Market News Delay won’t quell 2014 wrangling over Keystone XL April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats sweating this year’s elections may be hoping that the Obama administration’s latest delay to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline takes a politically fraught issue off the table for the midterms. Fat chance. An indefinite extension of the government’s review of the contentious oil pipeline, announced late Friday by the State Department, […] Read more »
Recycling News Recycling of post-consumer film packaging increased marginally in 2012: ACC April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart WASHINGTON : The latest statistics released by the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) indicates that recycling of post-consumer film packaging was up by 1% during 2012 to touch 1.02 billion pounds. The recycling rate has jumped by over 56% when compared with those during 2005. The results are based on the survey conducted […] Read more »
Processes Mold temperature sensors from Priamus ensures reliable processing for medtech company B. Braun April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart B. Braun Melsungen AG, a pharmaceutical and medtech company, and Priamus System Technologies AG, specialist for intelligent quality assurance and control systems for injection molding, have jointly developed reliable processing solutions with temperature sensitive sensors. Christian Reich, Sales Representative of Priamus, explains, “For example molds, manufactured at B. Braun in Germany, are sampled and process […] Read more »
Product News W&H marks its presence at CHINAPLAS for the first time with newly formed subsidiary April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart German based engineering company Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) will be presenting itself for the first time under the flag of its recently set up subsidiary Windmoeller & Hoelscher Machinery (Taicang) Co. Ltd. at CHINAPLAS 2014. “The decision to have its own subsidiary in China clearly underlines the importance Windmöller & Hölscher attaches to this growth […] Read more »
Category Menu BASF to unveil latest car seat concept at CHINAPLAS 2014 April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart At CHINAPLAS 2014, BASF will demonstrate lightweight solutions that improve automotive fuel efficiency and comfort; consumer product safety; buildings with better environmental performance; and manufacturing efficiency, which is enhanced through accelerated polymer densification and other process innovations. Dr. Zheng Daqing, Senior Vice President Business & Market Development Greater China, BASF, says, “Rapidly changing consumer needs […] Read more »
Material News Huntsman to introduce two new TPU grade for footwear applications April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Huntsman will take part in CHINAPLAS 2014 with two new thermoplastics polyurethane (TPU) grade for injection molding. The first new grade, AVALON 95 ABU, is a UV-protected, high performance, polyester-based TPU for injection molding, which offers exceptional long-term UV resistance that is significantly higher than current available offerings, strong abrasion resistance, a fast cycle time […] Read more »
Industry Bilingual Expert Forum to be held concurrently with parts2clean 2014 April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart An Expert Forum will be held in parallel with parts2clean 2014, an international trade fair for industrial parts and surface cleaning in Stuttgart, Germany from June 24-26, announced the show organizer, Deutsche Messe. “The Fraunhofer Cleaning Technology Alliance is responsible for technical coordination of the program, which covers various areas of cleaning technology,” reports Olaf […] Read more »
Material News RadiciGroup highlights its Radilon HHR line at CHINAPLAS 2014 April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart RadiciGroup, represented by Radici Plastics (Suzhou) Co Ltd, will highlight its Radilon polyamide line with enhanced heat resistance at CHINAPLAS 2014. A press conference will be held on April 24. Erico Spini, Marketing and Application Development Director of the RadiciGroup Plastics Business Area, will give a presentation on “Polyamide specialities for the automotive and electrical […] Read more »
