Category Menu Product News Sidel to showcase PET bottling-K2010 preview August 2, 2010 by plasticsinfomart Sidel, one of the world’s leading provider of beverage packaging solutions, will present its integrated solutions for PET bottling at K2010, the world’s largest plastics and rubber trade fair to be staged in Düsseldorf, Germany, from October 27 to November 3. During the fair, the Sidel Group will present a number of innovations from its […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News SICK designs new LED for better quality control August 2, 2010 by plasticsinfomart SICK, one of the leading sensor manufacturers from UK, has introduced a new design of LED designed to enable faster and more accurate quality control in the packaging industry, according to packaging today. Pin-Point is said to deliver performance comparable to a short-range laser scanner and will improve detection reliability and the capacity to detect […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News NatureWorks' bioresin goes "open source" July 27, 2010 by plasticsinfomart To spur innovation and drive biopolymers more widely into injection molding applications, NatureWorks LLC, a supplier of low carbon Ingeo biopolymers, is borrowing a page from the computer industry and making details for its new, high-heat, high-impact bioresin, Ingeo 3801X available by providing open source access to both formulation and compounding procedure. Now, the full […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News NatureWorks’ bioresin goes “open source” July 27, 2010 by plasticsinfomart To spur innovation and drive biopolymers more widely into injection molding applications, NatureWorks LLC, a supplier of low carbon Ingeo biopolymers, is borrowing a page from the computer industry and making details for its new, high-heat, high-impact bioresin, Ingeo 3801X available by providing open source access to both formulation and compounding procedure. Now, the full […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Lancôme favors recycled board July 27, 2010 by plasticsinfomart Perfume manufacturer Lancôme has adopted recycled board for the outer packaging of its Aroma Blue fragrance. The new packaging, 350gsm Trucard 1 gloss developed by papermaker Tullis Russell, is FSC-certified and made from 50% post consumer de-inked recycled fibre. Tullis Russell said the packaging bears the properties of premium cartonboard, according to packagingnews.co.uk. The company […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News BOY to highlight compact injection molding machines-K2010 preview July 27, 2010 by plasticsinfomart BOY, a German specialist of micro injection molding machinery, will introduce itself at K2010 with the new slogan – “Great Machines – compactly designed”. BOY will display sixteen machines during the exhibition. Nine newly launched BOY XS series machines will be introduced at K2010. These machines can produce micro and small parts with injection volumes […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Engineering Applications Are Bioplastics' Holy Grail July 26, 2010 by plasticsinfomart Two leaders in the development of sustainable polymers are extending research into a new generation of engineering plastics made from renewable resources. The research mates Ingeo polylactic acid from NatureWorks of Minnetonka, MN, with furanic chemicals developed by Avantium of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Engineering Applications Are Bioplastics’ Holy Grail”One of the current applications of Ingeo PLA […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Engineering Applications Are Bioplastics’ Holy Grail July 26, 2010 by plasticsinfomart Two leaders in the development of sustainable polymers are extending research into a new generation of engineering plastics made from renewable resources. The research mates Ingeo polylactic acid from NatureWorks of Minnetonka, MN, with furanic chemicals developed by Avantium of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Engineering Applications Are Bioplastics’ Holy Grail”One of the current applications of Ingeo PLA […] Read more »