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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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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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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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igus starts offering 3D printing service for tribo-plastic prototypes

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At Hannover Messe 2015, igus announced that a new 3D printing service is now available for producing prototypes with its tribo-filament. “Our customers can contact us with their 3D data and get their parts quickly and easily printed by us,” said Tom Krause, Product Manager at igus iglidur tribo-filament. “This is what we have been […]

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Domo Chemicals investing in new PA compounding plant in China

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At CHINAPLAS 2015, Domo Chemicals announced that it has invested in a new polyamide (PA) compounding plant with 20,000 tons total capacity at its existing site in Jiaxing city, Zhejiang Province, China. A second production line is expected to be fully operational by the end of this year. The total capacity will reach 20,000 tons […]

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Perstorp now supplying surfactants market with 2-PH after start-up of new Oxo plant

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Producers of surfactants and hard-surface cleaners around the world now have access to a major new supply of a highly cost-effective raw material, 2-propyl heptanol (2-PH). With the January start-up of its major new Oxo plant for chemical intermediates and finished products in Stenungsund, Sweden, Perstorp now has sufficient capacity to supply 2-PH to the […]

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