Extrusion

Technological advancements go hand-in-hand German extrusion machinery supplierReifenhäuser Group and Russia’s largest integrated petrochemicals producer Sibur have joined forces to develop new polymer products at Sibur’s PolyLab centre, Russia’s first R&D centre for the development and testing of polymer products. Reifenhäuser says it will use the products developed at PolyLab for…

Against the back of reduce, reuse, recycle and replace, German machinery maker Reifenhäuser will present extrusion technologies for taking plastic as a material into a sustainable future. “We are facing up to our responsibility as part of the turnaround in how we use and deal with plastics,” commented the Group’s CSO, Ulrich…

Film/Sheet Extrusion With the trend moving towards POD lines, India’s Evo Ultra Flat PlusRajoo Engineers will exhibit its Heptafoil sevenlayer blown film line that is able to switch between barrier film and POD processing, with an output of 450 kg/hour. It will also show a twin-screw sheet line for PET.…

Having acquired Maillefer two years ago, extrusion machinery specialist Davis-Standard will use the K2019 show in Dusseldorf, Germany, to highlight the expertise of its subsidiary at the show to be held from 16-23 October. Its other companies in the group, Brampton Engineering and Thermoforming Systems LLC (TSL), will also be…

Machinery group KraussMaffei, which is a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned chemical firm ChemChina, has merged its Injection Moulding, Extrusion and Reaction Process technologies under a single brand. The first German company listed on the Chinese stock market, KraussMaffei is also the world’s only provider of solutions for injection moulding, extrusion…

German machinery supplier KraussMaffei Berstorffis planning to build a new plant for extrusion technology. Last month, the company signed a rental contract with committee reservation with VGP, a European project developer for commercial real estate, for an approximately 55,000 sq m production hall and office complex. Completion of the plant…

Danish plastic company Inter Primo A/S has acquired British-owned Essentra Extrusion BV, located in Buitenpost, the Netherlands, to strengthen the company’s position in the European market. With the purchase of Essentra, Inter Primo becomes one of Northern Europe’s largest companies in customised plastic extrusion and can continue its specialisation, development…

Officials at thermoforming machine maker Kiefel Technologies had every reason to smile at the Chinaplas 2019 show: the company had clinched a large order of six machines to a Chinese PET recycling firm. Of the six machines sold to Guolong Recyclable Resources Group, five were the KMD Smartformer and one,…

US-based machinery firm Milacron Holdings Corp. says it has entered into a definitive agreement with Osgood Capital Group and Cyprium Investment Partners to sell its Uniloy Blow Molding business. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close within the next 90 days. Tom Goeke, Milacron…

Germany’s Covestro has started building additional production lines for its polycarbonate films. The new co-extrusion lines are scheduled for completion by the end of 2020 and will cover the increasing demand. “With this capacity expansion, we are strengthening the Dormagen site as a competence centre for specialty films,” said Dr.…