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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...

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...

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