Current News Articles - page 18
Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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Lifocolor presents the trendy colours of 2022 for home-compostable biopolymers
The Lifocolor Group is setting new standards in the colouring of biopolymers. The leading provider of masterbatches for the polymer-processing industry is expanding its LIFOCOLOR BIO range to include bio-C colour concentrates. These are based on a selection of particularly environmentally...
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The company SELEX INDUSTRIAL, s.r.o. expands offer with autonomous mobile robots OMRON
SELEX INDUSTIRAL, s.r.o. based in Šamorín is a long-term supplier of technologies for plastics processing cooperating with major manufacturers in the industry. Since 2010 we have been cooperating with the Japanese manufacturer of three-axis robots STAR and since 2015 also with the largest...
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Why do injection mold manufacturers need specialized CAD/CAM software?
Do you think this is a difficult question? No, the answer is simple: to save. Some time ago I wrote an article on increasing the designer's performance and one of the points was working on two monitors. I know a few people who work on one monitor and say they don't need two, but I don't know anyone...
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Ampacet introduces ProVital masterbatches for medical and pharmaceutical applications
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced the ProVital and ProVital + range of masterbatches for healthcare applications. ProVital + is specifically formulated with selected raw materials that have been pre-tested to European Pharmacopeia section 3.1 and biocompatibility according to...
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ARBURG on Uniplast: Serious about sustainability
ARBURG has always been very committed to the environment and the careful use of resources. At Uniplast 2021, our work will be presented by Bertram Stern, Team Leader for Sustainability and Circular Economics and co-creator of the arburgGREENworld...
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Kick-off to the BGS Irradiation Service Days: Virtual trade fair on current trends in radiation crosslinking and sterilization
- 30.08.2021
- Plastics Processing
- Events
- Radiation technologies
BGS Beta-Gamma-Service, specialised provider in the area of radiation crosslinking and radiation sterilization, is presenting a virtual trade fair this year for the first time. The BGS Irradiation Service Days (ISD) will take place on 29 and 30 September 2021 and focus on radiation crosslinking and...
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Sanfog brings industrial humidification systems with automatic humidity control
- 26.08.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Control technology
Overheating of production lines can cause their spoilage, even complete cessation. Sparks caused by static electricity can often cause fires in factories and warehouses. Traditional air conditioning equipment in warehouses, in terms of the price of the systems themselves and the cost of their...
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Waste is first and foremost a business. Only then can we talk about ecology
- 25.08.2021
- Services
- Circular economy
- Interview
Back up PET bottles? According to waste management expert Alena Myslivcová Fučíková from the University of Hradec Králové, this is not as great a solution as it seems at first glance. As well as packaging, bioplastics, wooden toothbrushes or the pursuit of zero waste life. It would not waste...
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Continental enables use of recycled PET Bottles in tire production as of 2022
Continental enables the use of reprocessed polyester obtained from recycled plastic bottles in its tire production as of 2022. The new sustainable polyester yarn will be obtained from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles by a mechanical process and will be used in the construction of the tire...
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Three types of plastic screen beams from Portaflex s.r.o.
- 23.08.2021
- Plastics and Rubber products
- Plastic products
Transparent lamella blinds (referred to as industrial blinds, thermal blinds or simply "Portaflex" by some customers) are in most cases used as draft devices in gates, doors, passages or as a barrier for entire halls. In places of high frequency of movement of people or technology, they prevent...
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K.D. Feddersen distributes recompounds from Aurora Kunststoffe GmbH
Since 2014, the Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen has been cooperating with Aurora Kunststoffe GmbH, a manufacturer of high-quality engineering recompounds based in...
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HASCO's customised ejector portfolio is extended
HASCO's extensive ejector portfolio for the efficient demoulding of parts from injection moulding, compression moulding and diecasting tools has been further extended – with the customer very much in mind. Gaps in the existing range have been closed in order to meet individual customer requirements...
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Precise dosing of one-component adhesives and sealants - DOPAG Eastern Europe s.r.o.
- 16.08.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Dosing equipment
The new glueLine product line offers pumps, valves and complete systems designed specifically for one-component materials. Accurate dosing, comprehensive process monitoring and high reproducibility - high standards in production and automated processes require efficient dosing technologies in all...
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Plastics processor Ensinger focuses on renewables and material cycles
- 12.08.2021
- Plastics Processing
- Business economics
The manufacturing sector – particularly the plastics industry – has a key part to play in curbing climate change. With this in mind, the Ensinger Group’s owners and management team are acknowledging their responsibility when it comes to limiting and gradually reducing the company’s greenhouse gas...
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Fakuma 2021 - circular economics as one of the main topics
- 11.08.2021
- Services
- Circular economy
- FAKUMA
The 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing extends its invitation to the live trade fair in Friedrichshafen from the 12th through the 16th of October, 2021. In addition to the issues of injection moulding, extrusion technology and thermoforming, the industry highlight will...
