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Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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Addiplast acquires a colouring unit from Toyo Ink
The specialist in technical polymers for the plastics industry, based in Haute-Loire, close to Lyon, in France, is taking over the business of the Japanese company Toyo Ink Europe Speciality Chemicals, located in the Oise...
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Linaset a.s: New production capacity for plastic injection
Linaset Company offers top production capacity in one of the most modern plastic injection services in Czech Republic. The new production hall was put into operation in 2018 and expanded the existing production capacities of the Bruntál...
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Transparent plastic screens in the food industry from Portaflex s.r.o.
- 27.04.2021
- Plastics and Rubber products
- Plastic products
The technology of processing food raw materials is changing at a dizzying pace today. The products have been handled for an incomparably longer time than before, they are being imported from increasingly remote areas. Therefore, hygienic requirements are logically...
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New SAF technology from Stratasys for mass production of 3D printing is coming to the market
- 26.04.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- 3D technology
Selective Absorption Fusion technology will be the basis of the new 3D printers of the H series from Stratasys, which are distributed by MCAE Systems. Stratasys is thus entering the growing market of 3D printed parts for high-volume...
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Updated MOL 2030 strategy: The MOL Group will focus on sustainable business and carbon neutrality
The Board reviewed and approved the update of the "MOL Group 2030+" long-term strategy - originally published in October 2016 - which is fully integrated with the new sustainability strategy and complemented by a long-term vision and ambitions beyond...
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Economic and ecological advantages of electric drives in ultrasonic welding machines
- 21.04.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Welding of plastics
As a globally recognized technology, ultrasonic technology is pioneering in the areas of welding, cutting, sealing, punching and rivets of thermoplastics, textiles and nonwovens as well as the cutting of...
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Ampacet receives COTREP certification for NIR-sortable REC-NIR-BLACK
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has obtained COTREP certification for its NIR-sortable black masterbatch REC-NIR-BLACK PE 302 (1900302-E) for use in PP rigid packaging...
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MOL Group acquired retail assets in Slovakia and Hungary in line with its updated long-term strategy
MOL Group announced the acquisition of 100% of Normbenz Slovakia Ltd. from Normeston Group Cyprus Limited (sale of a stake) that includes 16 gas stations in Slovakia operated under the Lukoil brand. They will be acquired by...
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Faktum Design s.r.o. creates a new product design
Faktum Design s.r.o. - We understand design as a creative combination of aesthetics, functionality and technical solution. We use knowledge gained through many years of practice across the industrial spectrum. We are based on available facts, we use our art and talent to create a functional design...
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DESMA delivers large machine for the production of battery sealing systems and thus expands the special machine program for large-area seals
DESMA expands its range with new large machine for large-area seals - DESMA 968.700 Sealmaster and improves their machines TwinBenchmark and DESMA 968.560 ZOZO. The machines are equipped with the latest control system, cold channel system and also technology that allows flexible response to...
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Arburg turnkey system sets new standards at Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021
- 09.04.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automation
- Circular economy
- Smart factory
- HANNOVER
- IIoT - industrial internet of things
- Injection molding machines
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...
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New scratch resistant PP-materials from Polykemi and Rondo Plast in the new COMPLUS Concept
The first COMPLUS Concept from Polykemi and Rondo Plast focuses on a newly developed PP-based material for complex interior automotive applications. The newly developed and virgin raw material based compound POLYfill PP EP317R UV has both high scratch resistance and UV...
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Lifocolor Group, a manufacturer of color masterbatches, still booms
The medium-sized masterbatch manufacturer Lifocolor, headquartered in Lichtenfels/Germany, is consistently driving the growth and development of its group of companies. With the completion of the new building in Lichtenfels, an investment period of ten years will come to a temporary conclusion this...
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Ultrasonic pushing (Inserting) by Belson Company
Belson's tradition and more than 20 years of practical experience come with innovative ultrasonic pushing so-called inserting that minimizes residual tension in the...
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Direct adiabatic cooling of industrial premises
- 02.04.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Adiabatic cooling
The highly competitive environment forces manufacturing companies to look for further savings in operating costs and ways to streamline production and create better working conditions for their...
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Stop nest: prevention and protection from G.B.S., Ltd.
