Total Petrochemicals USA Inc. announced Nov. 11 that it will permanently shut down a 200 million pound per year polystyrene unit at its Carville, La., styrenics site. The line has been idle since the second half of 2010. “The balance ...
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Ford Motor Co.’s 2013 Escape model has lighter, slimmer seats – but the company notes that “longer commutes cause American drivers to spend more time in their vehicles and have more back pain,” so that comfortable ...
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JTEKT CORPORATION (JTEKT; Nagoya, Japan; President: Shoji Ikawa) is pleased to announce that we established a new production plant in Indonesia, and we will start the local production of bearings from coming December 2011. Since October ...
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To help reduce lead times for wind-turbine refurbishments, Revolvo offers to manufacture large-diameter replacement bearings to very short deadlines. The company claims it is important that refurbishments are completed in as narrow a time ...
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The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. believes that NPE 2012 can avoid a repeat of the last show in 2009, when several big Japanese machinery firms threatened to pull out of the event during the worst of the global financial crisis, my ...
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Carson, CA - Multiquip, a diverse manufacturer and supplier of world class quality products and equipment solutions, announced recently that four new generator models powered by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliant Tier4i ...
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Han-Steel Announced in recent that it had succeed in smelting a kind of variety steel ML35. During the smelting and pouring process, craftsmanship got stable controlled and the surface of casting blank reached quality requirements. Steel ...
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Orders for industrial robots were up 41 percent through the first nine months of 2011 — as North America-based robot companies are on target for one of their best years ever, according to the Robotic Industries Association. “In ...
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Reviewed by the appraisal committee of China Machinery Science & Technology Award, meanwhile approved by the management committee of China Machinery Science & Technology Award, "Planetary Gears Self-aligning Spherical Roller Bearings ...
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On 29th October 2011 another special cross-split bearing PLC 512-39 was installed on the main shaft in a freight skip in OKD mine Darkov. It is a large-size cross-split spherical roller bearing. This application allows replacing of the ...
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With development based on extensive feedback from customers, Watson-Marlow Pumps Group has launched its new 120 cased peristaltic pump range. The new 120 pumps are perfectly suited to single-use systems where no contamination can be ...
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The US International Trade Commission has determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty orders on helical spring lock washers from China and Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a ...
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Japan Production of Plastics Products in 2011 Source: THE JAPAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY FEDERATION
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Monterey is on its way to joining the growing list of California communities with bans on single-use plastic carryout bags, and its neighbor on the Monterey Peninsula -- the city of Pacific Grove -- also is looking into whether a ban makes ...
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Roidec India Chemicals Pvt Ltd. has introduced a biodegradable alternative to conventional plastic packaging. According to the company, the material creates a moisture barrier and is heat sealable. Roidec, a Gurgoan-based subsidiary of Apra ...
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