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NDC Infrared Engineering Merges with Beta LaserMike

(Controls)

July 12, 2014, ... partners." NDC Technologies will offer four key product groups: • Web solutions for the converting, extrusion, calendering, and nonwovens industries, delivering real-time measurement and control of ...

Cosmo Films Strengthens Exports with New SEZ Plant

(Flexpack)

June 09, 2014, ... set up in India. The plant has one BOPP and three extrusion coating lines in order to cater to global demand, which is more skewed toward coating films. The plant also will have a chemical coater and ...

Bloomer Plastics Completes Expansion Program

(Flexpack)

June 03, 2014, Program includes a debottlenecking initiative, a plant expansion, and installation of a new cast film extrusion line   BLOOMER, WI | Bloomer Plastics, a producer of custom-engineered cast embossed ...

Energy Sciences Announces EB Flexo Ink

(News | New Products)

May 16, 2014, ... providing effective ink trapping in the wet state. Only one EB dryer is required per press, eliminating all inter-station and end-of-press thermal dryers. Printers can EB laminate, extrusion laminate, ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 4

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... guidelines that are applicable to most extrusion coating lines using modern equipment, processing low density polyethylene (LDPE).  Your equipment or materials may require special conditions not covered ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 3

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, Part 3 of this mini series will discuss proper shutdown procedures to minimize or eliminate gauge bands in extrusion coated and cast film products. Now that we have successfully started up the extruder, ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, Strategies to eliminate gauge bands in extrusion coating and cast film by using proper operating procedures. Last time I discussed ways to eliminate gauge bands in the extrusion coating process by ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 08, 2014, ... bane of the extrusion coating converter, and to a lesser extent, cast and blown film producers.  Nothing has changed in this regard. I would say more than 90% of the extrusion coating lines I see (if ...

SAM NA Open House

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 08, 2014, Hot off the press...SAM NA holds open house at it Phoenix, NY headquarters and Pilot Plant facilities. In a move to position itself as an alternate supplier of extrusion coating, cast film and laminating ...

Gloucester Expands Rebuilding Capacity

(Bag Pouch)

April 06, 2014, Company says it can now take any bottom-seal bag machine and upgrade, retrofit, and remanufacture it with the latest servo drive and control package   GLOUCESTER, MA | Gloucester Engineering Co. ...

Gloucester Engineering Creates Two Divisions

(Coating/Laminating)

March 11, 2014, ... OEM Division will concentrate on the company’s line of traditional complete blown film, cast film, foam and sheet extrusion, bagmaking, and extrusion coating systems and equipment.  Laurent Cros has ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... pouches. The pouches, which are used for long-term storage of automotive electronics and metal parts, are 48-mil PET with 3.7 optical aluminum/92-ga PET with 3.7 optical aluminum/coextrusion of PE/conductive ...

Barrier Film Capacity Expanding at Next Generation Films

(Flexpack)

March 03, 2014, Orders three blown film extrusion lines from W&H LINCOLN, RI | Next Generation Films, based in Lexington, OH, has ordered three blown film extrusion lines from Windmoeller & Hoelscher to strengthen ...

Plastics are Alive and Well in Southeast Asia

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

February 19, 2014, I had the opportunity to do some extrusion training recently in Southeast Asia, and all I can say is that plastics are alive and well there. I taught nearly 70 students over a 2-week period in Thailand, ...

Parkinson Technologies Expansion Ahead of Schedule

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2014, ... is driven by unique capabilities in developing systems and process technology for plastics biaxial and uniaxial orientation, extrusion melt filtration, primary winding, and slitting/rewinding converting ...

Davis-Standard Unveils New Website

(News | New Products)

January 01, 2014, ... and global support capabilities. “The new website reflects our global commitment and vision as one of the industry’s largest and most diverse suppliers of extrusion and converting technology,” says Carlos ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013

(Coating/Laminating)

December 30, 2013, ... Extrusion Coating Line Davis-Standard, Pawcatuck, CT, offers the new dsX flex-pack extrusion coating line said to provide converters and package printers with the capabilities and flexibility needed ...

Nordson KREYENBORG Offers Single Support Cart

(Extrusion Coating)

December 10, 2013, ... and gear pump on a single movable cart said to simplify deployment of these components in an extrusion line, take up less floor space than separately mounted machines, and provide easy access for replacement ...

EcoCortec Doubles Its Capacity

(Flexpack News)

November 12, 2013, ... The new production hall will contain three new high-tech extrusion lines, a confectioning line of Cortec’s Vapor phase Corrosion Inhibitor (VpCI) papers, and a warehouse for various Cortec products.  EcoCortec ...

MTi-Polyexe Reduces Downtime, Improves Quality

(News | New Products)

November 03, 2013, ... Goldenrod lightweight shafts and chucks in their blown film and extrusion coating production lines. MTi Polyexe Corp. is a leading producer of specialty traction, weather-resistant, and protective films; ...