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LyondellBasell today announced that China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. Ltd. has selected Lupotech T process technology from LyondellBasell for a new 300 KT per year low density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer plant to be built in Yulin, Shaanxi Provence, China.
LCC Polytar, one of the most important plastics processing companies in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan, is investing in a KraussMaffei Berstorff system for the production of polyolefin sheets.
Italian processors are also increasingly focusing on cost-effectiveness and resource conservation in their investment decisions.
AURA infusion technology, developed by Bayer MaterialScience LLC, offers a cost-effective and environmentally responsible way to improve the UV protection of injection molded or extruded polycarbonate parts. The company has licensed the technology exclusively to Radco Infusion Technologies LLC, for worldwide use.
Polyflow LLC, an Akron Ohio based advanced energy producer has been named a finalist by the regional economic development organization NorTech for a 2012 Innovation Award.
Plastics technology and electrical engineering have never been two different worlds.
Process numerous and different materials in one mill without retooling; do away with expensive cooling when working with difficult materials; produce better particle shapes; and, finally, offer high process reliability.
LyondellBasell has announced that it has granted a Hostalen ACP process technology license to Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yanan Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd. Start-up for this new HDPE plant in the Chinese Shaanxi province is scheduled for 2014.
Costs of changing colors, on-going reduction in batch sizes, optimized cleaning and the use of color pigment carriers are all factors to be considered when coloring profile extrusions. Here cost cutting potential exists. Bolta is one of the first companies in the plastics industry to deploy Novopearls, a wax-based micro-granulate.
Kraiburg TPE's innovative elastomer technology delivers optimum grip even when wet.
Maguire adds polystyrene and flexible vinyl to the list of materials that are reclaimable with the Purging Recovery System (PRS) and achieves CE certification for the system.
During the Interplastica Symposium "Coextrusion of PVC window profiles" at the Moscow Exhibition Center on January 25, 2012, KraussMaffei Berstorff will provide information on intelligent extruder concepts together with different and premium quality coextrusion solutions for economical window profile extrusion.
Many nations have set challenging targets for renewable energy production and it was in this setting that AMI held the latest global conference on Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture in December 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The companies Mürdter, Trexel and KraussMaffei are cooperating in the production of large components.
Objects made of plastic are constant features of our everyday lives; we are literally surrounded by them. Synthetic materials (polymers) really have proved to be all-round solutions for products from files to toothbrushes and are in the meantime essential elements of our working, living and leisure environments.
APPE, the packaging division of LSB, has invested €1.5m to develop and install Sample-PreWatcher technology from Intravis GmbH for the automatic inspection of the key quality parameters of preforms.
Engel Austria has now made it even easier to use MuCell technology with a new control interface.
KraussMaffei develops the efficiency of modern injection molding machines in processing complex materials.
Over the past five years, PET resin and sheet producer Octal's commitment to sustainability has proven to directly correspond to dramatic growth.
A new electronic connector gasket from Dana Corporation of Neu-Ulm, Germany, is one of the first applications to benefit from patented 2K molding technology for the production of assemblies combining Vamac ethylene acrylic elastomer (AEM) with Zytel nylon resin.
Lanxess currently is expanding its leading position in fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites for lightweight construction applications.
With its holistic concepts for reducing energy consumption on extrusion lines, battenfeld-cincinnati, Bad Oeynhausen/Vienna not only meets processors’ demands for highest possible energy efficiency in production, but also faces up to its responsibility for sustainable management of global resources in view of the rising total energy demand worldwide.
Wittmann Battenfeld – exclusive SKZ partner for inline thermography to ensure the quality of parts.
The all-electric IntElect will demonstrate flexible automation concepts for medical engineering and consumer goods applications at the “Precision” Cluster Meeting, hosted by the Wiehe factory of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH.
In a special show at the Fakuma 2011, material producer BASF and machine manufacturer Arburg will present the multi-faceted subject of energy efficiency.
Ineos Technologies has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of polypropylene homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to the Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Company Limited in Ningxia, China.
In the automotive and electronics industries, precision and zero-defect production are necessities.
It is not only the packaging industry that demands top performance from injection moulding technology. The huge market for consumable medical devices, in particular, makes similar requirements regarding the maximisation of output and production efficiency.
With immediate effect, Engel is delivering full systems for MuCell foam injection moulding on a turnkey basis world-wide, thereby covering the entire physical foaming process chain from a single source. The relevant agreement was signed by Engel Austria and Trexel, Inc. of Woburn, Massachusetts, USA.
The new El-Exis SP model covers a broad spectrum in the packaging industry.
With increased precision, dynamic performance and efficiency in its injection moulding machines, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, is delivering exactly what its injection moulding customers want.
Sidel is launching its new Veloce ISD which guarantees dosing accuracy and particle integrity to dose particles in hot filling.
In cooperation with machine builders KraussMaffei, Evonik Industries has achieved a milestone in plastics processing ‒ the CoverForm system solution that enables the manufacture of injection-molded plastic components with a functional surface in just one step.
Thanks to the CCD 300, embossing at 3000 caps per minute
Over the past decades, structural adhesives have evolved into effective and dependable alternatives to conventional joining techniques such as bolting, riveting and welding.
DuPont launches innovative In Mold Hold Press technology, a new principle aimed at increasing molding productivity by decreasing cycle times.