Extrusion

Italian extrusion machinery maker Amut recently supplied two extrusion lines for the production of waterproofing membranes in PVC and TPO to Jiangsu Canlon. “We are becoming the largest supplier of waterproofing materials around China reaching a productivity capacity of 10,000,000 sq m/year of waterproofing membranes in polymer and 20,000,000 sq…

Headquartered in Pawcatuck, Conn., Davis-Standard is a global leader in the design, development and distribution of extrusion and converting technology. Davis- Standard will promote the company’s equipment innovation and regional growth at Hall 9.2, Booth J41, during Chinaplas 2019 in Guangzhou, 21-24 May, alongside its subsidiaries Maillefer and Brampton Engineering.…

US end products manufacturer Tekni-Plex says it has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire three manufacturing facilities from packaging giant Amcor’s Flexible Packaging business unit. The facilities, located in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Ashland, Massachusetts, provide a broad portfolio of sterilisable medical device packaging substrates including coated and…

The focuses of presence at CHINAPLAS 2019 for ILLIG, the German leading global supplier of thermoforming systems and mold systems for thermoplastics, will be automatic roll-fed machines. One of the highlights is the new IC-RDM 73K thermoformer which will be displayed in Asia for the first time. The machine is…

At CHINAPLAS this year, Kautex will present a blow molding machine with a newly developed 6-layer extrusion head which was jointly developed by German and Chinese engineers at the company. The new 6-layer extrusion head can be used to produce multi-layer hollow plastic containers with a volume of between 500…

Having already supplied two flat-die extrusion lines to a Vietnamese customer, Italian extrusion machinery maker Bandera says it has now scored another order for a blown film line for heavy duty sacks (FFS) manufacture for another Vietnamese customer, which it did not name. The previous order was for a thermoforming…

Your feedscrew is stuck…now what? Never fear! First thing’s first, follow the instructions in your extruder manual. Secondly, we recommend using a feedscrew jack to safely aid in this process. This jack employs a long, grooved bar between two hydraulic cylinders actuated by a lever or via push-button operation. A…

US environmental technology firm Agilyx says its circular plastic recycling capabilities have expanded to include feedstock for crackers useful in producing ethylene and propylene building blocks of virgin plastics. Its new product expands the amount of waste mixed plastics, to include polyethylene and polypropylene, that can be diverted from landfill, further driving…

Italian extrusion machinery firm Amut Dolci Extrusion recently supplied a seven-layer cast film line for the production of stretch film to EB Packaging Sdn Bhd located in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia A particular feature of the line, water-cooled drives for the extruders, attracted EB Packaging to the line. Teo Kee…