December 1, 2019

What You Need to Know to Get into Coextrusion
 

Key considerations range from determining the right extruder sizes to tooling, matching material viscosities, and lots more.
Take a look.

Jim Frankland, 
Frankland Plastics Consulting

December 1, 2019

Packaging Converter Launches Film-Extrusion Business

Polymer Film & Bag Inc. will start with three-layer capacity of more than 20 million lb/yr, with additional expansion plans already firmed up.

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Jim Callari,
Plastics Technology

November 1, 2019

Recyclable All-PE Pouches: Sustainable Opportunity for Film Extruders

Sustainability and the Circular Economy are both a challenge and an opportunity to flexible packaging producers.
 

Lilli Manolis Sherman,
Plastics Technology

January 1, 2020

New Downstream System For Inline Cutting, Curing of TPU Tubing

Novatec will debut an altogether new approach for processing tacky, hard-to-cut thermoplastic polyurethane tubes at next month’s Plastec West show.

Jim Callari, 
Plastics Technology

January 1, 2020

Film Extrusion: Towers of Power & Sustainability
 

At K 2019, developments in blown film highlighted recyclable film structures for new applications and technology aimed at making product changes more efficient.

Jim Callari,
Plastics Technology

April 1, 2020

Dive Deeper in the Plastics Technology 'Extrusion Zone'
 

From this zone you link to information on some of the more common extrusion methods, such as film, sheet, and pipe/profile/tubing.
 

Plastics Technology Editors