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SPI announces agenda for new Re|focus Recycling Summit & Expo

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SPI: The Plastics Industry  Trade Association has announced the agenda for its new Re|focus Recycling Summit Expo and launched the event web site as well. The Re|focus Recycling Summit Expo will take place from April 25-27, 2016 in Orlando, the US. The summit launches with an evening reception on Monday, April 25, events on the […]

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IKV to host second International Injection Molding Conference this fall

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The Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and the Skilled Crafts at RWTH Aachen University will host the 2nd International Injection Molding Conference (IIMC) in Aachen, Germany on September 30 and October 1. The main topics at the conference will be innovative developments to improve the efficiency of injection molding processes. It will show […]

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Arburg to set up expert teams for automation business in China

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Injection molding powerhouse Arburg had its best result in history last year. Consolidated turnover amounted to €548 million while value of incoming orders is 15% higher than 2013 in euro terms. Because of the booming automation business in China, which is growing “over proportional” as described by Helmut Heinson, Arburg Managing Director of Sales, the […]

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Confidence on CHINAPLAS in Shanghai as visitors put weight on quality

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To Massimo Maccagnola, Sales Manager Technical Support of Omipa Extrusion Machinery, what made the latest edition of CHINAPLAS stand out is that he has met with many more potential customers than in the past editions. The quality level of show visitors has obviously escalated, while buyers are increasingly concerned about the quality than the price […]

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Wittmann aiming to double capacity in wake of automation boom

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Wittmann Battenfeld, who set up an additional booth in the Industrial Automation Zone apart from its original stand at CHINAPLAS 2015, has been producing robots in China 10 years ago. “Back then people questioned why we were doing it because it was a very advanced concept and the labor was so cheap,” Jonathan Ching, Managing […]

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Huntsman targeting fast rising wearable electronics sector

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Wearable electronics, a fast rising sector, was the focus of Huntsman’s thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) business at CHINAPLAS 2015. According to ABI Research, the number of wearable devices for fitness and wellness applications will grow from 16.2 million in 2011 to 93 million in 2017. The last two years has seen the market for high-tech personal […]

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SPE & GPCA Join Forces on Innovative Technical Knowledge for Gulf Plastics Industry

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BETHEL, CT, U.S.A. and DUBAI, May 27, 2015: SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers), the world’s largest technology-focused society in the plastics industry, headquartered in CT, USA, and GPCA (Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association), the voice of the downstream hydrocarbon industry in the Arabian Gulf region, have agreed to join forces in bringing information and technical […]

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CHINAPLAS 2015 celebrates rising visitor quality amidst bad weather

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128,264 visitors turned up at CHINAPLAS 2015 despite bad weather in Guangzhou last week, the organizer, Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. announced. Of the total visitors’ number, 35,090, or 27.36% came from abroad. It was the second highest attendance in the show’s history, which was a “pleasant surprise”, according to Stanley Chu, Chairman of Adsale Exhibition […]

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