Extrusion: Film & Sheet

The company had no experience making plastic pallets when it ordered a Pallateer system from Wilmington Machinery (Wilmington, NC). The venture was so successful, it has now installed a second machine.

Automatic adjustment of the chiller’s set point temperature yields numerous benefits, including decreased scrap rates, increased polymer strength, improved polymer appearance and extended equipment life.

The association’s Machinery Safety Technical Committee is seeking experts for four standards working groups related to extrusion, robotics, blowmolding and safety signs.

Advanced Extrusion, Inc. (Rogers, MN) earns ‘Component’ compostability certification from the Biodegradable Product Institute (New York City) for oxygen barrier NatureGrade crystallized PLA sheet.

Thermoforming Systems (Yakima, WA) "is the market leader in thermoforming equipment technology for high-volume packaging and we are excited to welcome their dedicated team to Davis-Standard,” said President and CEO Jim Murphy.

The Plastics Pioneers Association (McHenry, IL) inducted five new members at its annual fall meeting in Louisville, KY.

Allan Griff shares some of the reasons we should be thankful for the creature comforts made possible by extrusion. He also reprises his 11 key principles of extrusion.

Strong demand for biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) in 2018 has resulted in tightening supplies in North America and globally.

Beyers Plastics (Puurs, Belgium) will be integrated into the Tekni-Films business unit, which produces polyethylene packaging for the pharmaceutical, medical and other sectors.

With this acquisition, Taghleef will increase annual production capacity of BOPP film to more than 500,000 tons.