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Motan: New products on display at the Fakuma

05.09.2006 - At the 25th anniversary of the Fakuma in 2006, Motan (www.motan.com) launches a series of new product developments. The most important novelty on display is the MINICOLOR G (Photo), a gravimetric batch blender to dose masterbatch/additive components which continuously and automatically calibrates...

Petcore announces full endorsement for bottle-to-bottle and bottle-to-fiber recyclability of SIPA Smartcoat barrier technology

04.09.2006 - Petcore’s (www.petcore.org) Expert Evaluation Committee, whose mission is to determine the impact of new PET containers and additives on the quality of the recovered PET flake for recycling, has come to the conclusion that SIPA Smartcoat® technology for gas barrier enhancement , will have no negative...

Dow Europe announces price increase for copolymers products

04.09.2006 - Dow continues to encounter high raw material and energy costs with respect to Styrenic Copolymers, while demand remains strong. Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase of 150 Euro/MT for Styrenic Copolymers, including MAGNUM™ ABS and TYRIL™ SAN across Europe and the Middle East. This will be...

Hellweg: Central grinding – simple, fast, quiet

04.09.2006 - Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG (www.schneidmuehlen.de) is presenting its 260 series of granulators at Fakuma 2006. The granulators are used in plastics processing companies for central grinding of all kinds of surplus production. On account of very good heat conductivity, these granulators can also...

FKuR Kunststoff: Compostable and heat resistant injection moulding material made out of cellulose

31.08.2006 - The Biograde 300A injection moulding material developed by FKuR Kunststoff GmbH, Willich, in co-operation with Fraunhofer Institut UMSICHT, Oberhausen, is now also certified as a compostable material according to DIN EN 13 432 and DIN Certco. FKuR Kunststoff GmbH has been developing and producing...

Husky to showcase new technologies at Fakuma

30.08.2006 - Husky Injection Molding Systems (www.husky.ca) will exhibit a wide range of new purpose-built technologies at this year’s Fakuma. Husky’s exhibit will focus on several core areas, including hot runners, thinwall packaging and closures. “We’re looking forward to Fakuma as it will provide us with an...

Rieter Automatik: News and Innovations for pelletizing and drying

25.08.2006 - Die Rieter Automatik GmbH (www.rieter.com) will present at the Fakuma its underwater pelletizing system SPHERO® 70 with fluid heated die plate, along with its new centrifugal dryer, the CENTRO 150. Highlight of the exhibit will be the innovative belt dryer DURO (Photo), which will be introduced to...

LANXESS: ABS plastics production in Tarragona partially shut down after fire

24.08.2006 - As a result of the fire that damaged parts of LANXESS’s (www.lanxess.com) production facilities for ABS plastics in Tarragona, Spain, on August 18, 2006, the chemicals company is now declaring force majeure to all affected customers in Europe and Latin America. This situation is likely to continue for...

DuPont Fluoroproducts Increases Prices for Tedlar® Polyvinyl Fluoride Films

24.08.2006 - DuPont Fluoroproducts (www.dupont.com) is increasing global prices for all grades of DuPont™ Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) films by an average of 10 percent. This increase will be effective Sept. 1, 2006. PVF films, marketed by DuPont under the Tedlar® brand, are used in a variety of applications...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Adjusts Resin Prices

24.08.2006 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) (www.dupont.com) announces a price increase for its ethylene copolymer product line in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The increase of 0.15 Euro/kg will take effect globally September 15, 2006, or as customer contracts allow. “The price increase...

Moditec: Granulators with integrated metal detection

24.08.2006 - Moditec (www.moditec.fr) is a French manufacturer of slow speed granulator technology. Moditec developed innovative features such as Masher system or tooth design. A new patented system called IMD, ‘Integrated Metal Detection’, is the last innovation. This concept was designed to avoid serious damages...

Engel: More performance throughout entire range of machines

23.08.2006 - The features common to all the machine models presented by Engel Austria GmbH (www.engel.at) at this year´s Fakuma are performance improvements achieved through the continuous development and extension of Engel´s range of well-proven machines. With four new models, this Austrian injection moulding machine...

SABIC Europe to increase September polyethylene prices in Europe

22.08.2006 - SABIC Europe (www.sabic-europe.com) announced shortly that it will increase prices in Europe by €100 per ton for all of its HDPE, LDPE and LLDPE products, effective September 1st. “European and Asian PE markets have tightened considerably over the summer period,” says Huub Meessen, Business Unit...

18th Fakuma 2006 – Highly Practical and Problem-Oriented

17.08.2006 - Fakuma (www.fakuma-messe.de) is an important and indispensable platform for the plastics industry, and has been for 25 years now. Amongst the exhibitors – 1402 companies have registered thus far– emphasis is placed upon machinery, systems, peripheral equipment and tooling, as well as raw materials and...

SABIC Europe signs contract to build new HDPE plant in Gelsenkirchen

03.08.2006 - SABIC (www.sabic_europe.com) today signed a contract with the German contractor, Uhde, for the construction of a new bimodal HDPE (high density polyethylene) plant at its production site in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The new 250 kt/y plant will come on stream in Q4 2008 and will replace the current...

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