Kohlberg & Company, a leading private equity firm specializing in middle-market investing, has announced that it has closed the acquisition of Pexco and successfully merged the business with PPC Industries, Inc. (“PPC”), a ...
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The US will start an investigation into whether thermoplastic components used in various German and Japanese vehicle models sold in the country violate its patent laws. The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute ...
Thermoplastic resins producer Braskem is set to showcase intelligent packaging solutions at this year’s Interpack event in Germany. The event will take place from 4 to 10 May in Düsseldorf. At the event, the firm will ...
Private equity firm Kohlberg & Company has agreed to acquire Pexco, a North American specialty plastics manufacturer, from Odyssey Investment Partners. Upon completion of the deal closes, Pexco will merge with Kolhberg portfolio company ...
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Green chemistry firm Carbios has developed a new technological solution for recycling of opaque polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics such as milk bottles. Since 2012, the company has been involved in developing an enzymatic recycling ...
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Engel Austria is set to exhibit new production concepts for the manufacture of composite parts at Composites Europe 2016. The event will take place from 29 November to 1 December in Düsseldorf, Germany. The machine manufacturer ...
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Jowat has introduced a new high-performance adhesive for window profile wrapping. The new adhesive offers higher initial strength due to shorter open time, as well as quality end product even at higher line speeds and with rigid foils. ...
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Researchers based in Taiwan and USA have increased the modulation bandwidth of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Jin-Wei Shi, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 26 May 2016]. The enhanced bandwidth was ...
EEQO and Seesoo have announced a partnership with companies Avery Dennison and Braskem to use biobased polyethylene self-adhesive labels in their packaging. All EEQO's products use mainly natural ingredients, are biodegradable and, in ...
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Haartz announced a strategic alliance with Minth Group for the Chinese automotive market The new company, to be known as Haartz-Minth (Ningbo) Automotive Ltd., will focus on manufacturing automotive interior surface materials utilizing ...
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International Automotive Components launched its FiberFrame, natural fiber sun roof frame on 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class. It is a proprietary innovation made from renewable raw material content and provides 50% in saving in weight compared ...
Zero cure time is required in a new lamination development unveiled by HP Indigo, enabling flexible packaging converters to benefit from the fast speed to market offered by digital printing, even for retort pouches. HP Indigo Pack ...
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Technical Fibre Products (TFP) will be exhibiting several innovative new nonwoven developments, designed to increase composite functionality, on stand M38 in hall 5 at the JEC World exhibition in March. These new developments include a ...
Dong Sung has developed a CFRTP technology for production of light weight composite material which can be used by automotive industry. Dong Sung has succeeded in developing CFRTP (CFRTP: Carbon fiber-reinforced Thermoplastics) technology ...
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Rollprint Packaging Products launches Triad, a new high-barrier, solvent-free overwrap which has been developed using the company’s proprietary metallocene-based sealant chemistry. The sealant layer bonds to foil -- which can be ...
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