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5 Industry news UN suggests plastic alternatives; Chinaplas breaks visitor record; Faerch buys CGL; German machine exports rise 8% in 2017
13 Standing out at NPE 2018 We pick out some film and sheet highlights from the recent NPE
23 Cover story: Latest in thermoforming Recent thermoforming advances technology include a high impact
material, and a granulator for skeletal waste COVER IMAGE: TEKNI-FILMS
31 Event preview: CWE and PRWE AMI’s first Compounding World Expo and Plastics Recycling World Exhibition take place in Essen, Germany in June.
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35 Top marks: latest printing technology Flexographic printing techniques are helping flexible packaging producers to improve and increase their production
41 Expansion plans: blown film dies Refinements in blown film dies include versions that avoid material degradation, and others that allow easy retrofitting
47 Standing up to be counted Plastic pouches offer environmental benefit but must be made more easily recyclable if they are to become sustainable
50 Event Preview: Polymer Testing Europe We take a look at the programme and speakers at the Polymer Testing & Analysis conference in Berlin in September
53 Technology: Materials 54 Technology: Machinery 58 Extruder of the month: RKW 60 Dates for your diary
COMING NEXT ISSUE � Bioplastics � Converting/bag making � Stretch/shrink film � Masterbatch � Reviews: Plast; CWE/PRWE
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