The economic downturn in Italy resulted in nearly 5, 000 fewer visitors attending the Plast 2012 exhibition in Milan last week compared with the 2009 event. There were a total of 50, 593 visitors to Plast 2012, down from 55, 175 in 2009, ...
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Long-term prospects for the UAE cement industry are bright due to growth in investment in infrastructure in the UAE, GCC and key foreign markets, the latest study by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry finds. The UAE has the potential to ...
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The entire range of Sigma motor-driven diaphragm metering pumps, control type S1Cb/S2Cb/S3Cb, has been thoroughly renewed and provided with additional intelligent features, which provide a high level of operating comfort, safety and ...
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Rotational molding volume will track U. S. Gross domestic product, continuing a trend that began in the mid-1990s, economist Peter Mooney, said at a Society of Plastics Engineers conference. Mooney issued his sixth rotomolding report in ...
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KraussMaffei lifted the veil this week on a new GX two-platen hydraulic drive injection moulding machine series. The range, of which six tonnages are available within 400 and 650 tonnes, was on show at the company’s Munich-Allach ...
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Neptune Chemical Pump Co. Designed its Neptune 500-D Series (Duplex) Diaphragm Metering Pumps for frother applications found in coal mine prep plants. In the preparation plant, the Neptune 500-D Series pumps diesel fuel from one pump head ...
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Battenfeld-Cincinnati scored big in China last year with some major orders, and the company expects to continue to grow as China demands high output and high efficiency machinery. In an interview with Plastics News at the recent Chinaplas ...
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Hydro International has launched the Hydro Brake Optimum, a flow control for surface water, foul and combined sewer systems. The Hydro-Brake Optimum was officially launched at the IFAT show, which took place recently in Munich, Germany. The ...
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A recent report on the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation website released some fresh stats of the PP market and industry in China, the world's largest net importer of PP resin. I'm summarizing the information into bullet ...
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Severn Trent Services has been awarded a contract to supply its TETRA LP Block filter underdrain system for the Mundaring Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in the Perth area of Australia. The Severn Trent project is the first public-private ...
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WS Tyler plans to begin production of test sieves with laser etched identification in June 2012. The information required to meet industry standards will be permanently etched into the metal frames, says WS Tyler. The sieve designation ...
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AAF International is planning to close its 340 000 sq ft Hutchins plant in Texas by the end of September 2012. The closure will result in the loss of a majority of the jobs at the Hutchins facility. The AAF Hutchins plant, which produces ...
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Export orders of plastics products are increasingly shifting from China to Vietnam due to rising production costs in China, according to the Vietnamese newspaper Tuoi Tre (the Youth). When I saw the report during Chinaplas, I decided to go ...
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A US$136 million contract that FLSmidth has won from a US customer to upgrade a cement production facility includes three new fabric filters. The EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) project will convert one of the plant’s ...
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Sacmi, the industry's leading manufacturer of compression molding equipment for closures, created a breakthrough process which combines compression molding and blow molding that delivers significant advantages over conventional processes, ...
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