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Atur Thakrar joins DSM as President of Bio-based Products & Services business

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Royal DSM announced that Atur Thakrar has joined the company to head its Bio-based Products & Services unit on July 1, succeeding Anton Robek who held this position since 2011. Mr Thakrar will take responsibility for DSM’s involvement in the emerging bio-renewables industry, including holding board positions on the Reverdia and POETDSM Advanced Biofuels joint […]

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NYC Polystyrene ban goes into effect

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Starting July 1st, food service establishments and stores are not allowed to use products containing expanded polystyrene (EPS). The law provides a six-month transition period, before imposing fines on violation. KINGSTON (Scrap Monster): The New York City Polystyrene ban has officially gone into effect beginning July 1st. According to terms of the ban, food service […]

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BASF opens first online store on Alibaba platform in China

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BASF has established an online store on China’s Alibaba e-commerce platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), who can use Alipay, a mature payment platform in the country to carry out transactions. SMEs that produce goods such as household electric appliances, coatings and ink, feed and packaged food and beverages as well as textile and […]

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Arburg’s Freeformer wins Plast Platinum Award 2015

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Arburg was awarded the Plast Platinum Award medal in the plastics processing machines and systems category at Plastpol 2015, which took place in Kielce, Poland from May 26-29. Dr Slamowir Sniady, Managing Director of Arburg Polska Sp. z o o. accepted the award for the Freeformer, being recognized as the most innovative system for industrial […]

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Alessandro Grassi elected as new Assocomaplast President

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Alessandro Grassi, Managing Director of Frigosystem Srl, is elected as new President of Assocomaplast, the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Molds Manufacturers’ Association that belongs to CONFINDUSTRIA. Mr Grassi was elected in the annual members assembly of Assocomaplast held on June 19. Andrea Franceschetti, International Sales Director for Gefran spa, was named as […]

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SPI Partners with SPE and its Plastics Environmental Division to Produce Premier Conference – Re|focus Recycling Summit & Expo

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Collaboration to Result in Cutting Edge Technical Information to Drive Recycling and Use of Recycled Content Forward WASHINGTON –SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association announced today that it signed a three-year agreement with SPEand its Plastics Environmental Division (PED) to co-promote and develop technical information for the Re|focus Recycling Summit and  Expo, a world-class event […]

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Assocomaplast: New President And More Positive Economic Signals

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The annual members assembly of Assocomaplast – the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together over 160 makers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber – was held on Friday, 19 June at the Science and Technology Museum in Milan. The assembly elected a new President for the two-year term 2015-2017: […]

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Teijin focuses on polycarbonate lightweight applications

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One of Teijin’s highlights at CHINAPLAS is its Panlite polycarbonate (PC) resin that can be used as a glass alternative for vehicle weight reduction. The material is chosen by Nissan for partition window used in its NV200 New York City Taxi. The plastic glazing is achieved by molding Panlite resin using the world’s first three-dimensional […]

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