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LANXESS: Ambitious growth target

16.09.2010 - LANXESS announced today its goal to increase its leading earnings indicator by roughly 80 percent in the coming five years. The specialty chemicals company is targeting EBITDA pre exceptionals of approximately EUR 1.4 billion in 2015 and confirmed its forecast of roughly EUR 800 million EBITDA pre exceptionals...

Coperion: Turnkey Plant for Biodegradable Plastics Compounding

16.09.2010 - The first compounding plant for biodegradable plastics in Portugal underlines the expertise of Coperion GmbH, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, in biodegradable material processing systems. The extrusion line is being operated by the Portuguese compounding company Cabopol, S. A. based in Porto de Mós and...

Hellweg: Small lump granulator for single stage shredding of solid start-up scraps

16.09.2010 - Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG is presenting at K-show 2010 a new size of a lump granulator that enables single stage shredding of even solid start-up lumps and similar items. The MG 240/260 BR, where "BR" stands in German for Brocken = lumps, has been is made in a stable welded design that guarantees...

FKuR: Innovations in Bioplastics allow for new applications

14.09.2010 - At K 2010 bioplastics‘specialist FKuR Kunststoff GmbH together with Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Oberhausen, will present a broad variety of biodegradable and natural fibre reinforced materials with application specific properties which can enable mass-market penetration. During the last few months we have...

Treofan considering sale of Liège operation

14.09.2010 - The Treofan Group, one of the world’s leading makers of high performance BOPP films, is considering the sale of Treofan Benelux SA, which owns a production site in Liège, Belgium, with about a hundred employees. Contacts with a number of potential investors are at an advanced stage and negotiations...

Purac to build new plant for biomedical resorbable polymers in the USA

13.09.2010 - Purac announces the investment in a new manufacturing facility for its biomedical polymers. The plant is meant to support the growing resorbable polymers business of Purac Biomaterials. Purac currently operates a plant for biomedical polymers in The Netherlands. This second facility will be built in...

Lindner: Micromat Plus - New shredder concept boosts recycling efficiency

13.09.2010 - With its Micromat Plus series of variously configurable single-shaft shredders for recycling plastic waste, Lindner reSource is launching a new machine concept at K 2010. Available in three sizes, these units are systematically designed with low energy consumption and high productivity in mind. Three...

Georg Kaufmann Formenbau AG at K 2010

13.09.2010 - Functional surfaces for numerous applications in the plastics industry Two main themes serve to highlight the performance and innovative features of the injection mould systems presented by Georg Kaufmann Formenbau AG, Busslingen/Switzerland, at K 2010. These themes are:The production of moulded...

Purac: Agreement with Arkema for joint development of Lactides based block-copolymers

10.09.2010 - Purac and Arkema announce their collaboration in functional Lactide-based block copolymers. These innovative block copolymers will enhance the thermo-mechanical and physical properties of many biobased polymers like Poly Lactic Acid (PLA), resulting in a wider range of applications opportunities. These...

Recoup: 45% of plastic bottles in the UK now being collected for recycling

09.09.2010 - Preliminary findings from the 2010 UK Household Plastics Packaging Collection Survey, commissioned and researched by Recoup, show an encouraging increase in the bottle recycling rate with 45% of plastic bottles in the UK now being collected for recycling, a 6% increase vs. the 2009 survey. The information...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: New plant for the production of PET resin for OCTAL

09.09.2010 - OCTAL Petrochemicals recently signed a contract with Uhde Inventa-Fischer to build a 550,000 tpy plant for the production of PET resin. The contract for delivery of two lines unique to OCTAL will use the state-of-the-art of Melt-to-Resin MTR® technology proprietary to Uhde Inventa-Fischer. The expansion...

American Kuhne: Medical Tubing Extrusion Open House in Germany

09.09.2010 - American Kuhne announced they will be demonstrating new equipment advancements at an open house at Kuhne GmbH on October 26th-27th, 2010. The company will feature a running tubing extrusion line at the open house that includes the newest generation medical extruder. This extruder is modular in design...

Instron: Tensile Testing Machines for Medical Devices and Biomaterials

09.09.2010 - Instron’s newly-developed Series 5940 single column tabletop testing systems combine high frame stiffness for maximum accuracy and reliability with improved ergonomics, enhanced convenience and optimized flexibility for changing requirements. With load capacities of 0.5 kN, 1.0 kN or 2.0 kN, a vertical...

LANXESS: Additiv zur Herstellung "grüner Reifen"

09.09.2010 - Das Vernetzungsmittel Vulcuren von LANXESS ist nach Herstellerangaben nicht nur wertvoller Crosslinker und Reversionsschutzmittel für die Herstellung energiesparender "grüner Reifen", sondern soll zugleich eine Alternative für den Sekundärbeschleuniger N,N’-Diphenylguanidin (DPG) sein. DPG ist weit...

Kautex Maschinenbau: Bill Farrant named new CEO of Kautex Maschines Inc.

08.09.2010 - Bill Farrant has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Kautex Machines Inc., effective September 1st. The international blow molding machines manufacturer, Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH, has appointed Bill Farrant, to be the new CEO of Kautex Machines Inc., one of its full subsiadiary...

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