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The all India launch function of Indplas’12 – 6th International Exhibition on Plastics was held on February 3 at Pragati maidan in New Delhi. The programme was held during Plastindia 2012 exhibition to generate awareness amongst PI-12 exhibitors on the need to participate in Indplas’12 exhibition. Over 175 persons mainly exhibitors, participated at the launch […]
As one of the premium brands of all electrical injection molding machines, Zhafir Plastics Machinery has founded its subsidiary in India — Plastics Machinery India Private Limited Founded in 2005 in Germany, the Zhafir Group with its present two manufacturing and technology facilities in Ebermannsdorf/Germany and in Ningbo/China and the now newly founded sales and […]
Players in Indonesia report that sentiment within the country is bullish and that the country has seen even larger increases over the past few weeks than other countries in Southeast Asia as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Polymer sellers are generally confident that this bullish trend will continue into the coming week. Local media […]
Players in China, Egypt and Turkey are reporting higher PVC offers out of the US this week as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Indeed, PVC offers from this origin have been moving higher since the beginning of 2012. Higher ethylene feedstock costs and limited supply have pushed VCM prices higher in the US since […]
Specialist plastics packaging technology business Petainer (www.petainer.com) has developed its ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle – further improving the sustainability of what is already one of the most environmentally-friendly forms of beverage packaging. The new bottle is manufactured using more than 25 per cent post-consumer ‘one-way’ recycled PET (PolyEthylene Terephthalate) plastic but has the same performance […]
20,000 experts visit the leading trade fair in Moscow/exhibitors report very lively interest The Russian economy is growing again! The effects of the global economic crisis have basically been overcome and, even if the dynamism of the years leading up to the crisis has yet to be attained again, there are clear signs of recovery […]
In January 2012 the International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC was held already for the eleventh time in Salzburg. About 500 experts and decision makers from all over the world had travelled to Austria to discuss current issues of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling. Successful, value-creating e-scrap recycling requires a profound knowledge of technologies, […]
BMSvision (previously known as BarcoVision) will exhibit at NPE 2012 in Orlando in the West Hall, Level 2, Hall B on Booth 3683. BMSvision will show the latest version of its PlantMaster Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion, all based on wireless data collection technology. All of these systems include […]