More cars and trucks getting assembled equals more plastic material being used — a big reason why the compounding extruder business remained solid in 2013, machinery leaders said. Bob Urtel, president ...

LEBANON, ORE. — Typically compounding extruders are about volume — pumping out thousands of pounds of material. But a centerpiece of Entek Manufacturing Inc.'s exhibit at NPE 2015 isn't about big ...

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 ...

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 ...

Plastic Recycling Inc. (PRI), headquartered in Indianapolis, has invested $10 million to add two new state-of-the-art extruder systems and upgrade its laboratory equipment, allowing it to compound 200 ...

Indian compounding extruder manufacturer Steer Engineering (Bangalore) has maneuvered downstream in China through its acquisition of Zheng Feng (Nantong), a supplier of single-screw extrusion lines.

“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 ...

A major portion—up to 15%—of the gas in a car’s tank is used to overcome the tires’ resistance to the road. So with green tires—or low rolling resistance tires—the fuel economy can increase greatly.