GAIL Prices PolyEthylene ( PE ) Price List of Gail w.e.f. 18th Aug 2011 August 19, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Click Here For 18th_Aug_Gail_PE_Prices_2011 Read more »
End Markets Processes Quebec bag maker ties things up at camp August 18, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The city of Montreal is using locally-made compostable bags for its Zero Waste Day Camps. Polykar, based in Montreal, manufactures polyethylene film and packaging. The company’s compostable bags were selected for the city’s Zero Waste Day Camps this month. Participants at the summer camps recycle and compost while learning about waste management. Polykar’s bags are […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Pipe processor ADS plans new plant in Iowa August 17, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The world’s largest processor of corrugated plastic pipe, Advanced Drainage Systems Inc., is adding to the string of pipe facilities it has built with a new one planned for Hampton, Iowa. The new facility is to be fully operational by the middle of next month. The new facility will handle both pipe processing as well […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News City of Akron partners with Greenstar Recycling and Vadxx on plastics to synthetic crude facility August 17, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Greenstar Recycling is partnering with the City of Akron to construct a single stream recycling processing facility that will include processing technology to convert recovered plastic into synthetic crude oil. These services will be provided by local company Vadxx Energy, LLC through a joint venture with Greenstar. (Earlier post.) The companies will work together with […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News KraussMaffei Berstorff supplies laboratory scale Schaumtandex line to Fraunhofer Institute August 16, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Worldwide plastics processing machinery manufacturer KraussMaffei Berstorff announced on August 15 that the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology in Pfinztal, Germany has ordered the first laboratory scale Schaumtandex line from the company’s Hannover-based site. “Thanks to the ZE 30/KE 60 Schaumtandex line, we are in a position to offer highly innovative research applications based on […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Charlotte recycling on a roll: Up 30% August 16, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Charlotte residents recycled 30percent more paper, glass, plastic and metal in the first year of the single-stream recycling system, city officials said Monday. In addition, about half of all single-family households are now recycling, up from 42 percent in the previous year. “We are excited to see such a tremendous increase in the amount of […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News New Life for Old Plastics August 12, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Recycling, despite its green connotations, can be a messy business. In China, more than 400,000 companies are engaged in plastic recycling, but 70 percent of them are family enterprises, said Chen Guirui, CEO of Hangzhou-based zz91.com, a website focusing on recycling. A lack of advanced technologies and facilities has caused many to blame the industry […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Wittmann Battenfeld unveils new PowerVision inspection system August 12, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Wittmann Battenfeld, an injection molding machines manufacturer based in Austria, has announced its new PowerVision inspection system. As introduced, the PowerVision basically is the Cognex vision system integrated into the company’s Unilog B6 control, and can be combined with the production chain with ease. In addition, the visualization of the measurement function in the UNILOG […] Read more »
