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Gammaflux: Distribution partnership with Danish toolmaking company

16.06.2008 - With effect from 1st June 2008, Gammaflux Europe GmbH (www.gammaflux.de) has signed a distribution agreement for its hot runner temperature controllers with the Danish toolmaking firm of Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik. René Bertschi, Managing Director of Gammaflux Europe, explains the decision to take...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer technology for BASF's Ecoflex project

13.06.2008 - BASF SE (www.basf.com) has awarded a contract to engineer and supply its proprietary 2 R process for the BASF Ecoflex® project to Uhde Inventa-Fischer (www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com). The plant will be built in Ludwigshafen (Germany) and will have an annual capacity of 60,000 tons of Ecoflex® polymer....

BASF: Whiplash protection - Crash-active headrests

13.06.2008 - BMW has recently started using crash-active headrests (Photo) whose kinematic skeleton is made primarily of BASF´s engineering plastics (www.basf.com). The plastic framework is manufactured by ITW in a fully automated assembly plant in Röttingen, Germany and the headrest is subsequently assembled at...

Wittmann Battenfeld: Competence Days a sweeping success

12.06.2008 - Trade visitors from all over Europe accepted the invitation of Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH (www.battenfeld-imt.com) to attend the “Competence Days” from June 4 to 5, 2008 in Kottingbrunn (Austria). Under the motto “Technology working for you”, a team of experts presented innovative machinery and process...

Gneuss: Top quality PET strapping tape efficiently made from bottle flake

12.06.2008 - Interstrap B.V. in Heerlen, Holland is extremely satisfied with the performance of their fully automatic rotary filtration system RSFgenius and the Online Viscometer from Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH (www.gneuss.com). This company has been using these systems for the processing of PET bottle flakes...

DuPont: Filaments responds to extraordinary raw material cost increase crisis

11.06.2008 - DuPont Filaments - Americas, LLC, DuPont Filaments – Europe, BV and DuPont Xingda Filaments Company Limited (www.dupont.com), recently announced that they will implement additional structural price increases for their nylon 612 and nylon 610 toothbrush filaments effective July 1st, 2008. The price...

SKZ: First German Training Centre in Middle East for HDPE Pipe Welding Technology

11.06.2008 - SKZ Wuerzburg (www.skz.de), the German Plastic Institute in partnership with BMC Gulf LLC (www.bmc-gulf.com) a leading solution provider in plastic welding technology - is glad to announce the official opening of the first Training Centre in the Middle East to offer Certified Training Programs for HDPE...

Largest order in Brückner Formtec`s company history

09.06.2008 - A renowned Chinese producer of high quality A-PET sheet selects Brückner Formtec (www.brueckner.de) to be their strategic partner for the future and orders six lines - the largest order in Brückner Formtec`s company history. Brückner Formtec will supply four almost identical lines for thin A-Pet...

Borealis appoints Alfred Stern to head its Innovation and Technology programme

09.06.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces the appointment of Alfred Stern (Photo) as Vice President (VP) for Innovation and Technology, effective June 1, 2008. He will be succeeding Wim Roels, who assumes leadership of the company’s...

DSM: Price increases of its polyester portfolio in EMEA region

06.06.2008 - DSM Engineering Plastics (www.dsm.com) has announced a price increase for its range of polyester resins in Europe, effective June 15th, or as contracts permit, for all shipments. These increases affect both Arnitel® TPE and Arnite® PBT and PET products. The specific increases are as follows: ...

Borealis announces key personnel changes in its moulding business

06.06.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces that Wim Roels (Photo), currently Vice President (VP) for Innovation and Technology, assumed the role of Vice President for the Moulding Business Unit in Vienna, effective June 1, 2008. ...

DuPont Packaging Materials and Technology Behind Innovative Transport Packaging Concept

06.06.2008 - The new generation of Airliner®, an insulative, inflatable shipping-case liner, is the result of a joint development agreement between DuPont (www.dupont.com) and Coldpack, headquartered in Paris, France. It provides an alternative to conventional insulation materials, such as expanded polystyrene (EPS),...

Ticona: price increases for thermoplastic resin grades worldwide

05.06.2008 - Ticona (www.ticona.com), the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation (www.celanese.com), recently announced price increases and a transportation surcharge for thermoplastic resin grades effective June 16, 2008, or as contracts allow, in North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa...

New President for EuPC at General Assembly

05.06.2008 - Bernhard Borgardt has been unanimously elected as President of European Plastics Converters (EuPC, www.plasticsconverters.eu) for two-year term beginning June 2008. He succeeds David A. Williams as EuPC President, who served for the past 6 years. Prior to his election, Bernhard Borgardt was chairman...

DuPont to Open New R&D and Production Facilities For Growing Solar Energy Market

04.06.2008 - DuPont (www.dupont.com) announced it will soon begin construction on a research center in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen to support the rapidly growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry. “Through investments in materials, technology development and manufacturing, DuPont...

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