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Gerd Liebig, CEO of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, outlined how high-quality connector production can be designed cost-effectively and sustainably in the future in a talk held during the LAPP trade press event.
R&P Polyplastic modified the material by request of the client from Poland Armamid PA6-4T grade, previously produced only in natural color, was modified in accordance with the color specifications of the end user.
Ampacet launches ProVitalTM+ Colors, medical-grade color masterbatch solutions
Fujian Highsun Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd and AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH establish joint venture in China
Ampacet Introduces OdorClear: Powerful Wide Spectrum Odor-absorbing Masterbatches OdorClear range of innovative odor-absorbing masterbatches designed to optimize the use of post-consumer recycled material.
Arburg’s subsidiary in France has teamed up with Collomb, Pagès Group, Koch-Technik and Borealis to present Thin Wall Integra as a new one-stop shop concept for the production of thin-walled five-litre buckets.
Ineos Olefins & Polymers has announced it has joined the Nextloopp project, an exciting UK collaboration to create circular food-grade recycled polypropylene from Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) packaging.
Krall Kunststoff-Recycling GmbH has further increased its floor area at its headquarters in Elsenfeld am Main. Including these additional 2100 square meters, Krall now has six workshops with a total floor area of 6800 square meters.
Milliken to highlight an expanding portfolio of polymer additive solutions at Interplastica 2022 The company’s commitment to sustainability will be on full display
Approximately CHF 60 million investment to significantly expand production capacity of Clariant’s Exolit OP range of flame retardants
With four months to go before the inauguration, over a hundred companies have registered for GREENPLAST, the new exhibition-convention dedicated to materials, technologies, and processes for plastics and rubber, taking place in Milan from the 3rd to the 6th of May 2022 with a special emphasis on environmental sustainability and energy efficiency.
Perstorp, the world leader in the production of Trimethylolpropane (TMP), has ramped up the capacity to meet growing demand from the European market.
Shipments of R&P POLYPLASTIC materials to Latvia increased by 2,5 times in 2021
Netstal receives the title of "Best medical injection molding packaging company" at the Global Excellence Awards 2021 from Global Health and Pharma.
As the demand for recycled plastics grows, so does the of the machines. This applies to the processing of polyolefins as well as to PET recycling.
The Italian Piovan Group acquires the American IPEG, creating the global leader, with a turn-over of almost half a billion euro, in the field of industrial automation for the processing of virgin and recycled polymers and bioresins. Closing expected within the first quarter of 2022.
From January 25 to 28, 2022, Wittmann Battenfeld will present its Industry 4.0 solution in the form of a production cell networked via Wittmann 4.0.
RecyClass published new Design for Recycling (DfR) guidelines and added them to its free, online RecyClass tool to enable self-assessment of recyclability of expanded polystyrene packaging.
Huntsman has developed a new thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), which is fully recyclable, UV protected and can be extruded into a film and then easily expanded into foamed sheets.
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, announces the doubling of its production capacity with the addition of new color production lines in Dudelange, Luxembourg.
The leading Russian compounder is planning to increase the shipments of glass fiber reinforced grades within coming months both to domestic and European markets.
After last week's fire of one of the raw material warehouses, ML Polyolefins has resumed production. Following the firefighting operation, full production capacity was reached on 20 November 2021.
The opening of an extension building sees the Fraunhofer Pilot Plant Centre for Polymer Synthesis and Processing PAZ in Schkopau, Germany, strengthen its research into and development of lightweight applications using thermoplastic composites.
Planned capacity of the new production is over 20 thousand tons per year. Two high-performance compounding lines based on twin-screw extruders of BluePower series were supplied by KraussMaffei Extrusion.
The leading Russian compounder took part in a meeting of the Russian-Hungarian working group on industrial development organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
Engel is starting the five trade fair days at the Fakuma show 2021 in the best of moods. "We are looking forward to exchanging ideas with our customers and partners in person again.
In percentage terms, the supply of materials from the leading Russian compounder increased by 58% compared to the same period in 2020. Shipments to Latvia and Romania showed the best positive dynamics – following the results of three quarters, they increased by 2.6 and 2.4 times, respectively.
Kraiburg TPE, the global competence thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) manufacturer has announced the launch of its new Thermolast H product line and the line’s first HC/AP series.
“Those who weren’t able to attend definitely missed out.” That was the unanimous view of the exhibitors as Fachpack drew to a close on 30 September 2021
In just a few weeks the first major, international on-site event will be held for the entire plastics industry in Germany: The 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will open its doors in Friedrichshafen from the 12th through the 16th of October, 2021.
Waste management is currently one of the main challenges faced by the African recycled polymer supply chain. Plastic packaging are the largest fraction of waste after organic.
At Fakuma 2021, Oerlikon HRSflow will be presenting the new, particularly small hot runner systems of the S series with their low space requirement in the mould.
SAX Polymers Industrie GmbH is currently building a new production hall with an area of 1,800 m² within the Plastoplan facilities in Vienna.
The transition in the automotive industry towards electric vehicles is heralding a change in the design language, just like LEDs did for luminaires.
PlastEurasia Istanbul will open its doors between December 1-4, 2021. It is expected that more than 1.000 companies from more than 50 countries will participate in the Fair, which will take place at the TÜYAP Fair and Convention Centre.