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Basell plans to close its plant in Pernis, Netherlands in mid-2007

14.02.2006 - As part of an ongoing review of the company’s manufacturing assets to assess their long-term viability, Basell is planning to close its 260 KT per year LIPP polypropylene technology plant in Pernis, The Netherlands by the middle of 2007. “It is vital that we continuously look closely at all of our...

EuPR: Annual General Assembly 2005 - Elections 2006-2008

06.02.2006 - EuPR, the European Plastics Recyclers Association (www.eupr.org), held its Annual General Assembly on 2 December 2005 in Brussels. During this meeting, elections were held for the new Management Committee. The following people were (re-)elected to the Management Committee the 2006-2008 period: Mr Bernard...

Basell to increase PP and PE prices in Europe

01.02.2006 - Basell (www.basell.com) announced that it will increase prices by € 100 per tonne on all polypropylene and polyethylene grades sold in Europe effective February 1. “This increase is necessary due to the continued climb in crude oil prices since the start of the year,” said Werner Breuers, president...

Rhodia Polyamide: Price Increase for Adipic Acid

19.01.2006 - Rhodia Polyamide has announced a price rise for Adipic Acid effective immediately. The new price reflects an increase of 130 € / MT in Europe and 150 USD / MT in Asia. Underlying this need for price adjustment is the unprecedented rise in the costs of energy, particularly gas, and raw materials such...

EuPC: Second Conference on REACH

10.01.2006 - Concerns of plastics converters, recyclers and compounders confirmed On 14 December 2005, EuPC (European Plastics Converters, www.eupc.org) held its second conference on the future EU Regulation on REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals). In his welcome statement...

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...

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