Seven weeks after restarting its Greatham plant, Tioxide can manufacture all Tioxide and Deltio pigment grades for plastics. The company is also preparing the site's second production line for an early 2027 restart.
Clarios is extending its Seculene range with around 30 polypropylene compounds based on 100% post-consumer recycled material. The grades are intended for automotive applications including battery housings, bumpers, underbody components and interior parts.
Syensqo has obtained UL Environmental Claim Validation under UL 2809 for Fomblin Y fluids. The company is also investing in fluorine recovery at its Spinetta Marengo site in Italy.
PPWR is shifting value in plastics recycling from recovered volume to verified quality. Demand for traceable, high-purity recyclates is linking sorting performance, feedstock quality and packaging design more closely.
The 17th Symas and Maintenance trade fairs in Krakow will feature dust explosion demonstrations, presentations of explosion protection systems and a conference devoted to industrial safety.
Amut has implemented Siemens Industrial Edge to collect, manage and analyse production data across its plants. The platform is intended to improve operational visibility, predictive maintenance and plant reliability.
Linbrunner has installed an electric e-Forming twin-sheet thermoforming machine. Cannon's system provides a clamping force of 600 kN and a forming area of 2750 × 2200 × 600 mm while standing 4.8 m high.
From 12 to 16 October 2026, ENGEL will present five demonstration stations featuring live production processes at Fakuma in Friedrichshafen. The exhibits in Hall A5, Booth 5203, will show how plastics processing efficiency, quality and cost-effectiveness can be systematically improved—from AI-assisted natural-language machine interaction and precision liquid silicone processing to fully automated mass production.
sinit reports annual savings of €87,500 after training employees to use ENGEL digital assistance systems. The company also halved its complaint rate and reduced start-up rejects by around one third.
Investments at Borouge International's German and Austrian sites will add nearly 9 kt of recycled mixed polyolefins and up to 5 kt of recycled polyethylene to annual capacity. The new lines are expected to start operating in 2027.
Arburg will present standalone robotic systems at Fakuma 2026. The solutions can operate independently of injection moulding machines and can be integrated into new production lines or retrofitted to existing systems.
The Meusburger portal provides injection mould and die designers with configurators, CAD tools and data supporting design work. The solutions cover component selection and configuration, CAD data generation and the organisation of production requirements.