Environment Recycling News ORPET bottle recycling timeline again delayed May 13, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Although plastics recycling plant ORPET has already begun preparing the site at Multnomah Industrial Park in St. Helens for its new manufacturing plant, the expected completion of the first phase of installation has been delayed again, this time to early November. Bruce Sone, project manager and consultant for Portland-based Denton Plastics, said that many factors […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News New automation technology for rubber hose production May 12, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Troester GmbH & Co KG and Sikora AG, two Germany-based companies, present a new, jointly developed technology concept for quality assurance using an automatic wall thickness centering for the production of rubber hoses in the extrusion process. The basis of the new system is an automatic tool centering developed from Troester in combination with Sikora’s […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News China's plastic products exports in first four months exceed US$6 billion May 12, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The General Administration of Customs of China released the country’s foreign trade results from January to April. According to the statistics, total import and export values reached US$1.1 trillion during the period, a 28.5% increase compared to last year. Of this sum, exports registered a 27.4% growth year-on-year, reaching US$555.3 billion, while imports grew by […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News China’s plastic products exports in first four months exceed US$6 billion May 12, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The General Administration of Customs of China released the country’s foreign trade results from January to April. According to the statistics, total import and export values reached US$1.1 trillion during the period, a 28.5% increase compared to last year. Of this sum, exports registered a 27.4% growth year-on-year, reaching US$555.3 billion, while imports grew by […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Recycled plastics: UK dairy industry sets new targets May 11, 2011 by plasticsinfomart London — The UK dairy industry is ready to take its environmental performance to the next level. The Dairy Roadmap, launched yesterday by Defra Minister Jim Paice, demonstrates that dairy processors have met all their environmental targets to date, including a minimum 10 percent recycled plastic in milk bottles. However, Dairy UK said that a […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Micro moulding machine melts with ultrasound May 10, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Ultrasound is being used to melt plastics in a micro moulding machine developed by Spanish ultrasonics technology company Ultrasion. Ultrasion has grown out of research at the Ascamm Foundation in Barcelona, and more specifically the Microplast project of 2005 which led to a patent in 2007 on micromoulding with ultrasonic energy. European Commission funding […] Read more »
End Markets Processes Growing opportunities for plastics-to-fuel technologies in the US: study May 10, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The American Chemistry Council recently released a study conducted by 4R Sustainability, Inc. on increasing opportunities for plastics-to-fuel “conversion technologies” in the U.S. Although U.S plastics are made primarily from natural gas, these innovative technologies are effectively turning non-recycled plastics into crude oil and other fuels, helping to create a reliable source of alternative energy […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Negri Bossi acquires Italian automation supplier Sytrama May 10, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Italian injection molding machine maker Negri Bossi has purchased Italian automation supplier Sytrama. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Based in Vignate, Milan, Sytrama has been manufacturing automation equipment since 1975. According to a Negri Bossi press release, Sytrama will remain in Vignate, which is only a few kilometers away from Negri […] Read more »