Jun 08,2011
"Our industry is well-placed to cut machine-related energy consumption by around 20 percent by 2020, " Bernhard Merki, President of EUROMAP, the umbrella association of European plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers, is ...
Jun 06,2011
Due to rising production costs and shortage of land supply in the coastal region, China’s plastics processing industry is moving to underdeveloped areas in Central and West China, according to Beijing-based China Plastics ...
Jun 03,2011
The global market for pipes will grow 5.8% per year, equivalent to 31.5bn metres, according to research group Freedonia. The greatest demand will come from the Asia Pacific region, which will account for two-thirds of demand over ...
Jun 01,2011
Injection molders can simplify inventories by using a single TPE that is said to adhere to a wide variety of thermoplastics in overmolding. New Elastocon STK40BX is an SEBS-based TPE (40 Shore A) from Elastocon TPE Technologies, ...
Jun 01,2011
Steer America, Uniontown, Ohio, is offering a new utility that allows compounders to configure twin-screw elements online. Available by accessing either the Steer website or sigmalinesix. Com, the utility includes a library of ...
May 27,2011
PlasticsEurope Deutschland says its members were 'positively surprised’ in 2010, as production volume, turnover and exports and imports all increased during the year. At a briefing at the annual conference, the association ...
May 24,2011
Friedrich Sanner, a Germany-based producer of plastic packaging for the pharmaceutical industry, launched a child-resistant tablet packaging design at this year's Interpack show. The packaging has a new ‘press-in, pull-up' ...
May 20,2011
Gemü, a processor of plastic components for medical products, is constructing an injection moulding plant in Emmen, Switzerland. The facility, which will more than double the company's existing capacity, is situated north of ...
May 16,2011
NT-Trading is using Vestakeep PEEK from Evonik in the manufacture of its new Dentokeep semi-finished dental implants. According to the company, Dentokeep products have mechanical properties that are superior to those of ...
May 14,2011
The Italian film maker Poligof SPA has chosen to invest in Colines technology for the production of breathable and embossed film with cast as well as blown process. The Diaperblown line for the production of embossed film is the ...
May 12,2011
The thermoplastic compounding industry continued to grow in Asia and Latin America during the global recession, but the market was constrained in Europe, according to a series of reports by market research firm Applied Market ...
May 07,2011
Both the Italian's firm, operating in the plastic processing machine automation sector, complete the Negri Bossi injection machine range. Sytrama, based in Vignate in the province of Milan, makes beam robots and side-entry robots. ...
May 05,2011
The worldwide market for stabilisers – which protect plastics from degradation when exposed to heat and light – will achieve revenues of $4.8bn (€3.2bn) by 2018, according to market research company Ceresana. ...
Apr 18,2011
Rockville, Maryland-based market research publisher Global Industry Analysts (GIA) has released a global report on masterbatch, the world market for which is forecast to reach $8.25bn (€ 5.75bn) by the year 2017. Technical ...
Apr 12,2011
Turnover achieved by German plastics processors made a rebound in 2010, with 14% growth to 1.3bn, bringing turnover close to the record 2008 level of2.3bn. At the GKV association's traditional annual Ash Wednesday briefing on 9 ...
Mar 17,2011
The Italian plastics and rubber machinery and equipment manufacturers association Assocomaplast said the sector saw production value increase by more than 9% in 2010 - higher than the 8% growth figure predicted in December last ...
Feb 10,2011
BASF says its Neopor expandable polystyrene material is being used to make insulation panels for two building projects in Germany. The buildings' back-ventilated curtain façade with the insulation panels are made by Swiss ...
Apr 16,2009
By 2014 there will be 131 million square feet (12.12 million square metres) of cleanroom space in use across the world – an increase of 5% over 2013. This is the latest forecast in Cleanrooms World Markets published by the ...
