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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...

Hellweg: Universal edge strip granulator

31.08.2007 - Cast films and plastic-coated paper sheeting are confectioned by cutting off both of the sheeting edge strips. Irregularities relating to production are thereby eliminated and consistent thickness over the entire width of the sheeting guaranteed. The continuous strips that arise are cut into short pieces...

IKV: Precision optics – Focus on plastics

28.08.2007 - “Precision optics – Focus on plastics”. Under this heading, the Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung (IKV, www.ikv-aachen.de) at RWTH Aachen University is presenting the entire development process for an optical injection moulded part, starting with the initial idea for the product and proceeding via...

FKuR: Compostable mulch films made of PLA blends

27.08.2007 - The FKuR Kunststoff GmbH (www.fkur.com) in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT (www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de) has developed the first compostable mulch film based on a PLA blends and has brought it to the market. PLA blends are a mixture between PLA (polylactide) and further biodegradable...

UK: New Research Reveals Continued Growth in Plastic Bottle Recycling Rates

21.08.2007 - Plastic bottle recycling continues to go from strength to strength with 92% of UK local authorities now offering recycling collection facilities for plastic bottles, according to new research funded by WRAP (www.wrap.org.uk) and undertaken by Recoup (RECycling of Used Plastics). The findings of the...

Borealis announces record net profit: EUR 137 million for second quarter and EUR 250 million for first half of 2007

09.08.2007 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces a net profit of EUR 137 million after tax for the second quarter of 2007, a 20% increase over the previous quarter and a 50% increase on the same period last year. The net profit after tax...

Chemtura: Urethane Price Increase

03.08.2007 - Effective September 1, 2007, or as contracts permit, Chemtura Europe (www.chemtura.com) will increase selling prices of most urethane prepolymers and curatives by €0.20/kg in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. These changes are directly related to continuously escalating costs for raw materials, energy...

RAG subsidiary Degussa expands presence in China

27.07.2007 - Cornerstone ceremony for new polymerization and compounding plant in Shanghai "We are taking a large step forward in our Asia Pacific strategy,” stated Dr. Joachim Leluschko, head of the High Performance Polymers (HP) Business Unit of Degussa GmbH, Germany, at a cornerstone ceremony (Photo) for a...

BASF to raise prices for colorants and additives

26.07.2007 - Effective immediately, BASF (www.basf.com) will increase prices of colorants and additives globally between 5 and 20 percent, depending on the product line, as existing contracts allow. Reasons are increased energy, raw material and transportation costs. Affected products are: organic, inorganic...

Chemtura: Diana Peninger named Vice President Global Consumer Industry

23.07.2007 - Chemtura Corporation (www.chemtura.com) has appointed Diana Peninger to Vice President, Global Consumer Industry. She reports directly to Polymer Additives Group President Anne Noonan. Ms. Peninger is responsible for the new Consumer Products industry, which includes all additives important to products...

Chemtura increases prices on cresol-based antioxidants

20.07.2007 - Chemtura Corporation (www.chemtura.com) is raising the price of the cresol-based antioxidants of its Polymer Additives business, primarily as the result of a significant and sustained increase in key raw material costs. Effective on all deliveries after July 15, 2007, or as contracts allow, the following...

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