System Design Upgrades Completed, To Be Relaunched In June
The founder and the website of the huge ocean clean-up System 001 explains the latest developments in the project. “Last September, we deployed System 001 into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – marking the first-ever attempt to start cleaning it up. During the last campaign, we confirmed many key assumptions of the design, but also […]
LANXESS Offers Economic Alternative to Polyamide 66
LANXESS at the “Plastics in E&E Applications” SKZ conference in Würzburg, Germany, Marienberg Fortress on June 4 and 5, 2019 and offers economic alternatives to polyamide 66. Cologne – Specialty chemicals company LANXESS will once again have its own stand at the “Fuse Box Meets Dryer – Plastics in E&E Applications” conference of the Süddeutsche […]
New Gripper For Rapid Demolding of Injection Molded Parts
Tasked with creating a demolding gripper that would yield extremely fast cycle times to achieve a high output, FIPA developed a high-performance, cost-effective solution for German manufacturer Franke Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Founded in 1989, Franke Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG has asserted itself in the rapidly growing plastics industry with a broad range […]
AMAPLAST Presence At CHINAPLAS 2019 From The Camera View
At CHINAPLAS 2019 the AMAPLAST meets with CPMIA (China Plastics Machinery Association) officials to discuss future collaborations and exchange information on the trend of the sector in Italy and China. (Right Image) AND Attending the Designers’ Night at CHINAPLAS 2019 Also MacPlas media partner of @CHINAPLAS 2019 distributed at the booth of @AMP Amaplast– Hall 4.1 Booth […]
Engineering Plastics And Thermoplastic PU Plants In Zhanjiang, China
BASF to build engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethanes plants at new Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China: First plants at integrated Verbund site will contribute to global capacity for engineering plastics and TPU; BASF’s US$10 billion investment project in Zhanjiang is moving forward swiftly; Advanced performance materials help electronics, consumer products and automotive manufacturers reduce weight, improve safety and […]
Jumping US$ Value The Only Excuse for Base Prices Increase
Today, Sunday May 19th., 2019, the base prices of polymeric and chemical materials were announced for next two weeks until June the 2nd, due to another holiday in next week. However, despite the fact that the prices of polymers were on the decreasing trend but an increase of 4.14% in US$ value resulted in the […]
No More Selling Of Contaminated Materials By Off-Line Inspection
German company “SIKORA” has informed “Polymer Industry Media International” (PIMI) about the company’s new initiative: Combination of light table and automatic sample testing for offline inspection and analysis of the smallest contamination in plastics materials. This info has been submitted to us in the form of anarticle. Introduction Quality standards in the plastics processing industry […]
ENGEL Celebrates Its 10000th e-Connect Portal User In Czech Republic
ENGEL celebrates the 1000th user of its new customer portal e-connect. At its Nivnice plant in the south-east of the Czech Republic, the automotive supplier Teknia produces a wide range of products from technical parts to sophisticated visual components. e-connect offers on-site support to maintenance staff and machine operators in providing machine documentation and requesting […]
Iran Soft PVC Industries are Facing Shutting Down, PVC and DOP Main Responsible
Increasing in PVC and DOP prices, together with lack of supply and stable (if not truly recorded increasing) demands are shocking the converting industries in the field of soft PVC products. The PIMI analysts have surveyed the market and concluded a great threat for this industry. he PVC industry is a very large and important […]
