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After Arburg started producing protective glasses on Allrounder injection moulding machines at its headquarters in Lossburg (Germany) in mid-April, the mechanical engineering company has now launched an additional project to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
Now, while we are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, plastics use is increasing again. But, while the pandemic is just temporary, plastic pollution will be long lasting, says Dr Fengwei (David) Xie from WMG, University of Warwick.
German and Chinese Manufacturers of melt blown PP have ordered many BKG® Gear Pumps and Screen Changers needed to ensure medical purity for masks and other PPE
Ineos Styrolution has provided free product to the University Erlangen-Nuremberg to produce 100,000 pairs of protective glasses for frontline healthcare workers in local hospitals.
The coronavirus has only helped to underscore the importance of plastic packaging when it comes to keeping food contamination-free and to preserving its freshness and usability for longer.
RKW takes its social responsibility seriously and supports the health care system with donations and other initiatives at various company locations.
Rapid News Group has announced the decision to postpone Interplas, the UK’s flagship event for the plastics industry, to 2021.
Despite all the uncertainty right now, one thing is definite: the date for Fachpack 2021. The European trade fair for packaging, technology and processing will take place as planned at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 28 to 30 September 2021.
DuPont, a leading manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE), has donated 50,000 protective garments to COVID-19 frontline workers in Europe’s most affected countries.
The current SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19-pandemic has underscored it once again: protecting sensitive, vital products remains the key contribution that packaging solutions make to sustainability.
Packaging company Scanfill is adjusting the production for a brand new market. The company will produce up to half a million face shields together with Plast Petter AB - every week.
Oldrati, based in Villongo, Italy, uses its expertise in manufacturing full-face snorkeling masks for the fight against COVID-19. For several weeks now, this company has been producing high-quality respiratory masks for use in hospitals.
As a responsible company, Borealis continues to enact additional measures to protect the health and safety of its employees and contractors during the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid the global COVID-19 crisis, Covestro and ALBIS are committed to doing all they can to make materials available for urgently needed respirator masks, ventilators, and protective eyewear.
In the corona crisis, packaging is playing an important role in helping to supply people with food, medicines and PPE. And more than ever, its most important characteristic – its protective function – is coming to the fore.
Due to protection measures against coronavirus, consumers no longer bring their durable bags to supermarkets, said Turkish Plastic Industrialists Research, Development and Education Association (PAGEV).
With 2,700 technicians at more than 100 international facilities, Krones is well equipped worldwide to provide fast assistance to beverage producers in terms of maintenance and spare-part replacement or in the event of a complete line standstill.
Chinaplas is further postponed. It will probably be held next April.
Together with business partner Haidlmair, Engel is committed to improving the supply of face masks worldwide.
A virus which wasrelatively unheard of until just recently is nowwreaking havoc acrosspopulations and businesses. COVID-19hascalled fornew structures, new business continuity plans and new regulatory compliance - all in a very short space of time.
Today, the COVID-19 pandemic is deeply disrupting not only the European economy but our entire society. The social and economic impacts caused by it require immediate actions and will have medium and long-term consequences.
TRB Lightweight Structures is using its material science knowhow and specialist equipment to produce vital personal protective equipment (PPE) based on the Foster + Partners design in the fight against COVID-19.
The 2020 trade fair year has so far, due to the coronavirus, been characterised by postponements and cancellations. The interpack, too, has had to be rescheduled to February 2021 to protect the people involved and to slow the spread of Covid-19.
For some of Polykemi's customers, the prevailing world situation leads to production increases and need for more material than normal. An example of this is the development of longtime customer Liljas Plast AB in Hillerstorp Sweden, which among other things produces parts for respirators and face masks.
A plethora of industry events have been cancelled, postponed or gone on-line in a bid to keep the industry informed of new developments designed to keep businesses afloat going forward.
bv, based in Altenmarkt on the river Triesting, Lower Austria, has been supplying high-grade plastic parts and assemblies to a wide range of different industries for decades.
Plant design automation and technology advancements lead to increased purity rates, while requiring fewer manual sorters
While high-quality thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) from Kraiburg TPE are used in many everyday applications such as toothbrushes, razors, automotive components, and others, they have also become indispensable in numerous areas of systemic importance.
LyondellBasell is donating $1.3 million to support the COVID-19 response efforts of the Global FoodBanking Network and United States local food banks.
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is donating ten metric tons of its highly effective disinfectant Rely+On Virkon to hospitals, authorities and public institutions in 13 countries around the world.
The Swiss specialty chemicals group Ems-Chemie, the German safety eyewear manufacturer Uvex and plastics machinery manufacturer Arburg have been thinking about how they can provide quick help to rescue services, hospitals and medical personnel in the current situation.
As part of BASF’s “Helping Hands” campaign in the fight against the corona pandemic, BASF is donating 100 million protective masks to the Federal Republic of Germany.
A new SARS-CoV-2 test from Roche makes it possible to quickly analyze a large number of samples for the presence of the novel coronavirus. The plastic consumable materials required for this are producedon machines from KraussMaffei's Netstal Elion series.
In an open letter sent to the European Commission, EuPC advocates for a postponement of the implementation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive in view of the current COVID-19 crisis in Europe.
Perstorp, a global leader in the specialty chemicals market, has started the large-scale production of hand sanitizer and surface disinfectant for the Swedish healthcare sector – at cost price.
Due to the impact of the global spread of coronavirus, effective measures for its containment are needed now more than ever. This is somewhere Plexiglas sheets, the original acrylic glass from Röhm, can make an important contribution.