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Storopack: Air-cushioning made of bio-film

18.03.2009 - The air-cushioning system Airplus (Photo) from Storopack (www.storopack.com) is being extended to include a bio-plastic material quality. The compostable film is designed to run on all the machines in the series, giving great variation on the types of applications it is suitable for. The filling and...

Menzolit Compounds: Incorporating heating wires into slabs of SMC

18.03.2009 - Out off the Menzolit (www.menzolit.com) laboratory comes a new invention. It is a method to incorporate heating wires into slabs of SMC (Graphic) to make integrally moulded heated trays, heating elements or similar items to heat electrically. Moulding metal elements into SMC is not a new idea, it...

LANXESS establishes strong presence in Russian and CIS markets

16.03.2009 - Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) officially launched recently its new, independent sales company in Moscow to manage the company´s business in Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). OOO LANXESS’ office will be located in The Federation Tower...

BASF opens new Neopor plant in Ludwigshafen

16.03.2009 - On March 13, 2009, BASF (www.basf.de, www.plasticsportal.eu) has started up a new plant for the insulation material Neopor® (www.neopor.de) in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Neopor is an expandable polystyrene (EPS). The plant has a yearly production capacity of 90,000 metric tons and works with a new process...

DuPont: Strong and flexible arresters secure medical storage trays

16.03.2009 - The performance of DuPont™ Delrin® (www.dupont.com) acetal resin in terms of its strength, flexibility and fatigue resistance is critical to the reliable operation of tray arresters fitted in Medstor medical cabinets from Mailbox Mouldings International Ltd. (Stalybridge, England). Used in combination...

European Commission approves BASF’s acquisition of Ciba

13.03.2009 - The European Commission yesterday approved the acquisition of Ciba Holding AG by BASF (www.basf.com). The approval is subject to the divestiture of individual product lines and production plants as well as a product license. The conditions apply to products that accounted for sales of less than €100...

Kautex Maschinenbau: Equipment solution for highly transparent packaging bottles

13.03.2009 - Highly transparent packaging solutions made of polypropylene (PP) for applications in the cosmetics and food & beverages industries have become extremely popular (Photo). Yet it takes the right blow molding equipment to produce an unclouded result. At the Chinaplas exhibition, Kautex Maschinenbau (www.kautex-group.com)...

Kreyenborg: Infrared Drum IRD for crystallizing and drying of PET flakes to Ireland’s Foamalite

12.03.2009 - The German machine supplier Kreyenborg Plant Technology (www.kreyenborg.de, www.kreyenborg-group.de) has delivered an energy efficient Infrared Drum IRD for the crystallizing and drying of PET flakes that is installed in a new multi million Euro installation of a complete sheet extrusion line at Ireland’s...

Dow and Rohm and Haas Announce Settlement to Close Acquisition

11.03.2009 - The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) and Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE: ROH) recently announced that the companies have reached an agreement to close Dow´s previously announced acquisition of Rohm and Haas on April 1, 2009. This agreement resolves the litigation initiated by Rohm and Haas against Dow on...

BASF: Biodegradable plastic Ecovio in German ALDI shopping bags

11.03.2009 - The large German discount supermarket chain ALDI SÜD is now offering its German customers shopping bags (Photo) made of BASF’s biodegradable plastic Ecovio® (www.basf.com). These bags are manufactured for ALDI by the VICTOR Güthoff & Partner Group, head­quartered in Kerpen, Germany. The plastic Ecovio...

Bayer MaterialScience: Colorful light contours for an unusual product design

11.03.2009 - Makrofol® LISA polycarbonate film from Bayer MaterialScience AG provides designers with enormous scope for creating plastic parts with a highly unusual and very striking colored light around the edges. The transparent film collects incident light, conveys it to the edges and allows it to emerge there,...

Krahn Chemie distributes EVA of Braskem

10.03.2009 - Early this year, Braskem Europe BV granted the Hamburg distributor KRAHN CHEMIE GmbH (www.krahn.de) the sales rights for ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA) of the Brazilian holding company Braskem S.A. (www.braskem.com.br). Both companies have been working together for many years in successfully...

KRAIBURG TPE banking on the medical technology sector

10.03.2009 - KRAIBURG TPE (www.kraiburg-tpe.com) is expanding its portfolio to include a new product group – "THERMOLAST® M" – directed toward customers in the field of medical technology. Five different series of compounds offer innovative solutions in TPE for use in the pharmaceutical and medical technology markets,...

DuPont: New polyacetal optimises impact performance, flow and cost-efficiency

10.03.2009 - The launch of DuPont™ Delrin® 300CP (www.dupont.com) marks the development of a new polyacetal (polyoxymethylene, POM) offering a distinct combination of properties. The engineering thermoplastic combines high impact resistance, even at low temperatures, with high stiffness, strength and elongation...

Call for papers: 14th International Congress for Battery Recycling

10.03.2009 - The 14th International Congress for Battery Recycling (ICBR09) organised by ICM AG (www.icm.ch) will be held from 16-18 September 2009 in the Hotel InterContinental in charming Geneva, Switzerland. Speakers and participants will discuss the following topics: • Global update of battery collection...

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