Extrusion
Extrusion
The Rehau Group will sell its business in Russia to the local management and will withdraw completely from the country.
Classen, a German manufacturer of synthetic flooring, has recently invested in new extrusion equipment including a Multi-Touch roll stack from battenfeld-cincinnati.
In the lead-up to K 2022, the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association, VDMA has been conducting a series of interviews with leading businesspersons in the industry, under the title Way2K.
Responding to the demand for more sustainable and eco-friendly materials, Bausano, an Italy-based manufacturer of custom extrusion lines, is now offering extrusion lines that are specifically configured for processing plastic waste and natural-fibre composites, the company says.
Teknor Apex has added a new Arvitec co-extrusion line at their application development laboratory in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany.
As more and more compounders and processors are exploring alternatives to fossil-based virgin materials, machinery companies are sitting up and taking notice.
As what is part of the largest investment programmes in KraussMaffei’s history, KraussMaffei Group is building a completely new plant plus a modern extrusion R&D centre in Laatzen, on the outskirts of Hannover, where it is merging all corporate extrusion operations at a single location.
German machinery executive Ulrich Reifenhäuser, who joins the Plastics Hall of Fame this year, grew up with plastics at the dinner table.
A company preaching the gospel of polylactic acid-based bioplastics is working to convert processors of conventional plastics, one company at a time — or three in 12 months.
For Epsotech, a manufacturer of extruded engineered polymer sheet materials, sustainability means, among other things, a focus on recycling, and above all, on recyclability.
While cast film extrusion is the established manufacturing process for deep-draw thermoforming films , a new development from Kuhne Anlagebau GmbH is set to challenge this.
As the use of recycled PET material for the production of filaments and fibre products continues to grow, demand for well-sorted, clean bottle flake material remains high.
CCL Industries Inc., a provider of specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, is planning a multimillion investment in new capacity at its Innovia Films unit.
A leading manufacturer of HDPE and PVC pipes in Israel, Palad HY, has invested in a new solEX NG 75-40 from Bad Oeynhausen, Germany-based battenfeld-cincinnati.