Aug 17,2012
A US-based gas and chemical group is to create what it calls the world’s largest energy-from-waste facility on Teesside. Air Products, which has its headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is to commence work on building ...
Aug 17,2012
As more places around the world seek to ban or limit plastic bags, Malaysia's plastics industry association believes it's persuaded the national government to look at alternatives beyond more bans. The Southeast Asian nation of 27 ...
Aug 16,2012
The auto trade group Original Equipment Suppliers Association has created a new organization focused on issues facing tool and die makers. The OESA Tooling Forum will be open to both members and non-members of the larger group, as ...
Aug 15,2012
The plastics machinery rebound is continuing this year, according to the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.’s Committee on Equipment Statistics. Also, Washington-based SPI is releasing statistics on thermoforming ...
Aug 10,2012
China's General Administration of Customs released half-year data on July 10, noting a trend of labor-intensive, manufactured products taking a smaller share of the nation's total exports. However, specific stats on plastics ...
Aug 09,2012
Turnover of the Swiss plastics industry declined by 1.8% to CHF 15.5bn (€12.9bn) in 2011, alongside a 1.6% reduction in the number of employees in the industry to 34,530, it was announced on 28 June by the industry’s ...
Aug 08,2012
Russian automotive production increased 40% in terms of volume in 2011 to nearly two million units, according to HaloPolymer, a producer of fluorinated polymers based in the country. The bulk of production (87.4%) was passenger ...
Aug 07,2012
Total investments in auto parts production in Russia is expected to reach €4.4bn by 2020, according to a recent forecast from the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. According to Alex Rakhmanov, deputy head of the ...
Aug 06,2012
While a weak domestic market has hurt Malaysia's plastics processors, economic problems in Europe and Japan have actually given them an unexpected lift as companies are outsourcing more to Malaysia to reduce their own costs, a top ...
Aug 03,2012
Italy's imports and exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery continued to show positive trends in the first quarter of 2012, compared with the same period of 2011, with a 17% rise in overseas sales, said Assocomaplast, ...
Aug 02,2012
McDonald’s, which will be running the world's largest fast-food outlet at the Olympic park in Stratford, east London, will be using Novamont’s Mater-Bi bioplastic for its cups, cutlery, straws, lids and containers. ...
Aug 02,2012
L/LDPE The L/LDPE price bubble has truly burst with notations tumbling in June. Producers initially hoped to limit the downward price adjustment in line with the ?20/tonne drop in the June ethylene contract price but were swiftly ...
Aug 01,2012
The extension of KraussMaffei Group’s production plant in Slovakia is proceeding faster than planned, and production in the second assembly hall will therefore commence at the end of 2012. The company, which is rumored to be ...
Jul 31,2012
Engel Austria GmbH recently launched a new line of injection molding machine, the e-mac all-electric machine, for precise production of technical parts. Machines with clamping forces of 50, 75 and 100 are already available in the ...
Jul 30,2012
The European Parliament, the parliamentary institution of European Union, has recently called for the provision of information to consumers on the use of nanomaterials in consumer products: all ingredients present in the form of ...
Jul 30,2012
The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) released a new report informing Canadians that their recycling efforts have increased the amount of post-consumer plastic packaging being recycled across Canada. An additional 15% ...
Jul 27,2012
battenfeld-cincinnati has introduced a new Multi-Touch polishing stack that can achieve a high degree of transparency, good flatness and an even film thickness for a great variety of materials, such as PS, PET or PP, as well as ...
Jul 27,2012
KraussMaffei announced recently it will exhibit reliable machines for production of quality surfaces and lightweight plastic components at PU China, to be held in Shenzhen, China during September 18-20. “KraussMaffei ...
Jul 25,2012
China remains the most important market worldwide for German companies, according to the “German Business Confidence Survey 2012″ by the Delegations of German Industry and Commerce (AHK) Greater China. German firms ...
Jul 24,2012
The Technical Committee TC 145 (Plastics and rubber machines) of CEN (European Committee for Standardization) – whose Presidency and Secretariat are managed by ASSOCOMAPLAST – is finalizing three standards: the first ...
