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Coperion to announce Thomas Kehl as new President

Coperion to announce Thomas Kehl as new President

August 28, 2013 by plasticsinfomart

Stuttgart, August 2013 – Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, a subsidiary of US-based Hillenbrand, Inc., has announced that Thomas Kehl will take over as president and chairman of the executive board effective immediately. Kehl will lead the company as they continue to expand their presence in single source compounding plants and materials handling systems on a global […]

DuPont Chemicals and Fluoroproducts (DC&F) extends distribution agreement with Dolder for fluoroplastics

DuPont Chemicals and Fluoroproducts (DC&F) extends distribution agreement with Dolder for fluoroplastics

August 28, 2013 by plasticsinfomart

Geneva, August 2013. Effective from October 1st 2013, Dolder AG, Basel, Switzerland, will become the official distributor for DuPont™ Teflon® fluoroplastics in Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Turkey. Dolder will retain all distribution rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. DuPont’s decision to […]

ENGEL at MSV 2013 in Brno

ENGEL at MSV 2013 in Brno

August 27, 2013 by plasticsinfomart

Coinjection technology frees the way for lowest unit costs and new material properties. At MSV 2013 from 7th to 11th October in Brno/Czech Republic, ENGEL will be demonstrating how to leverage additional efficiency potentials thanks to a combination of coinjection and tie-bar-less technology. A tie-bar-less ENGEL victory 330H/200V/120 combi equipped with an integrated ENGEL viper […]

Green Earth Innovations Technology to extract fuel from plastic ready for commercialisation

Green Earth Innovations Technology to extract fuel from plastic ready for commercialisation

August 27, 2013 by plasticsinfomart

AHMEDABAD: Indore based Green Earth Innovations (GEI), today staked claim that its Indian patented technology for extraction of fuel from plastic waste, is ready for commercialisation. “We have reversed the chemistry to extract fuel from plastics. Plastic is by-product of hydrocarbon, our innovation has reversed the process-thermal de-polymerisation-to manufacture oil from plastic using a catalyst,” […]

Indian Engineer Converts Plastic Into Fuel. Gets Patent!

Indian Engineer Converts Plastic Into Fuel. Gets Patent!

August 27, 2013 by plasticsinfomart

Chemical engineer Chitra Thiyagarajan has obtained a patent for a device that converts plastic into fuel similar to diesel. Chitra set out to find a cheap as well as sustainable fuel source and finally found out that the waste plastic can be converted into usable fuel. After experimenting for about three long years, Thiyagarajan was […]

Bio-based polyamides: India, the assured raw material supplier?

Bio-based polyamides: India, the assured raw material supplier?

August 27, 2013 by plasticsinfomart

Polyamides (nylons), the widely used engineering and high performance plastics, find applications in various industries such as automotive, consumer goods, electrical & electronics (E&E), engineering parts, housings, building & construction, packaging, sporting goods, etc. Increase in environment awareness has led to rise in interest to develop polyamides (PAs) using renewable feedstocks in recent times. Green […]

Lower costs, slower export demand weigh down PET prices in China

August 27, 2013 by plasticsinfomart

China’s PET market witnessed some softening after gaining ground for seven consecutive weeks. Lower spot PTA and MEG costs were cited as the main reason behind the latest reductions, according to ChemOrbis. Theoretical PET production cost calculations based on spot PTA and MEG prices declined by $45/ton over the past week. Weak export demand was […]