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Uni Kassel: 7th International Congress for WPC and Natural Fibres

20.05.2008 - June 18th & 19th, 2008 in Kassel/Germany On June 18th & 19th, 2008 the Institut fuer Werkstofftechnik of the Kassel University will present for the 7th time the ´Global WPC and Natural Fibre Composites Congress´. The conference concerning natural fibre reinforced plastics (NFK) has since 1998...

Kiefel opens China Office

19.05.2008 - As of early 2008, the Freilassing (Germany)-based company KIEFEL GMBH (www.kiefel.de) is represented by its own sales office in China. The KIEFEL China Office is embedded in the structure of the Brückner Group, which has been successfully operating in China for several years as Brueckner Machinery Technical...

Chinaplas 2008: International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries with new records

15.05.2008 - Chinaplas 2008, the 22nd International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries (www.chinaplasonline.com), was staged from April 17-20 with resounding success at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai, PR China. The 4-day event attracted 72,161 trade visitors from 118 countries and regions....

Buss: BUSS opens service centre for the UK and Ireland

09.05.2008 - Buss UK Ltd., Stalybridge, Cheshire, opened early in 2008 as a service and distribution centre for clients of Buss AG (www.busscorp.com). In line with the Buss philosophy “Think globally – act locally” this new centre provides BUSS customers in the UK and Ireland with fast and efficient support for...

BASF to strengthen its automotive business in India

09.05.2008 - New engineering plastics compounding plant and computer aided engineering lab in Thane Die BASF SE (www.basf.com) announced its plans to expand its offerings for the automotive industry in India with investments in plants and technology. The company will build a new engineering plastics compounding...

Rieter-Automatik sells 11 strand pelletizers at Chinaplas 2008

08.05.2008 - The leading Asian trade fair for the plastics industry, the Chinaplas 2008 show in Shanghai, has drawn to a close. Rieter Automatik GmbH (www.pelletizing.com) welcomed a great number of international visitors to its booth. The exhibits - a compact underwater pelletizing system SPHERO 30-1 as well as...

LATI: New ultra-stiff compounds for demanding applications

08.05.2008 - Italian compounding specialist LATI Industria Termoplastici SpA (Vedano Olona, www.lati.com) presents a new family of carbon fibre reinforced, ultra-stiff polymers. The high performance base polymers include polyamide (PA), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyphthalamide (PPA) and polyether ether ketone...

Borealis increases net profit in Q1 2008

07.05.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces a net profit of EUR 130 million for the first quarter of 2008, a 15% increase over the same period last year. Net interest-bearing debt increased by EUR 194 million during the quarter, and...

Evonik to Raise Prices of High-Performance Polymers and Monomers

07.05.2008 - Evonik Industries AG (www.evonik.com) will raise prices of their entire range of high-performance polymers and monomers by an average of 10%, depending on region, product type and invoice currency. Customers will be informed of specific price increases by their regional representatives. The increase...

ICDLI: Dr Lutz Reitzel new Chairman of the Technical Commission

07.05.2008 - At the Technical Commission meeting held in Frankfurt in April this year, Dr Lutz Reitzel (49, Photo) was elected Chairman of the Technical Commission of the International Committee of the Decorative Laminates Industry (ICDLI, www.icdli.com). Due to the management structure of the organisation, this...

Brückner: New 8.7m BOPET line for Shanghai Bangkai Plastic Polyester Film

06.05.2008 - Shanghai Bangkai Plastic Polyester Film Co., Ltd. already ordered their first BOPET film production line from Brückner (www.brueckner.com) in 2003. Due to the highly satisfying line performance, the film quality and Brückner`s proven BOPET competence, the customer decided to continue the good cooperation...

Gaplast wins a DuPont Packaging Award 2008

05.05.2008 - Innovative Bag-in-Bottle technology can improve manufacturing efficiency by 60 % The South-German packaging-specialist Gaplast (www.gaplast.com) is one of the recipients of a DuPont Packaging Award 2008. The company’s patented Bag-in Bottle technology, for the manufacture of disinfectant bottles...

Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik: Danish sheet manufacturer Færch Plast favours German manufacturing

02.05.2008 - High-speed extrusion line working for two The new high-speed PP extrusion line Photo from Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik GmbH (www.bex.battenfeld.com) handles about 20 per cent of the total annual sheet production of about 50,000 tons at R. Færch Plast A/S (Holstebro, Denmark, www.faerchplast.com). To...

BASF announces major bioplastics production expansion

21.04.2008 - BASF SE (www.basf.com) has announced plans for a significant expansion of its production plant for the biodegradable plastic Ecoflex® at the company’s Ludwigshafen site. The move will raise Ecoflex production capacities from the current 14,000 by 60,000 metric tons per year. Production at the expanded...

Erema celebrates 25 years of leading the way in plastics recycling

21.04.2008 - This year the 14th of April marks a special anniversary for Erema (www.erema.at), the Upper Austrian manufacturer of plastics recycling systems, looking back on a very successful 25 years of company history. What began 25 years ago, with the daring and the idea of three plastics engineers can today...

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