Recycling News Recycling plan may add HK$1 on a bottle of beer January 15, 2013 by plasticsinfomart HONG KONG: A HK$1 levy may be charged on bottles of beer, wine and spirits to help pay the recycling costs. The scheme is being considered by environment officials and could be put up for public consultation as early as next month. It follows the 50 cent plastic bag levy introduced in 2009. Recyclers welcomed […] Read more »
Industry Maer launches new innovation for neck-to-neck technology January 15, 2013 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Maer, a manufacturer of spin trimming machinery for cutting the lost head of plastic blowmolded bottles, recently unveiled its latest innovation in neck-to-neck technology. The company says its NTN850 equipment reaches the fastest speed in the market for double bottle bodies joined at the neck by a dome. It’s part of the company’s NTN or […] Read more »
Industry New processing technology targets nano medical sensors January 15, 2013 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart A polymer electrospinning technology developed by Arsenal Medical (Watertown, MA) improves throughput rates of nanofibers so dramatically that the technology is in play for applications involving drug delivery, very tiny sensors, tissue engineering, filters, and self-healing coatings. Medical plastics used in the system include polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) copolymer and other biomaterials such as polyesters. “We […] Read more »
Industry 2013: A better year for automobile production; analyst forecasts 5%-plus growth January 15, 2013 by plasticsinfomart While 2012 was a year of recovery for global automakers, 2013 looks like being even better if the latest forecast from PwC’s Autofacts (Detroit, MI) proves true. Autofacts goes further in predicting that global light vehicle production in 2019 will top 107 million. 2013 year-on-year growth of 5.1% is positive given global economic uncertainty. Indeed […] Read more »
Breaking News Category Menu Fenders molded from recycled engineering plastics January 15, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Marking a new milestone in its 25-year relationship developing thermoplastic fenders with Renault S.A., Sabic’s Innovative Plastics (Bergen Op Zoom, The Netherlands) business today announced that the French automaker has successfully adopted a new post-industrial recycled (PIR) grade of Noryl GTX resin, a conductive blend of polyamide (PA) and modified polyphenylene ether (PPE), as part […] Read more »
Category Menu Siemens Adds Ethernet to Sinamics Drives to Enable Single-Plant Network January 15, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Siemens has bolstered its Sinamics S120 modular drives system with support for industrial Ethernet protocols, providing networking capability that will allow manufacturers to create a single network for factories and plants. The Sinamics drive family now offers direct connectivity to both Profinet and Ethernet/IP, the two main protocols being used in the manufacturing industry to […] Read more »
Category Menu EV Battery Market Could Hinge on Plug-In Hybrid Success January 15, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Growing demand for plug-in hybrids could mean good news for electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturers over the next eight years, possibly enabling them to avert a battery oversupply, a new study says. “We’re seeing the emergence of the plug-in hybrid,” David Alexander, author of Pike Research’s new Electric Vehicles Batteries study, told Design News. “They […] Read more »
Industry ALWAN REPIN LLC UAE promoted Colour Masterbatches at ArabPlast 2013 January 15, 2013 by plasticsinfomart The 11th Arab International Plastics and Rubber Trade show and conference, ArabPlast 2013, was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At the exhibition, the international joint venture, ALWAN REPIN LLC, promoted their vast range of Colour Masterbatches. The range of Colour Masterbatches offered by the company consists of a wide selection of custom made and […] Read more »
