MERRITT PLASTICS OPENS WINDOW FRAME RECYCLING PLANT IN UK
Eurocell, through its Merritt Plastics merrittplastics.com subsidiary, has officially opened a new PVC window recycling facility in Derbyshire, U.K. The company says when fully operational the facility will be able to process as many as 12,000 PVC window frames per week, making it the largest recycling facility for PVC frames in the United Kingdom. Eurocell More...
MERRITT PLASTICS OPENS WINDOW FRAME RECYCLING PLANT IN UK
Eurocell, through its Merritt Plastics merrittplastics.com subsidiary, has officially opened a new PVC window recycling facility in Derbyshire, U.K. The company says when fully operational the facility will More...
Parmatech beefs up injection molding capabilities
ATW Companies (Warwick, RI) continues to invest in equipment at Parmatech to boost its profile in the metal injection molding business, company officials told PlasticsToday.com in an interview. One goal is More...
Canadian research center focuses on direct molding processes for auto sector
The Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research at the University of Western Ontario has installed a compression molding press and compounding equipment supplied by Dieffenbacher Group (Eppingen, Germany) More...
Westlake investing $40 million in plant, expects to keep its 380 jobs
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced Monday it will invest $40 million in its Calvert City plant. The company plans to modify the plant’s ethylene furnaces to reduce costs, improve operating efficiency More...
Japan’s Teijin to build pilot plant for manufacture of carbon fibre composites
Japanese chemical supplier Teijin Ltd. has announced plans to establish the world’s first pilot plant for fully integrated production of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) components. The new plant, More...
Plastic painting made more efficient by process optimization
Painting on plastic product parts is needed to provide attractive appearance, resistance against mechanical, chemical and physical stressing or special functional characteristics such as pleasant haptics and resistance More...
Lanxess holds Rubber Days in Japan and Korea
On November 21 and 23, Lanxess AG hosted its first ever Rubber Days in Japan and South Korea respectively with the aim of promoting “Green Tires” in the regions. According to the company, more than More...
Magna to buy BDW’s four aluminum die casting operations, launch E-Car project with GM
It’s been a busy week for auto parts maker Magna International. The Aurora, Ont.-based company’s subsidiary Cosma International has signed an agreement with the shareholders of the BDW Technologies More...
AkzoNobel announces EUR45 million investment at Ningbo plant
AkzoNobel has announced its intention to invest EUR45 million in a new Dicumyl Peroxide (DCP) plant at its Ningbo multi-site in China to meet a growing local, regional and global demand. Widely used as cross-linking More...