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LEGO: Tool factory in Switzerland sold

05.01.2006 - The Swiss factory LEGO Werkzeugbau Steinhausen will remain, as it has been taken over by new owners as per 1st December 2005. The new owners consist of a Swiss consortium, which all together has the following competences: Tool manufacturer, finance/accounting and Lean management. The people behind...

FKuR: Novel transparent PLA/Polyester film for fine packaging design

21.12.2005 - The "Nature-Compounds" product range from FKuR Kunststoff GmbH (www.fkur.de) has been extended with the new Bio-Flex 467F product, an universally usable, biologically decomposable granulate for use in production of film. The advantages of the new formulation lie in the good properties in the film application,...

Krones: compact-size bottle-to-bottle recycling line for bottlers and converters

09.12.2005 - Krones (www.krones.de) is the only producer of beverage bottling lines to have mastered the entire process chain involved in the case of PET containers, extending from bottle manufacture and filling, together with the associated process steps, to bottle recycling: bottle-to-bottle recycling, turning...

Hellweg: New Mega Mills for large and heavy parts

18.11.2005 - Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG (www.schneidmuehlen.de) presented at FAKUMA 2005 the new 600 series granulator (“Mega Mill”) for the first time. The new granulators round off the product range at the top end. They are characterised by the extremely high stability of the entire machine housing. The...

Wittmann: Integrated Intelligent Drying and Conveying

17.11.2005 - WITTMANN’s (www.wittmann-robot.com) new compact DRYMAX DUAL PDC (Portable Drying Conveyor) offers intelligent drying and conveying of plastic resin to a single drying hopper and dried material to up to 2 injection molding machines. The fully integrated drying and conveying cell costs about 12% more...

Wittmann: Robot for fast removal from stack molds

08.11.2005 - WITTMANN (www.wittmann-robot.com) has introduced the servo robot series W 711 C DS specifically designed for the fast removal of plastic parts from both stack molds and 2-plate single face molds. Mechanically this robot is based on the general platform of the economically priced W 711 series with a...

Petcore: New coating and scavenger technologies with no negative effect on PET recycling

07.11.2005 - Petcore (www.petcore.org) announces that Sidel’s Actis Lite™ coating technology and ColorMatirix’ acetaldehyde “Triple A” scavenger technology will have no negative effect on current European PET recycling. “Petcore’s Expert Evaluation Committee, whose mission is to determine the impact of new PET...

Maproplast: New pipe granulation system

04.11.2005 - Maproplast (www.maroplast.nl) has started the sales of a new type of pipe granulation system. The new system is specially built to process thick walled PE & PP pipes with diameters starting from 200 mm and going up to a maximum of 1.200 mm. Trails with PE100, SDR9, pipes have given an output of 550–600...

Improving the Recycling Options for WEEE Plastics

02.11.2005 - An interim report on a project investigating the waste management options for mixed waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) polymers containing brominated flame retardants (BFRs) has found that separation and treatment to remove the additives is likely to be more commercially and environmentally...

Eastman: New Specialty Plastics resin distributor for Austrian market

31.10.2005 - Eastman Chemical Company (www.eastman.com) has announced the appointment of Gangus Plastic as the new distributor for its Specialty Plastics (Division) in Austria. Gangus Plastic Vertriebsges. mbH, the Austrian subsidiary of Albis Plastic GmbH, will distribute a wide range of products on behalf of...

Ticona Introduces Lower-Cost Topas® COC Grade for Flexible Packaging

28.10.2005 - Ticona (www.ticona.com), the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, has introduced a new, more cost-effective grade of Topas® COC (cyclic olefin copolymer) for packaging applications. This second-generation COC, Topas 8007F-100, provides a broad processing window and an excellent cost-performance...

Wittmann: Small Temperature Controller for Demanding Applications

27.10.2005 - At Fakuma 2005 Wittmann (www.wittmann-robot.com) presented a new development from its „Water & Cooling“ product range: the small microprocessor controlled temperature controller Tempro Plus Direct 120 “Direct Injection” which was specifically designed for small to medium range molding machines, as well...

EuPC: European Plastics Converters Brace Themselves For Further Price

27.10.2005 - If, as expected, the prices of plastics raw materials continue their steady climb owing to the persistence of higher oil prices and a shortage of the materials in Europe, plastics converters will have no option but to significantly increase the prices of their own products, the industry´s Brussels-...

Scan&Sort: Removal of colour contamination from granulate

26.10.2005 - Optical defects, such as so-called “black specks”, cannot be entirely avoided in the production of plastic granulate, but yet they can cause considerable loss of value. Even slightly contaminated granules that arise, e.g. through hung-up material released from nozzles, oxidation, wear from extruders,...

DuPont: announces price increase for all Vespel® parts

12.10.2005 - The European headquarters of DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) today announced an increase of 8% for all DuPont™ Vespel® engineered parts. Higher percentages may apply to certain specialty products. The increase will take effect in Europe, Middle East and Africa with all orders placed as...

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