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PEC: Development of Biodegradation Standard for Plastics Additives

28.10.2011 - The Plastics Environmental Council (PEC) announced the sponsorship of a research study to produce the first standard specification for the landfill biodegradation of petroleum- and natural gas-derived plastics that have been treated with additives that enhance biodegradation. The PEC is undertaking...

AMI: New report on wood plastic compounds

28.10.2011 - Growth in the European wood plastic composites (WPC) market has been averaging 25% a year despite the recent tough economic conditions and a sharp decline in construction output. Demand in Europe is no longer driven by imports from the US and Asia, but by strong established European producers. The market...

Nova-Institut: Market study on Bio-based Plastics in the World

25.10.2011 - Accordung to Nova-Institute there is a wide agreement regarding the lack of a worldwide and solid market study on the fast growing bio-based plastics business. Until today, no coherent and fundamental inquiry of the worldwide bio-based plastics market has been made. Especially data on the rising Asian...

Netstal: KraussMaffei Group bundles activities in the PET business

21.10.2011 - Having combined its strengths in Brazil and China, the KraussMaffei Group now intensifies its market appearance also at the operative level. With the definition of a PET strategy for the entire Group, the PET divisions at the locations of Näfels (Switzerland) and Munich (Germany) are united and placed...

KraussMaffei: Solutions for efficiency, cost savings and productivity

21.10.2011 - KraussMaffei’s BluePower concept bundles a wide choice of high-caliber products and services aimed at reducing consumption of energy and other resources, and optimizing productivity in compounding and processing plastics. Two major topics are KraussMaffei’s energy-efficient AX series machines and the...

LANXESS: Record breaking - polyamide oil pans for trucks

21.10.2011 - Oil pans fitted in the 12.8 liter Euro 6 engines for the Mercedes Actros from Daimler are up to 120 cm long, 40 cm wide and 35 cm deep. To date, they are the largest engine oil pans for trucks to be made of polyamide 6 and 66. They are manufactured by Marbach-based BBP Kunststoffwerk Marbach Baier GmbH...

Gneuß: Open House and Polyester Recycling Forum well attended

19.10.2011 - Both the Open House at Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH on October 4th and the Polyester Recycling Forum organised by Dr. Thiele on October 5th 2011 in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany were extremely well visited. More than 140 customers watched demonstrations of extrusion equipment and attended presentations related...

Sepro: Smallest model S5-15 completes robot line

18.10.2011 - The Model S5-15, the smallest unit in the S5 Line of Cartesian beam robots from Sepro Robotique, debuts at Fakuma 2011. Designed to automate plastics injection-molding machines with 30 to 180 tons of clamp, the S5-15 is the final model to be developed in Sepro’s 5th generation of high-performance robots...

Arkema: Price increase for Kynar® PVDF

17.10.2011 - Arkema will implement a price increase for its Kynar® fluoropolymers products, effective on November 1st 2011 or as soon as practicable under the contracts, announced the company. Prices will increase by 7 to 10% depending on the type of grades and on the regions. This increase is necessary to partially...

Sepro: New pick-and-place robot 'Success 22’ with longer strokes and higher payloads

14.10.2011 - At Fakuma 2011, the international plastics-processing tradeshow, Sepro Robotique will introduce the new “Success 22” robot, the first in a new line of faster, stronger pick-and-place robots for mid-size injection-molding machines. The new Success line of robots takes advantage of the same platform manufacturing...

DSM Engineering Plastics: Distribution agreement with RESINEX

07.10.2011 - DSM Engineering Plastics and RESINEX have entered into a distribution agreement, to join forces in the market development and sales of DSM Engineering Plastics resins in Switzerland. The move, which is effective from 1 October 2011, is designed to strengthen the position of DSM Engineering Plastics...

Coperion: New twin screw extruder for Ensinger

06.10.2011 - The German company Ensinger GmbH has placed an order with Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, for a twin screw extruder of the new ZSK Mc18 series. The compounder is equipped with 45 mm diameter screws, two ZS-B side feeders and one ZS-EG twin screw side devolatilization...

Gammaflux Europe: Benno Kippes is new Managing Director

06.10.2011 - René A. Bertschi, Managing Director of Gammaflux Europe GmbH, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim/Germany, will retire at the end of the Year after spending 15 years building up the European facility of Gammaflux, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hot runner temperature control systems. Bertschi’s successor...

KraussMaffei Berstorff: Borouge orders pipe extrusion line for Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi

05.10.2011 - According to KraussMaffei information, Borouge has ordered a complete polyolefins (PO) pipe extrusion line from KraussMaffei Berstorff for its new Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi. The order package comprises the KME 60-36 B/R single-screw extruder in the successful 36D Series, the KM-RKW 32 and KM-RKW...

Dow Europe: Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

05.10.2011 - Dow Europe GmbH announced a price increase for polyethylene (PE) resins across the European, Middle Eastern and African regions. Effective October 1, 2011, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH increased prices for all grades of its low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylene...

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