Sheet Extrusion

sustainability

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.

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'First' PBTs for Extrusion of Profiles and Thermoforming

BASF will showcase the new Ultradur PBT portfolio extensions at K 2019.

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KraussMaffei Unifies All Its Brands

Netstal and Berstorff are now KraussMaffei.

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PTi Realigns Sales Team

Additions made as machine builder continues its emphasis on high-quality sheet extrusion its importance to the thermoforming process.

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Film Extrusion

Extrusion: Non-Contact, Single-Sided Film, Sheet Gauge

Applications include a wide range of non-metallic film and sheet up to 200 mils.

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Film Extrusion

Macro Founder Planeta Retires

Founder of film and sheet extrusion machine builder steps down after 40 years.

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dies

Giving the ‘Royal’ Treatment in PET Packaging

In the U.S. for just seven years, Royal Interpack is emerging as a growing, innovative, customer-centric supplier of food packaging.

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Film/Sheet: Web Gauging Products for Sheet, Film

New series of new web-gauging product to boost film and sheet quality.   

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Thermoforming

Under One Roof: Innovative Recycler Closes the Loop

rPlanet Earth looks to disrupt the plastics recycling industry by creating a truly sustainable, closed-loop system for recycling and reuse of post-consumer plastics, with reclaim, sheet extrusion, thermoforming and preform making all in the same plant.

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Packaging

Machine Builders Join Forces On Novel ‘Direct-to-Sheet’ Technology

PTi, Farrel Pomini team on sustainable technology platform that combines compounding and sheet extrusion at extremely high filler loadings.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Blending & Dosing