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EuPR: Plastics recyclers could offer 50.000 new jobs in the EU

13.10.2010 - On 4th October 2010 Danish MEP Anna Rosbach hosted an EuPR dinner in the European Parliament attended over 30 participants to debate the issue of exports of plastics waste. Several EU officials from the EU Commission and MEPS attended this dinner and listened to the requests of plastics recyclers to...

BASF focuses on Ecovio and Ecoflex

11.10.2010 - BASF will focus on its products Ecoflex® and Ecovio® as biodegradable and compostable plastics for agricultural use. As a consequence, business with the additive Envirocare® for oxo-biodegradable plastics was terminated effective July 1, 2010. Envirocare was part of the Ciba AG range and is used to...

Tosaf: New additive masterbatches for packaging and agricultural applications

08.10.2010 - At K 2010 Tosaf will be presenting an extended portfolio of functional masterbatches for a broad range of applications. They include particularly efficient antifog-masterbatches for highly transparent polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) food packaging films as well as IR masterbatches for the extrusion...

Tosaf starts 50,000 tons production plant for tailor-made plastic compounds

30.09.2010 - Tosaf, a leading international manufacturer of high quality compounds, color and additive masterbatches for the plastics industry, has recently completed the start-up of a new compounding plant in Afula/Israel. With an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons, the new factory adds to the company’s...

MAUSER adjusts IBC Prices

28.09.2010 - Effective September 15th, 2010 or as contracts allow, the MAUSER Group adapts IBC prices between 5-10 Euro per IBC. The price adjustment reflects the increased production cost. All existing contractual obligations will be honored, announced the company. About MAUSER MAUSER Group is a leading producer...

Huhtamaki to sell the majority of its European rigid plastic consumer goods operations

28.09.2010 - Huhtamaki has agreed to sell the majority of its European rigid plastic consumer goods operations to Island Lux S.à r.l. & Partners S.C.A., an affiliate of Sun European Partners, LLP, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a U.S. based private investment firm. The annual net sales of...

DuPont at K 2010: Responsible Innovation Now

28.09.2010 - The DuPont exhibit at K 2010 reflects the company’s optimistic and future-oriented view of its business and the opportunities for high-performance polymers and elastomers that are emerging from recent global economic challenges. Under its sustainability banner of “Responsible Innovation Now”, DuPont...

Pallmann: Solutions for fine grinding, granulation and preparation of secondary raw materials

23.09.2010 - PALLMANN company will present itself again during the K-exhibition in Düsseldorf, with its own booth. PALLMANN will present its capabilities and innovative strength as a manufacturer of machines and systems for the size reduction of plastics, the recycling of valuable materials and the preparation of...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: Successful Commissioning of PET MTR® plant at Indorama AlphaPet Inc.

23.09.2010 - In September 2009, Uhde Inventa-Fischer successfully commissioned the first line of Indorama’s latest PET resin plant in Alabama (USA). The second line came on stream in June 2010. The plant has an annual capacity of 432,000 tons and uses Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s proprietary patented MTR® technology....

Coperion: Turnkey Plant for Biodegradable Plastics Compounding

16.09.2010 - The first compounding plant for biodegradable plastics in Portugal underlines the expertise of Coperion GmbH, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, in biodegradable material processing systems. The extrusion line is being operated by the Portuguese compounding company Cabopol, S. A. based in Porto de Mós and...

Purac: Agreement with Arkema for joint development of Lactides based block-copolymers

10.09.2010 - Purac and Arkema announce their collaboration in functional Lactide-based block copolymers. These innovative block copolymers will enhance the thermo-mechanical and physical properties of many biobased polymers like Poly Lactic Acid (PLA), resulting in a wider range of applications opportunities. These...

Recoup: 45% of plastic bottles in the UK now being collected for recycling

09.09.2010 - Preliminary findings from the 2010 UK Household Plastics Packaging Collection Survey, commissioned and researched by Recoup, show an encouraging increase in the bottle recycling rate with 45% of plastic bottles in the UK now being collected for recycling, a 6% increase vs. the 2009 survey. The information...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: New plant for the production of PET resin for OCTAL

09.09.2010 - OCTAL Petrochemicals recently signed a contract with Uhde Inventa-Fischer to build a 550,000 tpy plant for the production of PET resin. The contract for delivery of two lines unique to OCTAL will use the state-of-the-art of Melt-to-Resin MTR® technology proprietary to Uhde Inventa-Fischer. The expansion...

Coperion – Integrated Degassing Solutions at K 2010

03.09.2010 - Twin Screw Side Degassing – Higher Output, Better Quality and Lower Costs When compounding and processing polymers degassing processes frequently play an important, but often undervalued role. The ZS-EG twin screw degassing unit presented by Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer,...

Borealis announces changes in Film & Fibre and Moulding Business leadership

01.09.2010 - Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announces the promotion of Wim Roels, previously responsible for the Moulding business as Vice President, to Senior Vice President for the Business Unit Film & Fibre, effective August 1, 2010. Thierry Chevrier, coming from BASF,...

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