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Kreyenborg Group: From polymerisation through direct recycling to compounding

21.09.2010 - The KREYENBORG GROUP consists of KREYENBORG GmbH, BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik GmbH, KREYENBORG PLANT TECHNOLOGY GmbH & Co.KG and BSG Bruckmann Steuerungstechnik GmbH. With its products the KREYENBORG GROUP mainly focuses on the market of engineering plastics. With its power of innovation...

Evonik: Decision to divest the global carbon blacks business

21.09.2010 - Evonik Industries has decided to divest its carbon blacks business. Klaus Engel, Chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG: “Our declared aim is to find a solution that is equally convincing for customers, employees and business partners. The decision to divest this business provides the...

ILLIG: Thermoforming Pushed to High-Performance

21.09.2010 - State-of-the-art technologies and benefits provided by system solutions for thermoforming of plastic packs in any shape or size in large quantities are core elements of ILLIG´s trade fair appearance at this year´s K trade fair. Two roll-fed thermoforming lines will be demonstrated under production conditions...

Krahn Chemie expands portfolio to include carbon fibers from Toho Tenax Europe

20.09.2010 - Distributor Krahn Chemie GmbH, based in Hamburg, will begin marketing chopped and milled carbon fibers from Toho Tenax Europe GmbH throughout Europe effective immediately. The Tenax® products feature high strength and tensile modulus at low density. The short fibers are primarily used in thermoplastic...

ICM: 11th International Automobile Recycling Congress in Budapest

17.09.2010 - After the 10th International Automobile Recycling Congress in Basel, the Swiss organizer ICM AG will move its 11th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2011 to Budapest in Hungary. The IARC 2011 will take place from March 23 - 25, 2011 in the Hotel Intercontinental. Delegates from industry,...

Teknor Apex: Acquisition of Sarlink® TPV unit from DSM

16.09.2010 - Teknor Apex Company has agreed to purchase the worldwide Sarlink® thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) elastomer business from Royal DSM N.V., the company announced today. Sarlink operates compounding facilities in Leominster, MA, U.S.A. and Genk, Belgium and has extensive engineering and laboratory...

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...

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