizer Company

Twin-screw compounding equipment supplier Coperion GmbH (U.S. office: Coperion Corp., Ramsey, N.J.) has expanded its product line by acquiring majority ownership of Pell-Tec Pelletizing Technology GmbH in Niedernberg, Germany.

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Biopolymers

New WPC Materials Producer Up and Running

Some 18 months in the making, Polymera Inc. last month announced that its 160,000 ft² production plant is officially open for ´óÏó´«Ã½, with annual capacity for 60 million lb of wood/plastics composite (WPC) compounds.

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polyolefins

SABIC Opens Specialty PP Compounding Plant

WEB EXCLUSIVE: SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., recently opened a specialty polypropylene compounding operation at its Bay St.

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Multiscrew

If He Built It, It Will Run

This compounder builds its own machines.

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Medical

Extruding Drug-Impregnated Film & Rod

The lines between polymer and pharmaceutical processing continue to cross.

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color

Veteran Compounder Is Now Sold on Twins

Since 1967, FD Plastics in Leominster, Mass., has been supplying processors with color concentrates made with single-screw extruders.

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Multiscrew

New/Old Player in Compounding Machines

Two machine builders, each with more than 60 years’ experience in compounding, have united to furnish continuous mixing equipment.

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Compounding

Avoid Those Devilish ‘Angel Hairs’

Angel hairs wreak havoc on plastics processing: clogging filters, plugging conveying lines, causing feed problems at the blender, and jamming up machine throats. Here's how to prevent their formation.

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plant tour

Compounder’s Low Headroom Doesn’t Stunt Its Growth

With careful planning and the use of bulk-bag discharging and conveying equipment, The Plastics Group of America was able to accommodate its latest expansion on one level of its 60,000-ft² building.

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Compounding

Americhem Expands in North Carolina

Americhem, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is building a new manufacturing “campus” in Liberty, N.C., near Greensboro.

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Blending & Dosing
Plastics Size Reduction