Compounding extruder suppliers report U.S. business was flat or down in 2019, reflecting a weaker automotive business and some general delays in capital investments — but recycling lines and turnkey ...

AKRON, OHIO (Nov. 24, 10 a.m. EST) — As autumn turns to winter, something new is turning up in compounding machinery circles — a sense that things are getting better. After three or four years, the ...

A drawing of the CMP shows a pair of gears with straight involute teeth rotating on melt-lubricated hydrodynamic bearings. Following 1.5 years of R&D, this manufacturer has come up with its own energy ...

“We have designed, installed and already commissioned a high-performance turnkey compounding line for Lanxess’ Chinese production site in Changzhou,” explains Dieter Brunner, Key Account Manager at ...

Dale Brosius , Contributing Writer, Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) In the last few years, long fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (LFRT) materials have moved from niche ...

SUZHOU, China—Materials maker Americhem Inc. has added an extrusion line for soft polymer compounding at its plant in Suzhou. The new line will allow for more convenient compounding of polymers such ...

Ultra-Poly Corp. was founded by Alan LaFiura in 1974 to provide toll processing of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film scrap and has evolved over the last five decades into a custom compounder of ...

According to leading suppliers within the compounding market, players on the machinery side are “booked and happy,” with the compounding market as a whole “strong and investing” as participants ...

The new line is an addition to the company’s existing production capacity for Sabic ® polypropylene compounds at the Genk site and will use raw materials from Sabic’s PP plants at Gelsenkirchen, ...