LG Electronics Inc. And Krauss Maffei AG have agreed to work together on technological developments in plastics processing for electronics devices. The deal was signed at a ceremony in Munich where LG also ordered additional injection ...
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Nanolayer extrusion technology is moving at breakneck speed. In blown film, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Mich., recently discussed patent-pending technology for producing film structures with 100+ layers, while BBS Corp., Spartanburg, S. ...
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Italy's financial problems are having an impact on plastics machinery suppliers. Most of the large delegation of Italian plastics firms that had planned to attend Thailand's Tiprex trade show pulled out after Italy canceled government ...
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Global injection molding machine maker Engel Holding GmbH plans to open a technical center and seminar center near the Mumbai International Airport in India. The center will be used for machine demonstrations, customer trials, ...
China’s total polymer imports reached the highest level of 2011 in August. According to the recent data released by the Chinese Customs Agency, China imported 1.51 tons of plastics in August 2011, with the country’s overall ...
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Shanghai (Sept. 6, 1: 15 p. M. ET) -- Equipment maker Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH plans to start assembling injection molding machines in China in 2013, its first such production in Asia, in a bid to reduce costs and shorten delivery times. ...
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Advance word on several new press models were provided by two exhibitors at next month's Fakuma show in Germany. Arburg (U.S. office in Newington, Conn.) will feature its new Allrounder E (Edrive) series of “entry-level” ...
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Use of commercial purging compounds (CPCs) has become an integral and even more vital part of thermoplastic processing. CPCs have proven to be invaluable tools for addressing market factors such as heavier reliance on just-in-time ...
The MFI test is used widely among the various segments of the plastics industry. The difficulty is that any two labs can easily come up with different results, making it difficult to determine whether a material meets a desired MFI spec. ...
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According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), Turkey’s plastics imports in July 2011 were down on a monthly basis but up on a yearly basis as per the plastics pricing service ChemOrbis. The country ...
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In Southeast Asia, more local PVC prices for September were announced with rollovers to decreases this week after a Vietnamese producer had pioneered lower September prices in late August as per the plastics pricing service ChemOrbis. ...
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Plastics prices finished down last month across much of Asia, with the trend affecting a broad swath of the market. Lower oil prices pulled down the cost for some plastic feedstock materials' prices, and demand was soft as well as buyers ...
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The German parent of KraussMaffei Corp., Florence, Ky., recently introduced two new models of all-electric presses. A new size in the EX series is 200 metric tons. These machines extend from 50 to 240 m. T. And are high-speed models ...
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Borealis and Borouge have launched a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) material designed to improve productivity for converters in the healthcare market, without compromising the performance of medical devices or pharmaceutical and ...
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