Extrusion

Packaging

Connecticut Joins Film Recycling Initiative

A major focus of the new partnership will be to increase voluntary participation in the recycling of plastic bags, wraps and other film packaging at supermarkets, grocery stores and other retail locations.

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Custom Downstream Systems Appoints New Territory Sales Manager

Cl茅mence Desrochers will serve as Territory Sales Manager for the West Coast.

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Get Involved in Manufacturing Day

Strut your stuff to students, their parents and teachers on Oct. 7

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Film Extrusion

Davis-Standard Expanding in Connecticut

Extrusion systems supplier adding 15,000 ft2 for manufacturing in Pawcatuck.

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New Owners for Battenfeld-Cincinnati

European investment group Nimbus buys extrusion machine builder.

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Thermoforming

Food Packaging Should Remain Strong

But industrial markets could slip.

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economics

May’s Index: 52.1

Large and mid-sized processors doing particularly well.

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PP Recycling Provides New Life for Keurig K-Cups

Premium coffee maker to shift from multi-layer pods to single-layer polypropylene later this year as demand for recycled PP soars.

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EXTRUSION: Better Mix In Means Better Mix Out

Segregation or de-mixing of polymers and additives can be a big problem in single-screw extrusion. Here’s why it happens, and how to fix it.

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Sheet Extrusion

Nordson Names New Director of Engineering and Operations

Thomas Ebeling will be in charge of the engineering and production teams for ED extrusion and polymer coating dies and Premier fluid coating dies.

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Blending & Dosing
Plastics Size Reduction