Extrusion

Packaging

European Film Extruder Sets Up North American Operation

German processor S眉dpack sets up direct sales operation in Chicago.

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SPI and ACC partner on rigid plastics packaging, thermoforming

Can polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thermoforms enjoy the same recycling rates as their bottle brethren? Increasing thermoformed packaging reclaim, and that of other rigid plastics, will likely just be one goal of a new collaboration between SPI and ACC.

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Film Extrusion

Clear, Heat-Resistant PLA Films in Development

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Dutch producer of lactic acid and lactides Corbion Purac is joining forces with U.K.鈥檚 Innovia Films to develop PLA film that is both transparent and resistant to high temperatures.

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Packaging

There’s No Lid on This Processor’s Creativity

For this lid maker, the keys to success are speed, flexibility and ingenuity.

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Extrusion

Don’t Overlook the Feed Section

Most extrusion screw designers often do not design the feed section with the same rigor as other sections. This is odd since nothing goes through the screw that doesn鈥檛 first go through the feed section.

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News Aplenty In Extrusion

Last month brought a spate of developments that extrusion processors should find interesting.

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Postprocessing

Headlines from the K 2013 Show

Here’s just a taste of the innovations on display, a selection of the top headlines not covered in our September show preview.

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Sheet Extrusion

Stackable, Recloseable Package Hits Store Shelves

Clear Lam鈥檚 revolutionary PrimaPak debuts as package for pretzels.

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Packaging

Blown Film Line Combines Style, Substance

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Three years in the making, unique Varex II blown-film line from W&H that debuted at K 2013 features clean, sleek look and offers upgrades in throughput and control as well.

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Packaging

New Source of Flexographic Printers

Allstein GmbH opens sales office New Jersey to offer 'rugged press that is easy to use and attractively priced.'

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