K Channel Articles

What a Show! K 2010 proves a huge success

By K Advisor Staff November 3, 2010

With attendance through Tuesday evening hitting 207,500 unique visitors, the K tradeshow once again worked its magnet-like pull on the industry’s experts, bringing processors together from around the world to discover the best the suppliers have to offer. Needless to say, exhibitors are thrilled at the strength of the show. “Fantastic!” was the response that KSD staffers heard at stands large and small, and across all processes.

Graham Packaging building all-electric blowmolders in Poland

By Stephen Moore November 2, 2010

Through a licensing agreement with Japan’s Tahara Machinery, Graham Packaging is manufacturing ESM series all-electric extrusion blowmolding machines at its affiliate in Poland. The second machine manufactured by Graham Packaging Poland is on show at K at The Japan Steel Works (JSW) booth (Stand 14C37-1). JSW is the parent company of Tahara.

Hosokawa Alpine promotes five-layer system’s flexibility

By Tony Deligio November 2, 2010

To display the flexibility of its extrusion technology and the structure of the film, Hosokawa Alpine (Stand 16D6) has run three different versions of a five-layer film structure at its booth during the show, using polyolefins from ExxonMobil Chemical, Nova Chemicals (Stand 6A43), and Sabic (Stand 6D42), all without edge trim.

Sales up, new machines sold at Nissei ASB

By Matt Defosse November 2, 2010

“The K is where we launch the majority of our products,” said Jamie Pace, VP and general manager of Nissei ASB Company, the Atlanta, GA-based subsidiary of Japan’s Nissei ASB (Stand 14B38), and this show is no exception, with two new machines on the company’s stand.

Recycling system tackles challenging materials

By Stephen Moore November 2, 2010

Recycling multilayer, heavily printed film, moist materials, and highly contaminated plastics into pellets suitable for use in high-quality film products is now possible with the Erema TVEplus series from Erema Engineering Recycling (Stand 9C05). On show at K is the 1310 version with screw diameter of 100 mm with capacity up to 650 kg/hr.

Fire away

By Karen Laird November 2, 2010

Albemarle (Stand 6D61) is a specialty chemical solutions company based in the U.S. that has taken a new look at fire safety and flame retardants. The company has set up a new division called Earthwise, which represents a family of products that follows strict environmentally friendly standards, along with practicing green chemistry principles.

High-flying Zeppelin sells equipment from the floor

By Bob Colvin November 2, 2010

This is the first K show that Wolfgang Horn, managing director at Zeppelin Systems (Stand 9B41), can remember where his clients have come prepared to buy product directly from the booth.

Austrian moldmaker ifw focuses on R&D

By Clare Goldsberry November 2, 2010

After nearly 40 years in the mold manufacturing business, ifw mould tec GmbH, headquartered in Micheldorf, Austria, needed to be revitalized. They brought in Friedrich Kastner, a physicist by profession, as the new managing director to help with the reorganization.

World’s fastest linear leak tester debuts at K

By Stephen Moore November 2, 2010

A linear leak tester capable of testing the integrity of 11,000 bottles per hour with a single head is the highlight of the Profile Solutions stand at K (Stand 14C24). At K, the unit was testing 115-ml pharmaceutical containers at a rate of 10,900 bottles per hour. “At this rate, we can still detect holes down to 0.17 mm,” says Profile Solutions Director Thomas Mitchell.

Leistritz announces sale of seven lines

By K Advisor Staff November 2, 2010

Leistritz Extrusiontechnik GmbH (Stand 16F22; Nuremberg, Germany) announced the sale of seven lines to German masterbatch supplier Grafe Group. Two of the lines will be delivered this year, with the remainder to be shipped in 2011.