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2024
November/December 2024 
Featuring:
- Fine lines: advances in melt filtration
- Light relief: foamed sheet
- Stabiliser products target plasticulture
- Distributors increase profits in harsh market
- Pressed into action: thin wall packaging
- Extruder of the month: Pack Klaipeda
October 2024 
Featuring:
- Second skin: recycling and granulators
- A growing global market for capacitor films
- Machine learning: extruder developments
- Wrapped up: biaxial film
- Reducing cost and carbon
- Preview: Plastics Extrusion World Expo North America
- Extruder of the month: Lorven
September 2024 
Featuring:
- Sustaining advances in multi-layer packaging
- Fast and efficient: latest in thermoforming
- PVC additives evolve in tough environment
- Sustainable solutions for flexible PVC
- Scale models: advances in lab extruders
- Extruder of the month: Adapa
July / August 2024 
Featuring:
- Growing markets in bioplastics
- Light work: plastic pouches
- Taking a view: downstream equipment
- European expo show extrusion trends
June 2024 
Featuring:
- Wrap artists: stretch and shrink film
- Image control: printing equipment
- Blown away: blown film dies
- In the mix: masterbatch applications
May 2024 
Featuring:
- Soil improvement: waterproof membranes
- Handle with care: materials handling
- Innovations in sheet materials
- Show and tell: the return of NPE
April 2024 
Featuring:
- Sustainability issues in agricultural film
- Advances in slitter-rewinder technology
- Innovations in organic solar cells
- NPE 2024 show preview
February 2024 
Featuring:
- The latest medical applications
- Innovation in bioplastics
- Developments in polyolefins
- Plastics material testing
2023
December 2023 
Featuring:
- New demands call for advanced stabilisers
- Electric effect: static control
- Screen test: latest in melt filtration
- Light relief: latest in foamed sheet
2022
January / February 2022 
Featuring:
- Agricultural film
- Bioplastics
- Bio-additives
- Quality testing
- Medical applications
2021
2020
2019
November 2019 
Featuring:
- Sheet technology
- Smart packaging
- Thin wall packaging
- Construction
- K2019 review
October 2019 
Featuring:
- Extruders
- K2019 Machinery
- Mineral Fillers
- Polyolefin Additives
- Multi-layer film
September 2019 
Featuring:
- Downstream equipment
- Biaxial film
- Plasticisers
- K2019 Preview
- Single serve capsules
July / August 2019 
Featuring:
- Bioplastics
- Stretch/Shrink
- Masterbatch
- Bag-making
- K2019 Guide
- Smart Packaging
May 2019 
Featuring:
- Photovoltaics
- Barrier film
- Waterproof membranes
- Chinaplas 2019
- Materials Handling
January / February 2019 
Featuring:
- Medical applications
- Bioplastics
- Polymer analysis
- Polyolefins
- Single-serve capsules
2018
September 2018 
Featuring:
- Plasticisers
- Biaxial films
- Downstream equipment
- Lab extruders
- Stretch and Shrink preview
April 2018 
Featuring:
- Agricultural film
- Nano-layered films
- Slitters/rewinders
- Single-serve capsules
- Chinaplas preview
2017
December 2017 
Featuring:
- Foamed sheet
- Agricultural films
- Melt filtration
- Static control
- Recycling technology
November 2017 
Featuring:
- Construction applications
- Sheet developments
- Thin wall packaging
- Intelligent packaging
- Smart Packaging
October 2017 
Featuring:
- Barrier films
- Processors in Iran
- Polyolefin developments
- Extrusion innovation
- Functional fillers
September 2017 
Featuring:
- Biaxial film technology
- Downstream equipment
- Plasticiser developments
- Lab extruders
- Polymer Flooring preview
June 2017 
Featuring:
- Thermoforming
- Printing technology
- Blown film dies
- Plastic pouches
- Smart packaging
May 2017 
Featuring:
- BOPP film
- Waterproof membranes
- Materials handling
- Barrier films
- Palletisation films
April 2017 
Featuring:
- Agricultural films
- Flat die design
- Film winders
- Chinaplas preview
- Plastics recycling
January / February 2017 
Featuring:
- Bioplastics
