Environment Recycling News Danville recycling goes mobile October 4, 2011 by plasticsinfomart A new addition to Danville Public Works’ fleet of vehicles will debut during the River District Festival on Saturday — a mobile recycling trailer wrapped in scenes from around the city. Tom Spicer, the city’s director of sanitation, said the trailer will parked at Newton’s Landing from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. the day of […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Plastic Engineering Expands Injection Molding Capabilities Through New Partnership October 3, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Latest studies have shown that manufacturing cost savings in Mexico exceeded the values in India and China. The low landed costs in Mexico are attractive when compared to other emerging countries. The region is an ideal location for manufacturing short- to medium-run products with a high amount of engineered content. The new Mexican collaboration helps […] Read more »
End Markets Processes Minimizer Recognized for Excellence in Thermoform Engineering October 3, 2011 by plasticsinfomart For the past 4 years Minimizer has been quietly working on an industry-changing fender: Minimizer Chrome Poly. The launch of this new fender occurred Thursday, August 25 at The Great American Truck Show in Dallas, Texas. The new Minimizer Chrome Poly fender has the shine and mirror finish of traditional chrome metal but with the […] Read more »
Market News Oil back at price last seen a year ago October 1, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Oil prices are back to where they were a year ago. On Friday benchmark crude dropped $2.94, or 3.6 percent, to end the day at $79.20 per barrel in New York. Prices haven’t finished that low since Sept. 29, 2010. Since then crude peaked near $114 a barrel in May of this year. It’s fallen […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Fasti Fasti ERD Xpert dryer to be highlighted in Koch’s booth at Fakuma October 1, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Fasti Koch GmbH, acquired last year by Koch-Technik, will be exhibiting its granulate dryers along Werner Koch Maschinentechnik GmbH at Fakuma, which will be held in Friedrichshafen, Germany from October 18-22. The compact Fasti ERD Xpert dryer is for low to medium throughputs, and functions from its position above the processing machine. The control module […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Fasti Fasti ERD Xpert dryer to be highlighted in Koch's booth at Fakuma October 1, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Fasti Koch GmbH, acquired last year by Koch-Technik, will be exhibiting its granulate dryers along Werner Koch Maschinentechnik GmbH at Fakuma, which will be held in Friedrichshafen, Germany from October 18-22. The compact Fasti ERD Xpert dryer is for low to medium throughputs, and functions from its position above the processing machine. The control module […] Read more »
End Markets Processes Insulation blanket made from Solvay's Halar ECTFE film meets aircraft interior standards October 1, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Solvay Specialty Polymers stated on September 27 that Chase-Facile’s Insulfab 4000 thermal acoustic insulation blanket (TAIB) cover film, made with Halar ECTFE film from Ajedium Films under Solvay Solexix Inc, has been qualified to meet Boeing BMS 8-377 for both Class 00 and Class 1 Types I & II and has been officially added to […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Central Pennsylvania manufacturers gain advantage with 3-D printing October 1, 2011 by plasticsinfomart When time and money are precious commodities, three-dimensional printing — also known as rapid prototyping — offers a way to save both and gain a competitive edge by providing tangible proof-of-concept for products, manufacturing companies said. The 3-D printers — which employ a process like ink-jet printers to build complex forms by spraying layer upon […] Read more »