Precision machining has found wider acceptance in producing post production tools such as rods, pulleys. They offer the highest degree of precision while fabricating these materials. That is why CNC turning or anywhere for that matter, has ...
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As the name suggests, laser cutting is a cutting technology that makes use of laser beams of varying intensities to cut materials. There are several reasons why laser cutting is preferred to other methods such as plasma cutting. Lasers ...
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R&D/Leverage, recently recognized as the first U.S. mold maker and Structural Brand Development Company to be certified "Made in the USA," has now launched Support Plastics USA, www.supportplasticsusa.com, a new portal site designed to ...
"Sales of new and refurbished pallets will expand by 3.5% a year through 2017 to 1.3 billion units, valued at $16.9 billion." That was the lead sentence in the recent report on the market for pallets in North America from the Freedonia ...
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Ross SysCon has announced that it is branching out its process control and automation services to more applications in the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, plastics, adhesives, chemicals, coatings, paper, energy and utilities industries. In ...
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RPC Containers Corby has announced the launch of the new 380ml Apollo container, which serves as a plastic alternative to the traditional tin can. The new container, which combines prolonged ambient shelf life with all the benefits of ...
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The main aims of the common project are to improve the efficiency and service life of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). In addition, production costs have to be minimised to ensure that OLEDs can be successful in the general lighting ...
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The call was made at a parliamentary reception last week hosted by Plastics 2020, the industry umbrella group run by the British Plastics Federation (BPF), the Packaging and Films Association (PAFA) and Plastics Europe. The plastics ...
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The survey has been conducted by Germany's plastic trade association Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen (IK). In a statement, IK said: "Foreign enterprises are able to calculate with much lower energy costs: at times power costs ...
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Waste management company Eco Baltia has opened a new €5.3m recycled PET production plant in Jelgava, Latvia. The new 8,500tpa plant has been established through the company's recycling subsidiary Eko Baltija, plasticsnews.com ...
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ExxonMobil Chemical and Total Petrochemicals are joining other polypropylene producers seeking 2-cent/lb ($44/mt) increases effective August 1, sources said Wednesday. "Everyone is going for two (cents/lb) on the (margin) expansion," a ...
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Chrysler says better interior quality is one of its key focus points for its emerging and future models. US car makers have long been criticised for low levels of plastics and materials quality, especially when compared with Japanese and ...
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UK's Space Launchpad initiative, a competition which rewards innovative early stage companies, has selected Interasight, which uses space technology to detect contaminants in food. The Space Launchpad competition is being run by the UK ...
Phillips 66 will reduce delivery of polypropylene grades because of issues with feedstock supply, further squeezing an already tight market, sources said Tuesday. The company announced the measure late Monday in a letter to customers ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,22 commodities increased in prices, 37 fell and 41 remained unchanged on 02/07/2013.The largest rises were Copper (2.35%),Acrylic acid (1.63%),PC (1.04%),while the largest ...
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