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IKV: Innovative combination - The die casting of metal and the injection moulding of plastics

01.10.2010 - Combining different processes to create a single-step process makes it possible to combine different materials and thus different functionalities in one moulded part. The Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University is currently developing a new and efficient process chain for the...

Coperion: FET – Optimised Feeding for Throughput Improvements

01.10.2010 - For a significantly increased feeding capacity when processing powdered material on twin screw extruders, Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, has developed the so called Feed Enhancement Technology (FET). The basic principle: The feeding zone is equipped with a porous, gas...

Tosaf starts 50,000 tons production plant for tailor-made plastic compounds

30.09.2010 - Tosaf, a leading international manufacturer of high quality compounds, color and additive masterbatches for the plastics industry, has recently completed the start-up of a new compounding plant in Afula/Israel. With an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons, the new factory adds to the company’s...

BASF: New special ABS Terluran for electroplating

29.09.2010 - Upon the occasion of K 2010 BASF will be introducing a new member of its ABS product line (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer) that was specifically developed with an eye towards the requirements made in electroplating. This material goes by the name Terluran® BX 13074 and is intended particularly...

LANXESS: Price increase for Baypren products

29.09.2010 - The Technical Rubber Products (TRP) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS will increase its prices for CR (chloroprene rubber) effective fourth quarter 2010. Dependent on regions, the price adjustment per metric ton comprises up to EUR 525 / USD 700 for CR. The continued high level of feedstock...

MAUSER adjusts IBC Prices

28.09.2010 - Effective September 15th, 2010 or as contracts allow, the MAUSER Group adapts IBC prices between 5-10 Euro per IBC. The price adjustment reflects the increased production cost. All existing contractual obligations will be honored, announced the company. About MAUSER MAUSER Group is a leading producer...

Huhtamaki to sell the majority of its European rigid plastic consumer goods operations

28.09.2010 - Huhtamaki has agreed to sell the majority of its European rigid plastic consumer goods operations to Island Lux S.à r.l. & Partners S.C.A., an affiliate of Sun European Partners, LLP, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a U.S. based private investment firm. The annual net sales of...

LANXESS: Change in Management at three business units

28.09.2010 - There will be a change in management at three of the 13 business units of specialty chemicals company LANXESS. Dr. Hans-Georg Schmitt, Head of the Basic Chemicals business unit (BAC), will retire as of January 1, 2011. Schmitt has been in charge of Basic Chemicals since the formation of LANXESS. ...

Instron: Testing Technology from Thermoplastic Materials to Components

28.09.2010 - Instron will underline its position as a versatile partner for a full range of polymer testing services at K 2010. The company will present its comprehensive portfolio of newly-developed and enhanced testing devices, ranging from high-precision melt flow testers for the quality control and research...

DuPont at K 2010: Responsible Innovation Now

28.09.2010 - The DuPont exhibit at K 2010 reflects the company’s optimistic and future-oriented view of its business and the opportunities for high-performance polymers and elastomers that are emerging from recent global economic challenges. Under its sustainability banner of “Responsible Innovation Now”, DuPont...

plasticker.com: Online marketplace for the plastics industry

27.09.2010 - The plasticker industry portal plasticker.com is presenting itself for the second time at K 2010, on the common stand of the ministry for trade, medium and small sized enterprises and energy of the state of North Rhine Westphalia (Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Mittelstand und Energie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen)....

BASF: ABS/PA Terblend N with improved flow in speaker grilles

24.09.2010 - The especially easy-flowing ABS/PA brand Terblend® N NM 21 EF marketed widely by BASF in 2010 has found its first high-volume application in automobile interiors. Peguform, an automotive supplier for interior and exterior components headquartered in Bötzingen, is using the material to manufacture speaker...

Pallmann: Solutions for fine grinding, granulation and preparation of secondary raw materials

23.09.2010 - PALLMANN company will present itself again during the K-exhibition in Düsseldorf, with its own booth. PALLMANN will present its capabilities and innovative strength as a manufacturer of machines and systems for the size reduction of plastics, the recycling of valuable materials and the preparation of...

Arburg: Ten years of Arburg Brazil

23.09.2010 - On 15 September 2010, the team at Arburg Brazil celebrated the subsidiary´s 10th anniversary in the presence of Managing Partner Renate Keinath and Managing Director Sales Helmut Heinson. "The subsidiary has developed admirably and has successfully established itself in the Brazilian injection moulding...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: Successful Commissioning of PET MTR® plant at Indorama AlphaPet Inc.

23.09.2010 - In September 2009, Uhde Inventa-Fischer successfully commissioned the first line of Indorama’s latest PET resin plant in Alabama (USA). The second line came on stream in June 2010. The plant has an annual capacity of 432,000 tons and uses Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s proprietary patented MTR® technology....

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