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New Extrusion Coating Die Eliminates Edge Bead And Enhances Coat Weight Uniformity For Korean Maker Of Flexible Packaging

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When Korea Aluminium Installed Nordson Extrusion Dies Industries EPC™ Die on an Existing Coating Line, Thickness Tolerances Were Narrowed by 50 to 60% CHUNGBUK, SOUTH KOREA, January 5, 2015: An advanced extrusion coating die designed to reduce edge bead has enabled one leading producer of aluminum foil and foil-laminate flexible packaging to actually eliminate edge […]

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DSM highlights solutions for flexible food packaging, gas tank applications, and DDR4 connectors at NPE

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Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, will demonstrate how its materials have been used in some of the latest application innovations to be introduced to the market at NPE being held in Orlando, FL from March 23-27. DSM will highlight several of these solutions via speaker presentations at SPI and ANTEC […]

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Aurelius acquires UK’s largest recycled PET supplier

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CANTERBURY (Scrap Monster): Eco Plastics- the UK’s largest supplier of recycled Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) has been acquired by German investment firm Aurelius. Post acquisition, Aurelius has now obtained 100% ownership of the Continuum recycling joint venture established with Coca-Cola two years ago. The financial terms of the deal are not disclosed. According to Aurelius, it […]

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APBA claims to have gathered enough votes for California bag referendum

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SACRAMENTO (Scrap Monster): The American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) claims to have gathered nearly 800,000 valid signatures, much more than the required 504,760 signatures to overturn the landmark plastic bag ban rule. The deadline to collect signatures had come to an end on Dec 29th. The news release by the trade body expressed confidence that […]

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UK’s plastic bottle recycling count crosses 2 million tonnes

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CANTERBURY (Scrap Monster): According to findings of the 2014 UK Household Plastics Collection Survey, UK has surpassed the milestone of recycling 2 million tonnes of plastic bottles. Also, the number of pots, tubs and trays recycled has crossed 0.5 million tonnes. According to the survey, 1,218,308 tonnes of plastics packaging was consumed by the UK […]

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WITTMANN BATTENFELD with state-of-the-art injection molding technology, automation and peripherals at Chinaplas2015

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This year, Chinaplas will be held from May 20 to 23, WITTMANN BATTENFELD will be presenting its state-of-the-art injection molding technology, automation and peripherals to professionals in Hall 4.1 at Stand 4.1C01.Meanwhile, it will show the stable and reliable automation solutions in Hall 4.2 at Stand 4.2D21 by its robots playing basketball. At this year’s […]

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Hudson-Sharp to introduce new 5750 W high speed wicketer at Arabplast 2015

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Hudson-Sharp, a US-based bag converting equipment supplier with a European headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, will present its latest version of the model 5750 W high speed wicketer at Arabplast 2015. For certain applications and under optimum conditions, the 5750 W can run consistently in a production environment at cycle speeds of 450 per minute. The […]

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A look back at highlights from 2014

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What made the headlines in petrochemical markets in 2014? According to ChemOrbis, the most striking answer is, needless to say, crude oil prices, which steadily retreated since the start of the second half of the year. This was the sharpest decrease since the 2008 crisis as the overall decline reached 50% on average, which also […]

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