Chinaplas debuts in Shenzhen
Chinaplas, Asia’s No. 1 plastics and rubber trade fair, will be held in Shenzhen for the first time and it becomes a breakthrough of Shenzhen’s exhibition and convention industry with an exhibition area of 350,000sqm.
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Coperion delivers extruders to start production at Heroplas
New-to-the-market compounder Heroplas in Spenge, Germany, specializes in the manufacture of Polypropylene (PP), Polyetheylene (PE), Thermoplastic Elastomeres (TPE), Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (TPV), and their polymer blends in very small batches.
New Managing Director at Engel in Nuremberg
Sebastian Dombos is taking over as Managing Director of Engel Deutschland GmbH at the Nuremberg location on 1 April 2021. He succeeds Ralf Christofori, who is retiring on this date.
KHS packers now also process shrink film made of 100% recyclate
By enabling film made entirely of recycled material to be processed on all KHS shrink packers, the KHS Group now provides a further sustainable alternative for secondary packaging.
Boom in demand for recycling systems featuring Erema ReFresher technology
There has been a noticeable increase in demand for Erema recycling machine combinations featuring ReFresher technology that reduces odour downstream of the extrusion process.
Wittmann Battenfeld, Schwarz Plastic Solutions and Precupa Präzisionsformenbau cooperate
The objective of this cooperation agreement is to advance the technologies in the fields of thermoset injection molding and processing of other reactive plastic materials, as well as to strengthen the participating companies in the thermoset processing business.
Arburg turnkey system at Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021
The Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021 will see Arburg present a new turnkey system that is set to raise the bar in aspects of digitalisation, automation and the circular economy in plastics processing.
Hosokawa Alpine AG presents innovation for film orientation lines
Hosokawa Alpine AG presents a further development of the Machine Direction Orientation (MDO) technology. The new generation of Alpine's MDO lines is equipped with a vacuum roll which optimises the production of high-quality oriented film.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag and BASF develop new manufacturing cellfor high-performance polymers
Creating tomorrow’s polymer innovations starts with understanding the chemical and mechanical performance and processing conditions of materials.
A hundred clients have opted for speed
In late 2018, Krones set a benchmark in stretch blow-moulding technology for PET bottles with the introduction of its Contiform 3 Speed, boasting an hourly output so far unique in the sector: 2,750 containers per cavity.
Blown film manufacturer in Benin expands biocompound capacity with Coperion System
To expand sustainable production, west African blown film manufacturer Asahel Benin Sarl. has ordered a second Coperion compounding system specifically for manufacturing bio-based compounds.
New managing director for Arburg Poland
As of 1 January 2021, the Arburg subsidiary in Poland has a new Managing Director in the person of Konrad Szymczak. He succeeds Dr Slawomir Sniady, who successfully established and expanded Arburg Polska Sp. z o o. and has now retired after 25 years.
