Industry India's plague, trash, drowns its Garden City during strike October 29, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Outside Bangalore’s last official landfill, the garbage trucks regularly lined up here for hours, their burdens putrefying in the afternoon sun. A stinking mountain of trash, the landfill has been poisoning local waters and sickening nearby villagers. Another dump site was in even worse shape before it was closed recently after violent protests. Bangalore, the […] Read more »
Industry MBA partners ALBIS at Fakuma International Plastics Trade Show October 29, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Exhibition highlights use of high-quality ‘post-consumer’ recycled plastics that directly replace virgin materials MBA Polymers, the world-leading multinational plastics recycling company partnered with ALBIS PLASTIC on their exhibition stand at the Fakuma International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing in Germany last week where they presented the environmental and economic case for plastics recycling. As a […] Read more »
Machinery News Successful trade fair appearance: Arburg at the Fakuma 2012 October 29, 2012 by plasticsinfomart • A real hit: overarching topic of “production effi-ciency” • Future trends: innovations in machine and appli-cations sector • Crowd puller: Arburg stand with ten exhibits cov-ering 1,300 m² Lossburg. This year’s appearance at the Fakuma trade fair in Friedrichshafen was a success for Arburg and demonstrated that the company’s focus on the over-arching topic […] Read more »
Industry ModuleWorks and exocad sign partnership agreement October 29, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM components for 3-5-Axis toolpath generation and simulation have confirmed their partnership with leading dental industry CAD/CAM vendor, exocad GmbH. exocad GmbH provides the most advanced and complete CAD system for customized dental applications, targeted at the OEM market. With simplicity on the surface and power at its core, exocad® […] Read more »
Material News New DuPont Zytel halogen-free grade offers enhanced thermal ageing October 29, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Geneva, October 2012. In response to health, safety and sustainability needs – primarily for electrical applications such as contactors, circuit breakers and housings – DuPont Performance Polymers has extended its portfolio of halogen-free* materials, with a new flame-retardant (FR) nylon 66 with enhanced thermal ageing. “In a comparative test carried out on ISO tensile bars […] Read more »
Recycling News UK Coca-Cola provides update about London 2012 recycling initiative October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Coca-Cola in Great Britain knew it had taken on a huge challenge of Michael Phelps’ record-breaking proportions. When the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) committed to a zero-waste-to-landfill target, Coca-Cola made a pledge to recycle all soft drinks bottles that were disposed of at Olympic and Paralympic venues and return […] Read more »
Breaking News Product News Coca-Cola GM of PlantBottle packaging talks new partnerships, future growth October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart It’s hard for Scott Vitters, GM of the PlantBottle packaging platform, to contain his excitement about the future for the Coca-Cola PlantBottle packaging. “We’re in a phase of the journey of not just highlighting the technology but helping people understand how we build a supply chain that is truly sustainable,” Vitters told PlasticsToday. “We have […] Read more »
Machinery News Product spotlight: Reifenhäuser cast PET film lines October 26, 2012 by plasticsinfomart At K 2010 in Düsseldorf, Reifenhäuser presented a cast film line producing 3-layer unstretched cast PET film. Now about four lines are using this technology in operation worldwide. Reifenhäuser expects additional lines will be shipped soon. The key component of this line is the “Reitruder” twin-screw extruder that allows the processing of PET without the […] Read more »
