Jim Callari Editorial Director

Extrusion 27 Oct 2022

ENTEK Gets Government Funding to Bolster Battery-Separator Production

Firm has produced ‘wet-process’ films in Oregon for decades.

sustainability 27 Oct 2022

Sustainability Among the Many Niches at Niche Polymer

Founded in 1987, Niche Polymer continues to grow—both organically and through acquisition—by focusing its product-development efforts on ever-changing market needs. Adding value to both industrial and post-consumer scrap is a growing part of this effort.

close up on technology 25 Oct 2022

Novel System Produces Color on Demand

Ampacet’s FluxQF technology features a quick-dispersion universal carrier with novel machinery that provides automated color blending in quantities down to 50 lb.

sustainability 4 Oct 2022

Hosokawa Alpine Touts Move to Not Run Film Line at K

Blown film machine builder to instead “present its blown film technology in a truly sustainable way.”

Sheet Extrusion 27 Sep 2022

Green’s the Theme in Extrusion/Compounding

The drive toward circular economy is requiring processors to make more use of PCR. Machine builders at K—across all extrusion processes—will be highlighting innovations to help them do just that.

Packaging 6 Sep 2022

Young Stretch-Film Processor Bets on Nanolayers

Going up against companies with as much as double its capacity, young stretch-film processor Zummit believes that new technology — notably 59-nanolayer films — will give it a competitive edge.

PET Processing - Extrusion 23 Aug 2022

DeDuster Systems Cleans Up rPET Sheet

rPlanet cut its gel count drastically—allowing it to sell more sheet at prime prices—after installing a DeDuster system.

Film Extrusion 9 Aug 2022

Variable-Diameter Air Ring Cools Film Above Frost Line

Tower-mounted adjustable ring adds cooling so that blown film can run at optimum line speeds with structures having soft inner skin layers that tend to block.