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New and Innovative Copolyesters for Medical Applications
Biesterfeld's Interowa GmbH & Co KG partner, company SK Chemicals, has introduced innovative copolyester grades, which set new standards in medical...
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BGS Beta-Gamma-Service celebrates its 40th company anniversary
- 09.08.2021
- Plastics Processing
- Radiation technologies
BGS, a specialised provider in the area of radiation sterilization and crosslinking, is turning 40: Founded by Dr. Lothar Wiesner in 1981 in Wiehl and a current headcount of more than 190 employees across three locations in Germany, BGS today has co-developed established processes and is a leading...
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Cleaning from foundations - ECOBOX water purifier from Sady, s.r.o.
The basis of everything is water. Water purity is affected by a number of factors. We often choose a dwelling based on practical attributes such as location, price, accessibility to the city, or civic...
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The innovative collaborative robot Melfa Assista is coming to the market
- 04.08.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automation
- Robotics
A novelty of Mitsubishi Electric is the collaborative robot MELFA ASSISTA, which is the first cobot from the company's workshop. The robot codenamed RV-5AS-D delivers extreme accuracy up to ± 0.03 mm, as is customary with Mitsubishi Electric robots. Thanks to a reach of 900 mm, it is also one of...
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Mechanical stroke regulator Oerlikon HRSflow avoids surface defects
Oerlikon HRSflow has developed a Mechanical Stroke Regulator (MSR) for hydraulic driven valve gate systems that makes it easy to individually preset the opening positions of the pins in hot runner systems. Via a graduate scale adjusting screw the user specifies the individual oil volume, which the...
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A time-saving method of pipeline renovation that pays off quickly
- 29.07.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Cost savings
Replacing vertical lines inside buildings is often problematic due to difficult access to the risers themselves. Not to mention the exchange itself, which is a tedious and time-consuming task. Investments in this type of equipment open up a lucrative, new market for companies involved in the...
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MCAE Systems presents a new version of CAD / CAM software TEBIS 4.1
The complex manufacturing world requires easy-to-use software - a new version of the long-awaited CAD / CAM software TEBIS 4.1 was introduced by a Czech distributor - MCAE Systems. TEBIS v4.1 provides a solution for all production tasks and at the same time is easy and intuitive to...
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eOrange: New color-stable, cost-effective PA color masterbatch for E-mobility
The striking pastel orange RAL2003 is increasingly being used to identify plastic-sheathed, high-voltage, current-carrying components in E-mobility to warn of the dangers associated with this new...
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The Role of Vision in Robotic Fluid Dispensing
Key to streamlining robotic fluid dispensing, vision-guided systems allow precise deposit placement, permitting these robotic systems to deliver faster production cycles and remove the guesswork from the dispensing process, which minimizes programming time and reduces overall operational...
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Inflatable toy Buvol of the company Fatra, a.s. celebrates the 50th anniversary
- 21.07.2021
- Plastics and Rubber products
- Plastic products
This year, the muscular red BUVOL is living to a beautiful age in excellent condition. He loses nothing of his bloating and stubbornness and is in the same condition as when he was born. It is celebrating 50 years this...
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Machining complex cavities and contours only with FANUC ROBOCUT α-CiC
- 19.07.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automation
Thanks to breakthrough improvements, the new range of FANUC ROBOCUT α-CIC EDM wire cutters offers an even higher level of reliability, cutting speed, surface roughness and dimensional...
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Filters made of wire fabrics for the plastics industry from the company VOMET spol. s.r.o.
Stainless or black steel wire cloth filters and cutouts are used in a wide range of applications that require different holes. These filters can be used in conjunction with perforated sheets or expanded metal. Stainless steel filters made of wire fabrics are ideal for filtration used in...
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Summer buildings in the garden only with polycarbonate boards TITAN - Tatraplast s.r.o.
Are you building a greenhouse, shelter or pergola? You will definitely need polycarbonate boards for the construction. The best is offered by the Ružomberok company TITAN - Tatraplast s.r.o, which is a supplier of first-class plastics and semi-finished...
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The MOL Group will build a rubber asphalt plant in the Tatar Republic
- 13.07.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Rubber
MOL and Tatneft, one of the largest oil and gas companies in Russia, have inaugurated a joint project to build a rubber asphalt plant in the Tatar...
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The plastics producers met again at the General Assembly of the Slovak Plastics Cluster
- 12.07.2021
- Services
- Events
- Photo reportage
The General Assembly of the Slovak Plastics Cluster (SPK) took place on June 29, 2021 in the Hotel Mikádo in Nitra. It was led by the chairman of the presidium Prof. Ing. Ivan Hudec, PhD., Who informed about the activities of SPK for the year 2020. Subsequently, the 3rd seminar from the cycle "When...
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