Vertical excellence - new GEA SmartPacker TwinTube
GEA, one of the largest suppliers of packaging and processing solutions for food, launches its new SmartPacker TwinTube vertical packaging machine in Europe.
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Ineos Styrolution's NAS range
Ineos Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announces today its NAS range to be an excellent material of choice for food contact applications.
Sabic opens new caps & closures technology and innovation center in the Netherlands
Sabic is pleased to announce today the opening of its new Technology and Innovation Center dedicated to the caps and closures segment in Geleen, the Netherlands.
Clariant launches new bio-based additives at K 2019
Clariant unveils new high-performance additives promoting reduction in the consumption of fossil resources, to support the creation of value chain cycles which utilize viable and sustainable renewable sources and combat climate change.
Erema launches new digital assistance systems and the BluPort customer platform
The plastics industry is currently facing two major challenges: the circular economy and digitalisation. Erema is convinced that digitalisation in plastics recycling is an important pacemaker on the way to implementing a circular economy.
Transparency throughout the entire process
The presentation of a first marketplace solution for the plastics industry sees Engel taking the next step in digital transformation at K 2019. Networking on a horizontal level opens up the opportunity to analyse and optimise processes across functions along the entire value stream.
Simulation combined with the real world
On the occasion of K 2019, Engel announces that it is breaking new ground in the further digitalisation of the injection moulding process in collaboration with Autodesk.
High performance wheel solution
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess recently launched the new system Adiprene LFM C525 cured with Vibracure 2101 developed for the most challenging wheel applications.
Lanxess product family Tepex added to Campus plastics database
Around the world, numerous manufacturers are now offering continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite materials.
Ultradur - one fits all
On the occasion of this year’s K fair, BASF will launch and present its new product Ultradur B6551 LNI for extrusion and the worldwide first thermoformable PBT Ultradur B6560 M2 FC TF.
BASF is introducing X-Swift
Introducing X-Swift: Swiftly shaping the athleisure shoe market with material innovations and the latest footwear technology
Polyplastics’ new Duracon POM Grade
Polyplastics Co., Ltd., a leading global supplier of engineering plastics, has announced the launch of a new polyoxymethylene (POM) grade, Duracon POM WW-09, which combines high strength with good creep and sliding properties.