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Environment

Plastic, poverty and pollution in China’s recycling dead zone

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In 2010, Adam Minter, Bloomberg’s Shanghai correspondent, visited Wen’an – then the heart of the global scrap plastic trade – undercover. In 2011 the Chinese government introduced new regulations and shut down the scrap plastic trade in this part of the country. The small family businesses closed or scattered across the country. In 2013, according […]

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Processes

Laser joining carbon fiber-reinforced plastic to stainless steel

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A group at the Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI) of Osaka University in Japan, under the direction of Professor Seiji Katayama, has succeeded in direct laser joining of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) to AISI 304 metal. ILS asked Professor Katayama to present details of this study. Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) is currently attracting great […]

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Market News

Washington View: Ensure new buildings are truly ‘green’

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Reducing mankind’s carbon footprint has become the defining issue of our time — and rightly so. Virtually every level of government has policies to reduce greenhouse gases by regulating everything from industrial CO2 emissions to cow flatulence. But as Kermit the Frog said, “It’s not easy being green.” It turns out that some good ideas […]

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Industry

New dates for region’s leading plastics event

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Sharjah, 21 July 2014: The Plastivision Arabia, international plastics exhibition and conference, which is scheduled to be held at Expo Centre Sharjah in2016, is set to generate considerable buzz within one of the fastest growing sectors in the manufacturing industry in the Middle East – packaging. And, aimed at taking advantage of the favourable market […]

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Material News

Pennine Industrial Equipment Taking Extra Stock Of Plastic Extrusions After Factory Expansion

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leading specialist supplier of plastic extrusions for the materials handling industry says that investing in a new purpose-built warehouse has doubled its stocking capacity for the products in the UK. Pennine Industrial Equipment Ltd’s £2million expansion of its Huddersfield factory provides for an extra 500sqm of dedicated floor space for wear strips and guide rails […]

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Market News

‘Genericide’ and plastic product trademarks

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Covering the plastics industry, we’re constantly interviewing sources who talk about products  using the trademarked names. Sometimes it’s because they’re really talking about the trademarked material. (Example: “Canoe thermoformers scramble for Royalex replacement”). Other times it’s because they’re used to using, for example, a particular brand of polycarbonate resin, but they’re really using the term […]

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Industry

Namibia Plastics Opens Branch in Walvis Bay

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IN just three years, Namibia Plastics has grown to become one of the leading companies in the plastic industry. The company’s clients include Namibia Breweries, Ohorongo Cement, Namib Mills, Bokomo, Nampharm, Lida Cleaning Services, Jumbo Charcoal, Cymot, Pupkewitz, Bidvest, City Sand and Bricks and Etosha Fisheries. The company is the Sewrite International agency in the […]

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Market News

DSM to invest in a new plant for high viscosity Akulon polyamide 6 grades for film and other extrusion applications in North America

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Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announces that the company is to invest in a new polymerization plant in North America to manufacture Akulon® polyamide 6 polymer for film grades used in flexible food packaging and other segments. Financial details of the investment will not be disclosed. With these high […]

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