Breaking News Industry TPI Composites and ALKE launch wind blade joint venture in Turkey March 22, 2012 by plasticsinfomart The new joint venture, TPI Kompozit Kanat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., will commence operations immediately from a 355 000 ft2 building in Izmir, Turkey. The facility is located to serve the Turkish wind market and to cost-effectively export blades to southern and eastern Europe and northern Africa. TPI Composites, headdquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, will control […] Read more »
Machinery News Roboshot All-Electric to Demonstrate Precision, Efficiency Live at NPE2012 March 22, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Batavia, Ohio – Milacron, a U.S.-based, worldwide supplier of plastics-processing technologies, will be running the all-electric Roboshot S-2000i55B injection molding machine in full-scale operation at NPE2012 from April 1-5 in Orlando, Fla., booth #2803. Attendees can see for themselves Roboshot’s renown benefits – including higher speeds, better quality production and lower energy use – as […] Read more »
Industry MOBILE MEDIA NOW PUT NPE2012 IN VISITORS’ HANDS–LITERALLY March 21, 2012 by plasticsinfomart New iPad App and Mobile Phone Site Let Visitors Manage Their Own NPE2012 Schedules, Access Directory Information, and Much More WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., March 21, 2012: On-the-go plastics professionals who plan to attend NPE2012 next month can access what they need to know to get the greatest benefit from their visit, no matter where they […] Read more »
Breaking News Market News In stitching a complex oil-for-food deal, India sets about placating Iran March 21, 2012 by plasticsinfomart India is finally plunging into the oil politics of the Gulf and West Asia. It sent a team of senior officials from the commerce ministry to Iran around a fortnight earlier, to clinch an oil-for-food deal. And, is beginning to woo the Sunni oil kingdoms in the region, led by none other than Saudi Arabia. […] Read more »
Breaking News Category Menu Pantone Extends Plastic Standard Chips with New On-Trend Collection March 21, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company and the global authority on colour and provider of professional colour standards for the design industries, recently announced a new plastic standard chips collection: Pantone Plastic Standard Chips Colour Collection Volume 1. Developed using on-trend colours for product design and manufacturing, the Pantone Plastic Standard Chips Colour Collection Volume 1 […] Read more »
Breaking News Market News Oil rises to near $107 after US crude supply drop March 21, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Oil prices rose to near $107 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed US crude supplies fell unexpectedly, a sign demand may be improving. Benchmark oil for May delivery was up 52 cents to $106.59 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $2.49 […] Read more »
Breaking News Recycling News Startup Converts Plastic To Oil, And Finds A Niche March 21, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Only 7 percent of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. A startup company in Niagara Falls says it can increase that amount and reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil at the same time. It all starts with a machine known as the Plastic-Eating Monster. […] Read more »
Breaking News Material News Congressman moves to ban BPA from food packaging March 21, 2012 by plasticsinfomart A Massachusetts congressman asked the federal government on Friday to ban the chemical bisphenol A from use in food and beverage containers, and took a page from the food industry’s playbook to argue his case. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D) asked for these restrictions in petitions to the Food and Drug Administration, which has been […] Read more »
