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Engel Austria has expanded its working relationship with Trexel (of Wilmington in the USA) by fully integrating MuCell foam injection moulding units into injection moulding machines in the Enggel victory and e-victory series.
Lanxess is building the world’s largest plant for EPDM synthetic rubber in China. The German specialty chemicals company is investing EUR 235 million in the plant in Changzhou (Jiangsu Province). This is the largest investment the company has made in China to date.
At Fakuma in Friedrichshafen from October 16 through 20, 2012, Ferromatik Milacron will present three exhibits, each featuring all-new technologies.
KraussMaffei is focusing on innovative lightweight components for its appearance at the Composites Europe trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany and presenting its cross-process expertise in machine and process engineering.
New Octal PET sheet processing technology benefits molders looking for a competitive advantage.
Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion has added a new high-performance cooling system to the new Evolution blown film line generation.
MuCell Extrusion LLC and Styron have concluded an agreement for MuCell Extrusion LLC to acquire access to Styron’s patent portfolio for extrusion of Styrenic resins.
Advanced thermoplastic technology from SABIC enables Mahindra & Mahindra to launch India’s first plastic fender.
International plastics recycling industry gathers at the opening of the Erema Customer Centre and presentation of the technical innovation COREMA.
At Fakuma 2012, KraussMaffei is presenting the standard model of its polyurethane mixing and metering machines at the center point of reaction process machinery.
The Engel flomo, an extremely compact temperature controlling water distribution system with electronic monitoring, is now available as a stand-alone unit too and therefore has a wider range of uses than before.
Breakthrough technology and strategic partnerships will allow wrap to be repurposed for use in Rio, Uganda and UK.
In the pioneering days of automobile engineering, all vehicles had bodies with wooden frames and wooden dashboards, and they were premium products crafted individually and by hand.
The reduction in energy consumption has been a key discussion topic for many years. In the last few years Netstal has also paid special attention to increased energy efficiency of injection molding machines. For the benefit of customers.
Bayer MaterialScience and Solid Composites GmbH are partnering to develop thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powders for selective laser sintering.
LyondellBasell today announced that ZapSibNeftekhim L.L.C, a fully owned subsidiary of SIBUR, has selected the Spheripol process technology from LyondellBasell for a new 500 KT per year single-line polypropylene (PP) plant to be built in Tobolsk, Russia Federation. Start-up is projected after 2017.
Plastics film processors, converters and users gathered in Düsseldorf on June 20–21, 2012 to listen to experts from materials and technology suppliers, as well as key customers, discuss the latest business and technology trends in the sector.
Borealis and Borouge introduce family of tailored irrigation solutions – Borstar Aquility.
Ticona Engineering Polymers has introduced a newly developed grade of Fortron that is the first polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) designed for use with 3D robotic manipulated blow molding for tubular components with extreme complex geometries.
Incoplas launches breakthrough ISBM bottles, based on Total’s innovative HDPE technology.
Leading automotive plastics component supplier Mecaplast believes it can cut the weight of interior and exterior trim parts by between 30 and 50% by using a newly patented injection moulding processing technology in combination with novel polypropylene compounds.
For more than 45 years now, KraussMaffei has been active in the area of processing polyurethane and has been building premium quality machines and systems for this purpose.
With the new flat sheet extrusion system, KraussMaffei Berstorff offers a particularly advantageous solution for manufacturers and processors of sheets made of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA).
Husky Injection Molding Systems announced the introduction of its next generation HyCAP systems for high output beverage closure manufacturing.
With a compact production system for optical components and a Full-Cover-Labeling application for the packaging industry, Demag Plastics Group SP. z.o.o. will be present at the Plastpol International Fair from 29 May to 01 June in Kielce, Poland.
The EvoGuard range of valves manufactured in-house by Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, includes all the valve designs required in the beverage and dairy industries.
The coupling between the fiber orientation and the melt viscosity in an expanded rheological model of Sigmasoft, makes possible an even more accurate prediction of the cavity filling, the final orientation and the part mechanical behavior of highly-filled polymers.
With an intelligent modular design, KraussMaffei Berstorff is now offering its customers ready-to-connect compounding systems that can be ready for operation on location in almost no time.
Sidel will launch its new solutions for the production of beverages with pulps or particles in PET containers.
The international plastics world met for the Arburg Technology Days in Lossburg from 14 - 17 March 2012.
A well-proven PET application demonstrates the output capacity and economic efficiency of the PET-LINE – „Open House“ at the production plant of the KraussMaffei Group in Haiyan.
Working with its system partner Bauer Kompressoren, Engel Austria has produced a new module to simplify the application of gas injection technology. From now on, leakage monitoring is available as standard.
Convenience foods are growing in popularity, and the food they contain is usually protected by films based on petrochemicals.
A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods for the treatment of cancers, heart disorders and Alzheimer's disease, as well as aid in the regeneration of human tissue, bone and cartilage.
Processing Technologies International (PTi), a leading global manufacturer of high-performance sheet extrusion machinery, has launched a real-time intrinsic viscosity (IV) monitoring system which delivers greater quality assurance and potentially lower costs for PET sheet production.