By Jim Callari, Editorial Director Plastics Technology Pancakes aren’t the only thing that come in short stacks. Now blown film cooling systems do as well. New film-cooling technology from Addex is said to boost output by more than 25% vs. the company’s recently designed Intensive Cooling Down-on-the-Die (DoD) system, which has been shown to bump […]
Bob Cree, president of Addex, has licensed the company’s Intensive Cooling technology to Windmöller & Hölscher. By Bruce Geiselman GERMAN EQUIPMENT manufacturer Windmöller & Hölscher has reached an exclusive agreement with Addex to incorporate the New York-based company’s patented Intensive Cooling technology into the cooling systems of some of W&H’s blown film extrusion lines. According […]
Visitors caught a glimpse of the future on the Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) booth at K 2019, as the machinery maker demonstrated the automatic stopping and restarting of a blown film line in suitably ‘filmic’ Hollywood style, and all in the space of around ten minutes. The Turbostart control module was automatically stopping and starting […]
Co-Founders Bob Cree and Rick von Kraus Advance State of the Art in Blown Film Addex Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance blown film cooling equipment, is celebrating 30 years in the plastics industry. A technology-driven equipment manufacturer, Addex has been at the forefront of the latest advancements in blown film equipment since its founding […]
Bob Cree, president and co-founder of Addex Inc., a supplier of high-performance components for blown film lines, got into the plastics industry by accident 33 years ago. But the breakthroughs that he and his company achieved were well-planned. Cree, 60, is an avid pilot who flies across the U.S. and Canada calling on customers. His […]
Addex Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance blown film cooling equipment, will launch Phase 2 of its Intensive Cooling technology at the upcoming K 2019 exhibition (Hall 17/C41), which runs Oct. 16-23, in Düsseldorf, Germany. “Intensive Cooling” is Addex’s revolutionary approach to cooling the bubble. Addex’s patented design change from the common aerodynamics of present-day […]
An article resulting from a great interview by Bruce Geiselman from Plastics Machinery Magazine down at the NPE 2018 in Orlando. “Addex guarantees a film producer will see a production increase of 10 to 15 percent. In real-world applications, the company has seen operators achieve production increases of 20 percent to 30 percent and greater, […]
Addex to Introduce Intensive Cooling “Height-Adjustable” Twin-Stack for Blown Film at NPE2018 NEWARK, N.Y., February 26, 2018 – Addex Inc., a leading global supplier of auto-profile and other related cooling systems for blown film lines, will showcase its latest Intensive Cooling technology at the upcoming NPE2018 May 7-11 at the Orlando County Convention Center in […]
Film processor Dallas Plastics boosts throughput by as much as 40% by retrofitting a new air ring—without the need for IBC. Output increases equal to that of adding internal bubble cooling without the “expense and headaches” associated with IBC. That’s how Miguel Sanchez described his experience following the installation of a new air ring at […]
No fly-by-nighter, Addex exec’s been flying since he was a teenager, and it’s now his preferred way to travel on business. In the plastics machinery business, there’s nothing all that unusual about a company president making calls to visit customers, either alone or with a territory sales manager or representative. But in their own plane? […]