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bioplastics MAGAZINE: Bioplastics Award 2011 for Danone

23.11.2011 - The prestigious Bioplastics Award went to Danone in recognition of their exceptional commitment to the use of bioplastics in the packaging of their leading brand products. The 6th Bioplastics Award, this year for the first time awarded exclusively by the unique industry organ bioplastics MAGAZINE, went...

Braskem appoints FKuR as Exclusive Distributor of Green-PE in Europe

23.11.2011 - Global biopolymer leader Braskem and bioplastics specialist FKuR have signed a distribution agreement for Green PE. Taking effect immediately, FKuR will be the official distribution partner for Braskem´s Green PE in Europe. “This new business field is another milestone that helps make our “FKuR -...

Fasti-Koch: Covenient, safe and energy-saving material drying

21.11.2011 - Fasti-Koch enhanced its compressed air dryers for small throughputs of hygroscopic material. According to the company a modern touch panel-based control offers intelligently adapted granulate drying with maximum convenience for the operator. The new control system regulates energy and compressed air...

Styron Europe: Price Increases for Polystyrene Grades

21.11.2011 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announce recently price increases for all polystyrene grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: STYRON™ general purpose polystyrene grades (GPPS) by...

DuPont: Impact resistant, low-emission POM in automotive interiors

17.11.2011 - With its reduced formaldehyde content and low rate of emission release, DuPont™ Delrin® 300TE acetal resin is the first impact-modified POM from DuPont to meet the automotive industry´s demanding requirements for the use of plastics in vehicle interiors. Its melt flow index (MFI190/2,16) of 6 g/10min...

Evonik: Production capacity for PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds in Shanghai doubled

15.11.2011 - The last quarter of 2011 has seen phase-two expansion of Evonik’s PMMA plant in Shanghai completed and put online, thereby doubling its regional manufacturing capacity for molding compounds made of polymethyl methacrylate to around 40,000 metric tons. According to Evonik the expansion of capacity...

Borealis: Third quarter delivers positive results

15.11.2011 - Borealis reports a net profit of EUR 107 million in the third quarter of 2011 compared to EUR 54 million in the same quarter of 2010. Overall the company announces a net profit of EUR 448 million year to date, compared to EUR 200 million during the same period in 2010. Borealis’ net debt position improved...

PCI Nylon: „European Nylon Symposium 2012“ - Where is the European polyamide market heading

15.11.2011 - With its “European Nylon Symposium 2012“ due to take place on February 27 & 28, 2012 in Frankfurt/Main, the PCI Nylon market research and consulting company based in Bad Homburg (Germany) aims to examine current developments and trends in the global polyamide market with a focus on their effects on...

Altuglas: New Altuglas® resin for PVC window profiles

15.11.2011 - Altuglas International, a leader in the field of capstock resins for coextrusion has recently developed new PMMA grades ideally suited for PVC window profiles. These resins provide longer-lasting surface finishes, thanks to their outstanding resistance to UV rays and scratching, announced the company....

Borealis Schwechat celebrates 50 years of polypropylene production

11.11.2011 - In October, Borealis celebrated an important anniversary with the 50th anniversary of polypropylene (PP) production at its Schwechat location. The company’s first PP production plant became operational in Schwechat in 1961 and received the designation PP1. At that time, the plant was part of the...

DuPont: IMHP technology to decrease cycle time during the injection moulding of semi-crystalline thermoplastics

10.11.2011 - According to DuPont the new IMHP technology can enable significant productivity increases during the injection moulding of semi-crystalline thermoplastics, which, due to their high rate of volume shrinkage during cooling, require longer holding times. In contrast to standard injection moulding procedure,...

Wittmann Battenfeld: Focus on cost-efficiency and energy-efficiency at the Equiplast fair

09.11.2011 - At the Equiplast in Barcelona, an international exhibition fort he plastics and rubber industry, which will be held from November 14th to 18th, the Wittmann group will show high tech injection molding technology and processes as well as their current, modern automation and peripheral equipment in order...

MTI Mischtechnik: Uni tec® universal mixer for time and cost efficient workflows

08.11.2011 - Uni tec® is a newly developed, individually designed general-purpose mixer provided by MTI Mischtechnik for manually or fully automatically controlled preparation of bulk materials in the chemical, plastics processing, and other industries. Depending on its configuration, uses of the new mixer unit...

DuPont: Primerless bonding of high-temperature gasket and nylon

08.11.2011 - A new electronic connector gasket from Dana Corporation of Neu-Ulm, Germany, is one of the first applications to benefit from patented 2K molding technology for the production of assemblies combining Vamac ethylene acrylic elastomer (AEM) with Zytel nylon resin. The multi-shot technology, licensed solely...

AMI: Uncertain outlook for european plastics industry

07.11.2011 - According to AMI´s recently published European Plastics Industry Report 2011, 2010 saw a recovery in demand for most thermoplastics, after two of the worst years the industry has seen since the oil shocks of the 1970s. After a drop in demand of over 15% over the period of the recession, volume demand...

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