You’ve finished your run and you want to use the line with another resin. Do you: Follow with the other resin right away? Take the system apart and clean it all? Or just clean the die or the screw? Or do you run a purge material through to make the change easier/quicker/cheaper? There is no simple...
Ube Industries is expanding production capacity at its polyamide manufacturing affiliate in Castellón, Spain, Ube Corporation Europe S.A. Unipersonal. Capacity at the site will grow from 30,000 tonnes/year to 70,000 tonnes/year as of 2018. Ube’s capacity for producing polyamide in Spain will more...
Celebrating its 60 th anniversary, the International Association of Plastics Distribution (IAPD; Overland Park, KS) held its annual IAPD Convention and Plastics Showcase in Phoenix, AZ, on Oct. 4 to 8. The IAPD brings together manufacturers, fabricators, distributors, recyclers, manufacturers’...
Consumer packaging giant Sonoco (Hartsville, SC) is investing significantly in its high performance film core production equipment at its plant in South Carolina. The investment will enable Sonoco to offer enhanced quality cores for film markets where constantly increasing quality standards are...
Constantia Flexibles Group (Vienna, Austria) is expanding its reach in the European pharmaceutical packaging industry through the acquisition of the flexible packaging business owned by the Italian company Lamp San Prospero SPA (Modena, Italy) via an asset deal. The transaction is planned to be...
Ube Industries, Ltd. has decided to expand its production capacity for lithium-ion battery separators at its Factory in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, in order to meet growing demand for lithium-ion batteries used in automobiles. The expansion will take place after the current construction of new...
Innovia Films (Cumbria, UK) is expanding its portfolio of peelable biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films to help alleviate the frustration of consumers trying to pry open plastic packaging. Propafilm RCP, which is now available in 52 and 60 microns, is a proven, easy-to-open, food packaging...
Packaging manufacturer Parkside (Normanton, UK) took home bronze in the food category of the Starpack Industry Awards for its flexible self-venting steam bag, Parkscribe Steam, for frozen vegetables. Rivaling existing packaging formats in the convenience foods market, the novel pack is a hassle-...
Pregis (Deerfield, IL) has acquired Easypack (Stevenage, UK), a paper-based protective packaging company, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is part of Pregis’ growth strategy to expand its inflatable plastic packaging portfolio in Europe. "We are continuously looking for ways to support...
The news is mostly good, but there’s a little something for everyone in the Q2 2016 report on North American shipments of plastics machinery. Optimists can point to a third straight quarter of growth with a year-on-year 2% increase for reporting companies: $312.1 million in the second quarter...
