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Bayer MaterialScience invests in high-tech products for medical technology

18.11.2009 - Bayer MaterialScience has entered into an agreement to acquire PolyBioMed Ltd. based in Sheffield, United Kingdom, thereby expanding its product portfolio for medical technology. PolyBioMed, a subsidiary of Lombard Medical Technologies plc, provides polymer coatings, surface treatments and biomaterials...

AkzoNobel to acquire Dow powder coatings activities

18.11.2009 - AkzoNobel is to enhance its portfolio of sustainable technologies after signing an agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) to acquire its powder coatings activities. Financial details were not disclosed. The deal will bring key technological know-how and significant synergy potential to AkzoNobel’s...

BASF: New brand „Polyurethane Solutions”

17.11.2009 - The BASF brand is about to become more visible now for BASF´s polyurethane customers all over the world. With the launch of the new Polyurethane Solutions brand and associated harmonization of branding across European affiliates, BASF showcases the benefits of the global Verbund for PU customers: Polyurethane...

MTI ECO-line makes dryblend production eminently economical

17.11.2009 - The heating-/cooling-mixer-combinations of the latest MTI ECO-line (Photo) from MTI Mischtechnik International GmbH combine high mixing performance with minimal energy consumption at an attractive price, supporting the plastics processing and chemical industries’ efforts to minimize manufacturing costs...

BASF: New biodegradable plastic for special packaging

13.11.2009 - BASF is now offering a new biodegradable plastic. It goes by the name Ecovio® FS and it has joined the existing Ecovio product line. BASF has optimized this new plastic for two specific applications: for coating paper and for manufactur­ing so-called shrink films, which serve to easily wrap packaged...

DuPont: SHL’s Precision Pen Injector (PPI) uses Delrin® for key components

13.11.2009 - The PPI, an award-winning, next-generation injector from Scandinavian Health Ltd (SHL) uses key components made of DuPont™ Delrin® acetal resin. This material was selected for its strength, stiffness and low wear/low friction performance. The Precision Pen Injector (PPI) is designed to deliver small...

IKV: AKV Innovation Prize 2009 – „Gap impregnation process for the high-volume production of FRP parts”

12.11.2009 - AKV Innovation Prize 2009 in the Academic Category Kai Fischer of the IKV Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University has won the AVK Innovation Award 2009 in the Academic Category. During the annual AVK conference in Stuttgart, he was awarded the prize for his investigations into the...

Mann+Hummel ProTec: Service package for injection moulders expanded with new developments

11.11.2009 - MANN+HUMMEL ProTec is continually expanding its range of SOMOS® standard line equipment for the conveying, drying and dosing of free flowing plastics. The new additions include a range of versatile granulators (Photo), a new batch dosing and mixing system for treating multi-component mixtures and a...

plast alger 2010: International Trade Fair for the Plastics and Chemical Industry in Algeria

10.11.2009 - plast alger 2010 is North Africa’s major international platform for the plastics and chemical industry. The event is organised by the trade fair specialist fairtrade from Heidelberg, Germany. In 2009, fairtrade successfully organized plast expo 09 in Casablanca, Morocco. The 3rd International Plastics...

Bayer MaterialScience increases capacity in China for aliphatic coatings raw materials

09.11.2009 - Bayer MaterialScience, one of the world´s leading producers of high-performance plastics has announced a capacity expansion of Desmodur® N aliphatic coatings raw materials at the Bayer integrated site in Caojing, near Shanghai in China. The plant has increased the capacity of Desmodur® N to 27,000...

Georg Fischer opens new factory in India

09.11.2009 - GF Piping Systems, a Corporate Group of Georg Fischer AG, last week inaugurated its new production facility in Ratnagiri, India. The Corporation has invested several million Swiss francs in constructing this completely new factory in the port town, which is located 300 kilometres south of Mumbai. The...

Synventive: New interactive hot runner system design tool

09.11.2009 - Synventive Molding Solutions has introduced a new interactive hot runner system design tool that allows fast, easy download of 3-dimensional CAD models of the company´s hot runner system manifolds and nozzles. Available online at www.synventive.com, these 3D models are available in numerous electronic...

SIMONA confirms closure of Würdinghausen site

06.11.2009 - SIMONA AG has reached a decision to close its Würding-hausen production facility at the earliest possible date due to significant losses incurred by the plant (See also plasticker-News from August, 14, 2009). Prior to making its decision, the company had entered into intensive and substantive negotiations...

BUSS: Peroxide cross-linkable polyethylene (XLPE) for high-voltage power cables

06.11.2009 - Innovative two-stage compounding system for unmatched product purity For compounding peroxide cross-linkable polyethylene (XLPE) as insulation for high-voltage power cables, the Swiss company Buss AG, Pratteln, has developed an innovative processing system and the operational know-how required. Due...

Altana: Marked recovery of its business continues

06.11.2009 - The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA records in the third quarter of 2009 another clear recovery of the business. The sequential increase in sales and earnings from quarter to quarter, however, was not strong enough to compensate for the bad results particularly from the first quarter of 2009. In total,...

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