https://www.plastech.biz/en/news/tag/covid-19-275 · 27.07.2026

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Most of major industry events are postponed due to coronavirus

A plethora of industry events have been cancelled, postponed or gone on-line in a bid to keep the industry informed of new developments designed to keep businesses afloat going forward.

2020-04-20 polymer industry

Face shield from MACK manufactured on machines from Wittmann Battenfeld

bv, based in Altenmarkt on the river Triesting, Lower Austria, has been supplying high-grade plastic parts and assemblies to a wide range of different industries for decades.

2020-04-20 machine industry

New sorting technology can help overcome recycling business disruptions

Plant design automation and technology advancements lead to increased purity rates, while requiring fewer manual sorters

2020-04-17 recycling

Working together to help people with reliable quality

While high-quality thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) from Kraiburg TPE are used in many everyday applications such as toothbrushes, razors, automotive components, and others, they have also become indispensable in numerous areas of systemic importance.

2020-04-17 thermoplastic

LyondellBasell donates $1.3 million to support foodbanks

LyondellBasell is donating $1.3 million to support the COVID-19 response efforts of the Global FoodBanking Network and United States local food banks.

2020-04-17 polymer industry

Lanxess donates one million liters of disinfectant solution

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is donating ten metric tons of its highly effective disinfectant Rely+On Virkon to hospitals, authorities and public institutions in 13 countries around the world.

2020-04-16 chemical industry

Arburg and Ems-Chemie provide help

The Swiss specialty chemicals group Ems-Chemie, the German safety eyewear manufacturer Uvex and plastics machinery manufacturer Arburg have been thinking about how they can provide quick help to rescue services, hospitals and medical personnel in the current situation.

2020-04-15 injection moulding

BASF donates over 100 million protective masks

As part of BASF’s “Helping Hands” campaign in the fight against the corona pandemic, BASF is donating 100 million protective masks to the Federal Republic of Germany.

2020-04-15 chemical industry

The Netstal Elion Med on the track of COVID-19

A new SARS-CoV-2 test from Roche makes it possible to quickly analyze a large number of samples for the presence of the novel coronavirus. The plastic consumable materials required for this are producedon machines from KraussMaffei's Netstal Elion series.

2020-04-09 injection moulding