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SMS Full Owner of China Extrusion Venture

(Archive)

April 25, 2006, ...  The move makes SMS Plastics Technology Group, of Düsseldorf, Germany, one of the few Western plastics companies with its own manufacturing operation and dedicated sales and service staff in China. ...

Extrusion Dies

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... — can provide two benefits: (1) They can yield a more uniform coating by giving the polymer more time, before exiting the die, to overcome die-swell forces that result from plastics memory, thereby reducing ...

Internet Resources: Equipment & Accesories (Coextrusion Systems thru Dies)

(Archive)

April 29, 2004, ...  Epoch Industries Garland, TX epochindustries.com Niagara Plastics/Polyguard Erie, PA niagaraplastics.com Core Shafts Amalga Composites West Allis, WI amalgacomposites.com Converter ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... was “Flexible Packaging Case Studies: An Interactive Workshop” organized by Dante F. Ferrari, AT Plastics, Inc., and Virginia P. Cushing, Mica Corp. The daylong session had twelve presentations covering ...

The Miracle of Coextrusion Makes Believers of Many

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... different constructions using alternate materials for new applications. Since its introduction only a few decades ago, coextrusion of polymers has become something of a miracle in the plastics industry, ...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, From fake flowers to hygienic-paper packaging, Germany's Böhme family has been in plastics for nearly 50 years. For almost as long, the company has linked its print quality to Fischer & Krecke presses. ...

Extrusion Coating Technology For The Imaging Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, Application: Extrusion coating is a process that can meet demanding applications such as photographic paper and other imaging uses. Extrusion coating Application: Extrusion coating is a process that can ...

Film Extrusion Committee News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... I. Butler of Dow Plastics for a presentation on Gel Troubleshooting. An expanded summary of Roisum's paper appears in this issue of "the PLACE." Amy B. Hitchcock of Eastman Chemical Co. won the Best Session ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... a lot of people are facing greater demands as far as performance. They're being asked to bring together a lot of different plastics to satisfy their customers, and it's getting more and more difficult for ...

Charter Next Generation Showcases Advanced Materials at Pack Expo 2024, Driving Sustainability and Operational Excellence

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2024, ... natural properties to create packaging solutions that will break down easily and offer a biobased alternative to traditional plastics. Sway materials are highly versatile, with applications spanning industries ...

A New Era in Sustainable Packaging

(News | New Products)

March 26, 2024, ... Dangers of plastic have become widely known. Conventional plastics cannot compost or biodegrade. This enables plastic features such as stretchability and strength, but it also makes it impossible to naturally ...

FPA: The State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry

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March 10, 2024, ... category related to flexible packaging is the area of “Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing,” which made up about $16.1 billion in 2022. This was followed closely by “Plastics ...

New ZSK FilCo Filtration Compounder for Higher Product Quality and Reduced Energy Consumption in PCR and Polymer Recycling

(News | New Products)

January 09, 2024, ... For plastics upcycling purposes the filtered recompounds are then fed into a separate twin screw extruder where they are again melted and compounded with the aid of additives, reinforcing materials and ...

Keynote Speakers Announced for TAPPI’s 2024 FlexPack PLACE Conference

(News | New Products)

December 03, 2023, ... organizations to provoke long-term innovation breakthroughs and transformations in sustainable plastics packaging. Klingenberg also serves as a lead in the Closed Loop Composting Consortium, is a member ...

INDEVCO Packaging Solutions Showcases Palletizing Solutions at Pack Expo 2023

(News | New Products)

August 16, 2023, ... INDEVCO Packaging Solutions division include:  INDEVCO North America plastics extrusion plants in Longview, Texas and Orangeburg, South Carolina, previously known as INDEVCO Plastics INDEVCO North ...

INDEVCO Packaging Solutions to Showcase Sustainable Converting Materials at Pack Expo 2023

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August 14, 2023, ... rot and waste is reduced by using plastic barrier and non-barrier converted films. INDEVCO North America blown film plants in Orangeburg, South Carolina and Longview, Texas (formerly known as INDEVCO Plastics) ...

US-Based Converting and Printing Innovator EDGE Industrial Technologies Expands Platform Offerings, Eyes New Acquisitions

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2023, ... Inc. Together, these three companies serve the packaging, food processing, converting, plastics and printing industries. In 2021, EDGE acquired Leverwood Knife Works of Red Lion, PA, and with an eye ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... have become a much higher priority in recent years and there is broad consensus that the pace of change needs to accelerate. Concerns about climate change and pollution – particularly ocean plastics – ...

Recycled and Recyclable: The Woven Plastic Bag of the Future

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February 05, 2023, ... by organizations such as the Global Plastics Pact by the Ellen McArthur Foundation, all target the plastic packaging industry. The goals of such legislative measures are to provide an economic incentive ...

Next Generation Flexible Packaging Solutions from Mamata

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January 23, 2023, Mamata serves the plastics and packaging industry for over 31 years offering equipment for film extrusion, converting, and packaging. Mamata serves the plastics and packaging industry for over ...