Film Extrusion
Petoskey Plastics Expands to Texas
New $30-million facility will help film extruder meet growing demand.
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Updated Machine-Direction Orientators
Film MDOs are enhanced to improve efficiency and reliability while cutting on energy consumption.
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New Die-Cleaning System Boosts Efficiency for Film Processor
IPG’s investment in Schwing’s cleaning system impacts processor’s bottom line by getting dirty film dies back in production quickly.
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Steinbeck Named CEO of W&H
Succeeds long-time CEO Jürgen Vutz, who will join the company’s Supervisory Board beginning the new year.
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Film Processor Boosts Line Performance with Air-Ring Retrofit
Air-ring upgrade results in output gains up to 23% for leading film processor in Indonesia. Gauge uniformity also improved.
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Extrusion: Go from Fluff to Blown Film With Twin-Screw System
System bypasses pelletizing step and can reprocess barrier films.
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Extrusion: MDO Stretches Film-Performance Limits
Systems rely on infrared heaters inside the cylinder.
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‘Game Changing’ Flat Die Lives Up to Its Billing
Revolutionary ‘touchless’ die and control system for cast film and coating/laminating offer speed, efficiency and operational efficiencies to processors that were previously ‘unheard of.’
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PE Film Market Snapshot 2020: Candy
With an AAGR of 11.8%, PE resin consumption is anticipated to reach 52.9 million lb in this market by 2022.
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PE Film Market Snapshot 2020: Envelopes
One of the fastest-growing PE film markets is expected to grow at a clip of of 5.2% a year through 2022.
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