Heukäufer Folien Ensures the High Quality of Flexible Packaging With Web Guiding Systems

From extrusion and flexo printing, all the way through to assembly – at Heukäufer Folien GmbH, based in Herten, Germany, web guiding systems from BST eltromat International play a key role in quality assurance. The web center-line guidings, with two ultrasonic sensors each, guide the webs accurately through the machines for the manufacturer of sophisticated […]
The New Year Polymer Price Evaluation Started With Declining in Effective Factors

Based of the promise of the PDID Office of NPC last Monday on March 25th, 2019, the new base prices for polymers and other chemical products were announced. This is the first announcement of new base prices in the new Iranian year of 1398. According to the PIM, the new prices are announced only with […]
Cost-Effective Alternatives to Polyamide 66 by Durethan P Series

New highly reinforced polyamides in the Durethan P product series from LANXESS, has high dynamic durability; Improved mechanical properties and high potential for use in lightweight construction and mechanical engineering. Cologne – The specialty chemicals company LANXESS is expanding the new polyamide 6 Durethan P product range with the addition of two highly reinforced material variants […]
Ultra-Fast Consolidator Machine of AZL Wins JEC Award 2019

This year, AZL won the JEC AWARD 2019 for the development of the new machine system “Ultra-Fast Consolidator Machine”. This innovative machine system is a result of an 18-months AZL Joint Partner Project, conducted in 2017-2018 by the research partners AZL Aachen and Fraunhofer IPT Aachen, in cooperation with industrial partner companies including Conbility, Covestro, […]
SYSTEM 001 Learning; Root Causes Summarized

Latest news from the SYSTEM 001 Project: In September, we launched our first system, with the aim of achieving proof of technology and commencing cleanup. Twenty years after the discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, this was the first time a system was deployed to start to clean it up. We did this after […]
Five Irresistible Highlights! 140 Technologies to Debut at CHINAPLAS 2019

Very soon CHINAPLAS 2019 will open its door in Guangzhou, China, for international exhibitors and visitors. The annual event, which alternates between two Chinese cities of Shanghai and Guangzhou, will run from May 21-24, 2019 at China Import and Export Complex, Guangzhou. With the theme of “Innovation is Key to the Future”, more than 3,500 […]
SACMI Partner of MIT Increasing The Ability To Generate Innovation

This week’s issue no. 414 of “macplasonlline” consists of several interesting titles. PIMI’s Editorial Team has chosen an article from the technology section of this weekly newsletter from “AMAPLAST“. According to this article; Since March 1, 2019 SACMI of Italy has been a member of the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Industrial Liaison Program. Founded […]
New Online Tool Automatically Calculates Resin Savings and Investment Payback

BKG® BlueFlow™ Gear Pumps from Nordson Substantially Reduce Pressure Variation, Making Possible a Return on Investment in a Matter of Months MÜNSTER, GERMANY, March 28, 2019: Nordson Corporation has developed an online tool that quickly calculates the resin cost savings achievable with installation of a BKG® BlueFlow™ gear pump, plus the number of months in […]
TOMRA Sorting Recycling Launches A Powerful Cloud-Based Platform

As web-based data provides actionable information to improve efficiencies, reduce operating costs, and inform wider-reaching strategic decisions, so the famous Spanish company in recycling (TOMRA) has launched a new platform. According to the latest press release just received: TOMRA Sorting Recycling has launched a cloud-based data platform, TOMRA Insight, which unlocks valuable new opportunities for sorting […]