Industry New FBRM G600L Offers Real-Time Particle Monitoring in Smaller Lab Vessels November 3, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Greifensee, Switzerland. 2 November 2012 – METTLER-TOLEDO is pleased to offer to the market its new FBRM® (Focused Beam Reflectance Measurement) technology for tracking the rate and degree of change to particles, particle structures and droplets at full process concentration. FBRM® G600L quickly captures particle change information for fast optimization of crystallization, particle and droplet processes. Fewer experiments mean lower […] Read more »
Market News Iran’s export ban causes jitters in Turkey’s and China’s PE markets November 3, 2012 by plasticsinfomart The news that Iran has banned exports of 50 products including polymers has created great concerns in global markets particularly in the PE markets of Turkey and China. This is because PE is considered to be the key petrochemical product to be affected by this proposed ban and Iran is a very important source of […] Read more »
Industry PSG presented new sumoFmax and VCON systems for hot runner and controller November 2, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart PSG Plastic Service GmbH presented two new developments for the hot runner and controller systems, sumoFmax and VCON, at Fakuma 2012. sumoFmax is a new, patent-registered, lever operated lifting plate. By a slide role guidance mechanism, with integrated cranked lever, the force is increased exponentially in the closing stroke. sumoFmax achieves multiplied force, saving energy […] Read more »
Market News PET demand to top 20 mt in 2016, says Transparency Market Research November 2, 2012 by plasticsinfomart According to a recent Transparency Market Research report, global PET demand is estimated to reach 20.6026 metric tons (mt) in 2016. The “Global Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Value Chain Market Analysis (Ethylene, PET, PET Packaging) – Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Growth And Forecast, 2010 – 2016” report finds that the global PET market has […] Read more »
Category Menu Hasco introduces new generation of flexible mold temperature control units November 2, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Hasco Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG introduces a new generation of flexible mold temperature control units which can eliminate complex deep-hole bores and high pressure losses due to 90° deflections. The new TempFlex Z976/… and Z977/…, with simultaneous conformal cooling, can offer optimum conditions for the temperature control of mold plates or spacer plates, says […] Read more »
Industry MILACRON® HOSTS MIAMI VALLEY SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS EVENT November 2, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Batavia, Ohio – Milacron, a U.S.-based leading global supplier of plastics technologies, hosted the Miami Valley Society of Plastics Engineers (MVSPE) Chapter meeting on October 17, 2012 with an evening of technical presentations, product demonstrations and plant tours. “The MVSPE chapter is managing a series of manufacturing plant visits that foster plastics education, networking and […] Read more »
Category Menu Delcam adds new website for PowerSHAPE CAD software November 2, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Delcam has launched a new website for its PowerSHAPE CAD system – www.powershape.com – which details the many advantages of using the software for both product design and tooling design. The new site includes links to the PowerSHAPE learning zone, where existing users can learn about, and see demonstrations of, the latest functionality, and to […] Read more »
Market News Mid-Eastern producers reveal Nov PP, PE offers in global markets November 2, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Middle Eastern producers came with their new PP and PE offers for November in Asia and Europe last week while they have just started to announce their new prices to the Middle Eastern markets including Turkey, Egypt and UEA, where players were mostly sidelined due to the Eid holiday last week, as per the pricing […] Read more »