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Nuga: Inline recycling of hollow items in PE/PP

25.10.2007 - Bottles, canisters and other containers are produced in PE or PP by blow moulding. Depending on the process conditions and changes in the material, shape or colour, different amounts of high grade plastic waste arise continuously during the start-up process as well as during production. At K 2007 NUGA...

BASF increases prices for Ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate

22.10.2007 - With immediate effect or as contracts allow, BASF (www.basf.com) is increasing the sales prices for ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate worldwide by €120 per metric ton in Europe and US$170 per metric ton in NAFTA and Asia . These price adjustments are necessary to support BASF´s ongoing efforts...

Nuga: Granulators for granulation of PET bottles

18.10.2007 - NUGA AG (www.centricut.ch) is presenting at K 2007 further developed granulators in its compact CentriCut 44 slr range, that have been designed especially for demanding tasks in the granulation of PET bottles. The PET bottles are fed via a conveyor belt as loose bulk material in the form of entire or...

Rieter: Live production of micro pellets

09.10.2007 - The highlight of Rieter´s (www.rieter-automatik.de, www.pelletizing.com) stand at K 2007 will be a compact production line which can produce micro pellets in both spherical and cylindrical shapes. The unconventional production arrangement will be shown in operation twice a day at 11.30 am and 3 pm....

Weima: Optimally designed drives on shredding machinery for plastics

04.10.2007 - The change in the form of a product by shredding is a central process stage in processing of plastics. Its efficiency depends here essentially on the best possible designed drive for the shredding machine used. At K 2007, WEIMA Maschinenbau GmbH (www.weima.com) presents optimum drive concepts for different...

B+B Anlagenbau: Highly efficient PET recycling – live presentation under production conditions

02.10.2007 - B+B Anlagenbau GmbH (www.bub-anlagenbau.de) presents its innovative pilot line for highly efficient processing of PET and HDPE bottle fractions at K 2007 in Düsseldorf bzw. HDPE-Fraktionen. The central components of the line with its throughput of approx. 300 kg/h) are dry grinding with downline dry...

Sacmi Imola: Compression machine to produce PET preforms

02.10.2007 - At K 2007, Sacmi Imola S.C. (www.sacmi.com) will present its breakthrough technology: a compression machine to produce PET preforms (Photo). PAM is the name of the innovative system, acronym of Preform Advanced Moulding. The 48 cavities prototype machine is currently running at 27.000 pref/h, producing...

RadiciGroup Plastics and Lati Industria Termoplastici join forces to develop the chinese market

01.10.2007 - RadiciGroup Plastics (Bergamo/Italy, www.radicigroup.com) and Lati Industria Termoplastici SpA (Vedano Olona/Italy, www.lati.com) have signed a letter of intent to form a fifty-fifty joint venture to develop the Chinese engineering plastics market. The constant growth of this Asian market offers...

OiMA: New series of injection moulding machines for packaging

21.09.2007 - OiMA S.p.A. (www.oima.it) will introduce to the market on forthcoming edition 2007 of the K its new series of injection moulding machines for packaging named "Stratos KP." Here listed are some of the technological features proposed by the new STRATOS KP Series: • a completely redesigned hydraulic...

plasticker.com - Online marketplace for the plastics industry

19.09.2007 - The plasticker industry portal (www.plasticker.com) is presenting itself for the first time at K 2007, 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)....

TSM Control Systems: 12 Material Components in one Blender

19.09.2007 - TSM Control Systems (www.tsmcontrols.com) is revolutionising the plastics industry with the introduction of the TSM3000 (3.000 kg/h) Gravimetric Batch Blender (Photo). The 12 component blender features many of TSM’s new advances in technology including the automatic cleaning, Material By-pass and...

EuPC expects further price increases in plastics products

12.09.2007 - EuPC (www.plasticsconverters.eu), the Brussels based trade body for plastics converters, is warning that high oil prices are threatening the recovery of the industry. ‘The price of plastic products will have to increase in the coming months’, according to Alexandre Dangis, EuPC’s Managing Director....

Coke to build recycling plant

07.09.2007 - Coca-Cola Co. said on Wednesday that it was investing more than $60 million to build a plant to recycle and reuse nearly 2 billion 20-ounce bottles a year in an effort to counter growing environmental opposition to the beverage industry. The Spartanburg, South Carolina, plant will open next year...

Hosokawa Alpine: Granulator for PVC window profiles up to 7 m length

03.09.2007 - Hosokawa Alpine (www.alpinehosokawa.com) will show the new 45/71 PM Profile Granulator (photo), which was specially developed for the manufacturers of PVC window profiles for in-house recycling. The new granulator is the heart of a complete system designed to comminute mitre sections, small parts and...

Crain Communications acquires Emap’s Polymer Publications & Events in Europe

31.08.2007 - Crain Communications Inc (www.crain.com) and its weekly news publication Plastics News (PN), have greatly expanded their footprint in the global plastics industry by acquiring the Croydon, England-based polymer publications and events of publicly held Emap Communications Ltd. in London. Completed...

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