- Wear management
- Medical plastics
- Computer simulation
- Plastics regulation
2016
November 2016 
Featuring:
- Sheet developments
- Thermoforming innovation
- Building applications
- Active packaging
- K2016 show review
October 2016 
Featuring:
- Polyolefin additives
- BOPET films
- Analysis: coffee capsules
- Multi-layer films
- K2016 machinery preview
September 2016 
Featuring:
- BOPP film
- PVC plasticisers
- Market analysis
- K2016 materials
- K2016 downstream
July / August 2016 
Featuring:
- Bioplastic developments
- Collation films
- Converting machinery
- Masterbatch innovations
- K2016 visitor guide
June 2016 
Featuring:
- Thermoforming innovations
- Pouch packaging
- Drupa 2016 review
- Blown film dies
- PVC recycling
May 2016 
Featuring:
- Films for photovoltaics
- Barrier technology
- Waterproof membranes
- Materials handling
- Chinaplas review
April 2016 
Featuring:
- Agricultural films
- Palletisation markets
- Winding technology
- Chinaplas preview
- Die developments
March 2016 
Featuring:
- Thermoforming innovations
- Additives for films
- Process control
- Laboratory extruders
- Polymer testing
January / February 2016 
Featuring:
- Bioplastic developments
- Polyolefin resins
- Medical packaging
- Testing and QC
2015
December 2015 
Featuring:
- Foamed applications
- Static management
- Recycling and granulation
- Melt filtration
- Polymer distribution
November 2015 
Featuring:
- Market update: Latin America
- Flat die developments
- Roll coating
- Masterbatch innovations
- Construction applications
October 2015 
Featuring:
- Photovoltaic applications
- Extrusion technology
- Performance polyolefins
- Multi-layer films
- Polymer markets
September 2015 
Featuring:
- PVC plasticizers
- BOPP technology
- Die developments
- Downstream equipment
- Market analysis
July / August 2015 
Featuring:
- Trends in stretch and shrink film
- Advances in thin-wall packaging
- Innovations in barrier films
- Reviewing the latest bioplastics
June 2015 
Featuring:
- Thermoforming technologies
- Advances in stand-up pouches
- Biaxial film developments
- Innovative printing techniques
- Machinery news from Italy
May 2015 
Featuring:
- Innovative photovoltaic systems
- The latest waterproof membranes
- Developments in control systems
- Focus on materials handling
- Chinaplas 2015 show preview
April 2015 
Featuring:
- Recycling agricultural film
- The latest flat die technologies
- Reel benefits: new film winders
- Lab extruders for film and sheet
- Plast 2015 exhibition preview
March 2015 
Featuring:
- Medical materials & applications
- NPE 2015 exhibition highlights
- Additives for polymer films
- Developments in thermoforming
January / February 2015 
Featuring:
- Developments in bioplastics
- NPE 2015 exhibition preview
- Materials testing & quality control
- Polyolefins for film and sheet
2014
December 2014 
Featuring:
- Advances in plastics recycling
- What's new in screenchangers?
- The latest converting equipment
- Masterbatch for film applications
November 2014 
Featuring:
- Developments in sheet materials
- Analysing global polymer trends
- Investments in BOPP capacity
- Recent construction applications
- Focus on static control systems
- Managing mergers & acquisitions
October 2014 
Featuring:
- The latest PVC plasticisers
- New additives for poyolefins
- Advances in retortable packaging
- Higher output extruders
September 2014 
Featuring:
- Developments in foamed sheet
- Innovations in blown film dies
- Focus on photovoltaics
- New downstream equipment
- Africa: land of opportunities
June 2014 
Featuring:
- Developments in photovoltaics
- Ultrasonics boost film sealing
- Shifting to solventless printing
- Latest biaxial film technologies
- New machinery for stretch films
May 2014 
Featuring:
- Focus on waterproof membranes
- Developments in film winders
- Thin-wall packaging applications
- Clarifying agents for PP sheet
- New materials handling systems
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