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Kraiburg TPE highlights THERMOLAST V compounds at VDI Plastics in Automotive Engineering conference

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At VDI Plastics in Automotive Engineering 2016 conference, Kraiburg TPE will introduce its THERMOLAST V portfolio which has recently started full-scale production. As introduced, this new thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) series features hardness ranges from Shore A 50-80 and are suitable for under-the-hood applications that may be exposed to high temperatures, for example seals for timing […]

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Plastics News

Plastic in Snickers bar prompts Mars recall in 55 countries

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Mars Inc has recalled chocolate bars and other products in 55 countries, mainly in Europe, due to choking risk after a piece of plastic was found in a Snickers bar in Germany. All of the recalled products, which include Mars, Snickers and Milky Way bars, were manufactured at a Dutch factory in Veghel, a Mars […]

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Industry

To rethink the future of plastics, start with packaging

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More plastic than fish in the ocean (by weight) by 2050. 95 percent of plastic packaging’s potential value lost after its first use. Only 14 percent of plastic packaging collected for recycling. Global waste disposal systems so challenged that nearly a third of plastic waste doesn’t even make it to the landfill, and instead is […]

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Plastics News

GW Plastics launches biggest facility, banking on China growth

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GW Plastics Inc. has completed a long-awaited expansion of its Dongguan, China, facilities. In an email interview with Plastics News , Ben Bouchard, GW’s vice president for international business development and managing director for China, clarified that the expansion, originally planned to open in 2015, was delayed by six months because of construction-related issues. “Building our […]

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Product News

Plastic exports plunge 14% in July-January

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Bangladesh’s exports earnings from the plastic sector dropped 14% to $51.73m in the first seven months of this fiscal year. Drastic fall in the raw materials’ prices has been blamed for bleak performance by the country’s emerging industry. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) latest data, in July-January period of FY2015-16, the country earned […]

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Material News

First snow chains with links made entirely from plastic introduced to market

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French textile and rubber company, Joubert Productions, introduces to the market the first snow chains with links made entirely from plastic. This has become possible with Elastollan, the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) from BASF. As introduced, the snow chains made from the two Elastollan grades B90A15 and B60A10WH meet the ÖNORM 5117 standard, which applies across […]

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Industry

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is now taking care of the market in Austria with a direct approach

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With effect from January 1st, 2016 Sumitomo (SHI) Demag established her own Sales and Service structures in Austria.Organizationally the new office in Tulln is directly responsible to Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s headquarters in Schwaig near Nürnberg. The customer care is characterized by a highly qualified staff, very short ways to the customer and the five-headed team’s […]

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Material News

US university develops 100% recyclable carbon fiber composites

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Carbon fiber composites can easily and cost-effectively be recycled into new material with the same robustness, a team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) in the US has found. Unlike metal, carbon fiber composite is generally not recyclable. The glue that binds the fiber in most carbon fiber composites can be […]

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