- 01.04.2021
- Plastics and Rubber products
- Plastic products
The STOP NEST product has a protective function, the function of protecting the window, facade, vicarage and last but not least, the protection of migratory birds. The great advantage is that the customer avoids not only damage to property but he does not have to throw built bird's...
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MOL Group and their strategy SHAPE TOMORROW: the Duna refinery started producing biofuels
- 31.03.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Additives for plastics
After several years of research and development, the MOL Group has made progress in the value chain and thanks to investments in the Duna refinery, has become a biofuel user. Through a new process, biological raw materials are co-processed with fossil materials. This solution makes it possible to...
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Ampacet introduces Dallol Collection with vibrant colors emanating from Africa
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced the Dallol Collection, a masterbatch designed to impart a modern, dynamic vibrancy to injection molded parts. Designed for polyolefin applications, the new color palette enables brand owners to increase consumer product shelf...
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AutoSAP: Despite the limitations, the automotive industry manages to maintain production
- 25.03.2021
- Services
- Automotive
Even in this difficult period, the companies of the Czech automotive industry managed to keep production at a stable level, despite outages in the supply of parts, restrictions in the transport of goods or the tense situation on the labor...
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HRSflow’s servo-driven hot runner system convinces customers: Over 1000 systems sold worldwide
HRSflow’s servo-driven hot runner system convinces customers: Over 1000 systems sold...
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METROFLOW - gravimetric conveying is very easy now
- 23.03.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Conveyors
- Industry 4.0
With the METROFLOW gravimetric conveying equipment, plastics processors can economically and efficiently control material flow. Thanks to very precise weighing technology, these conveying equipments are particularly suitable for monitoring material consumption in real time that predestines them for...
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3D printing of metal parts is now even easier thanks to MCAE Systems, s.r.o.
- 19.03.2021
- Services
- 3D technology
At the beginning of 2021, the American company Desktop Metal, which is represented in the Czech Republic and Slovakia by MCAE Systems, introduced a new version of the 3D printer for printing from metals Studio System 2, bringing faster and easier 3D printing from metallic...
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Let's clean Czech Republic, we don't give up, we set up Rubbish bags
- 18.03.2021
- Plastics recycling
- Events
In less than three weeks, the main date of this year's spring event "Let's Clean the Czech Republic" is scheduled for Saturday, March 27. Cleaning will take place "contactless" and within the permitted areas. Local organizers set up so-called Pytlomats for...
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Education changes for Industry 4.0 need a broad consensus. Employers are looking for it together with schools
The Association of Intelligent Industry - Industry4UM (Industry4UM) together with Trexima Bratislava organized an online discussion forum on the topic: What university graduates does a digitally transforming company...
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Polykemi and Rondo Plast presents COMPLUS – a new material concept for optimal flexibility
Polykemi and Rondo Plast presents the COMPLUS Concept, giving multiple choices of several materials, based on both virgin and recycled raw materials. The compounds all have similar properties but are adapted for different injection moulded parts within an assembled...
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K.D. Feddersen and Ascend Performance Materials seal their new cooperation
Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen is now distributing polyamide compounds from Ascend Performance Materials, the world's largest fully integrated manufacturer of polyamide 6.6, in Germany and most other European...
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Air Technologies Europe s.r.o. is a distributor of GOORUI industrial blowers
- 08.03.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Peripherals
Air Technologies Europe s.r.o. has become the exclusive distributor of the GOORUI brand, which manufactures industrial blowers with a side channel for the Czech Republic and...
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The effects of the pandemic on motor vehicle production continued in 2021
- 05.03.2021
- Services
- Automotive
The continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to stifle the automotive industry in the new year. The production of passenger cars in the Czech Republic in January fell by 11.7% year-on-year to a total of 104,576 units. 297 buses were produced, ie about a fifth less than in January...
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Dräger CZ presents: Moretto - exclusive publication on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the company
It was January 14th, 1980 when Renato Moretto went to the Padua Chamber of Commerce to register the company "Lavorazioni Lamiere di Moretto Renato". “It was done and I felt the full responsibility of my actions...
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LANXESS opens a new nitrous oxide reduction plant in Antwerp
- 26.02.2021
- Services
- Smart factory
- Research
LANXESS has taken another important step towards climate neutrality. A company specializing in specialty chemicals has opened a nitrous oxide reduction plant in Antwerp, Belgium, which can decompose approximately 500 metric tons of nitrous oxide per year, which is equivalent to the climatic impact...
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