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Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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KURZ and BURG DESIGN – Visionary Design
With the goal of creating, and offering creative new impulses in the world of surface design, we've initiated an in-house source of inspiration for thought-leaders, thinkers, and visionaries called Visionary...
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The Czech car industry is starting up only slowly
- 22.06.2020
- Services
- Automotive
The Czech automotive industry recorded a significant decline again in May 2020. 62,609 motor vehicles were produced, ie 52.8% less year-on-year. The total numbers copy the development of passenger car production, which, despite the gradual restart of the markets, is starting up only slowly. Thus,...
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Application of 3D metal printing in plastic injection
- 18.06.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- 3D technology
As one of the main global innovation drivers, voestalpine is leading the way into the new area of Additive Manufacturing. Based on experience and tradition, by offering the whole value chain from the start to finalization and beyond. All in-house and in one...
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Renishaw technology can identify micro-plastics in the environment
Can rubber and plastic from tires washed into rivers and other waterways contribute to wastewater pollution? A group of Danish scientists validate this problem using a Renishaw Raman...
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New cooperation between RÖHM and GRAFE
From 1 July 2020, GRAFE Polymer Solutions GmbH, based in Blankenhain, will start production and sales tasks for low-volume orders for PLEXIGLAS® pre-painted material from RÖHM GmbH on the German...
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Radiation crosslinking refines plastics in serial production
- 15.06.2020
- Plastics Processing
- Radiation technologies
Lightweight materials are crucial for climate-neutral production. Plastics are often effective in this context. However, depending on the application, they have to stand up to high temperatures and extreme conditions. Radiation crosslinking of thermoplastics offers new potential for lightweight...
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MOL Group reported a net loss of $ 152 million in the first quarter
- 12.06.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Business economics
MOL Group announced financial results for the first quarter of 2020. Extensive losses from inventories and foreign exchange transactions resulted in MOL reporting a net loss of $ 152 million. This is the first manifestation of a pandemic...
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Design and manufacture of lenses for LED plastic headlights instead of glass
Increasingly, our streets are illuminated by middle and upper class cars, trucks and, last but not least, street lighting with LED technology. Due to the fact that LEDs generate less heat than conventional light bulbs, there is an opportunity to replace the glass that has been used as the main...
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VÁŽEME s.r.o. - What is made of recycled plastic?
- 10.06.2020
- Plastics and Rubber products
- Recycled plastics
Our company ranks among the leading Czech processors of industrial plastic waste. We are mainly engaged in professional recycling of plastics and production of plastic regranulates. Recycling production is linked to a number of other activities in the form of plastic injection, production of...
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PA66 Vydyne - Over 180 approvals for automotive OEMs and Tiers
Company Ascend is the world‘s largest fully integrated PA66 producer. Full integration means that Ascend produces all raw materials needed for PA66 polymerisation itself and customers therefore benefit from high quality and reliable availability of PA66...
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Nordson EFD Helps Medical Manufacturers Meet Growing Demand for COVID-19 Treatment and Diagnostic Devices
- 04.06.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Dosing equipment
From ventilator sub-assemblies to diagnostic test kits, Nordson EFD is putting medical manufacturers’ needs first with rapid response and...
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GRANITOL - 125 years with you
- 03.06.2020
- Services
- Plastic packaging
One and a quarter centuries, that's a good number of years. And our company is celebrating 125 years since its foundation this year. We would like to take a look and remind you in this article of a few snippets from...
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Is everything styrene? Testing of materials and identification of plastics during recycling using infrared spectroscopy
Recycling plastics is becoming increasingly important - especially since oil on this scale will no longer be the main source of raw material for polymer production as has been the case so far. The Earth's resources and atmosphere are limited. "New" polymers are made, among other things, from...
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AYES presents smart glasses and augmented reality for industrial companies
- 01.06.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Smart factory
- IIoT - industrial internet of things
- Industry 4.0
- Software for industry
Augmented reality has become another trending topic in the industrial environment in recent years. Unlike artificial intelligence, which is based on machine learning and in which machines are intended to replace the human factor in the long term, augmented reality pursues a different goal: to...
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ADATEX, s.r.o. - Table vs. Industrial SLS 3D Printers
- 29.05.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- 3D technology
This comparison is directed to the educational sector, which has an impact on a wide selection of 3D technologies. From simple and cheap FDM to state-of-the-art 3D metal printing equipment. The ideal device must be simple, affordable, reliable and easy to...
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ML Polyolefins presents GRAYFIN PPH30 - dark grey recyclate polymer
- 28.05.2020
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
The ML company offers a range of GRAYFIN products with MFI up to 30. Dark grey polymer is a response to the customer needs, especially for the manufacturers who are looking for high flow injection polypropylene from post-consumer waste. With the release of this product the company presents a new,...
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ABI Profils develops a 3D plastic threshold for social distance marking
The current sanitary situation and the social distancing measures adopted to stop the spread of COVID-19 drove the French plastics company ABI PROFILS to develop a special 3D plastic threshold to mark the safe social...
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TECRON composite grippers: Lower weight, higher accuracy
- 26.05.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automation
- Manipulators
The use of robotic grippers and manipulators is common in the plastics industry, with an ever-increasing number of applications. They are used not only for removing moldings from the mold, but also for subsequent handling, insertion of parts for the plug and the...
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Moving and installing machines from ORCCA industry s.r.o.
- 25.05.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Service of machines
Orcca industry s.r.o. is engaged in assembly, disassembly, installation, transport and removal of standard and oversized loads, both weight and dimension. These include: complete production lines, single-purpose and multi-purpose machines, robots and robotization centers, injection molding...
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PP KOVANDA is the new representative of TOOL-TEMP
- 22.05.2020
- Services
- Peripherals
- Control technology
The dynamically growing company of Petr Kovanda, operating under the trade name PP KOVANDA in the field of the plastics industry, is expanding its portfolio with TOOL-TEMP tempering and cooling...
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Laser welding: Solution for solid joints from K.D. Feddersen
- 21.05.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Lasers
- Welding of plastics
Laser welding is a process of non-detachable joining, which has been an established method since the mid-1990s. It uses plasticization created as a result of power supply. It provides solid, non-detachable...
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WITTMANN and FarragTech are now under one roof
- 19.05.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Peripherals
The Austrian family group WITTMANN took over the Austrian company FarragTech from Wolfurt. For more than 25 years, FarragTech GmbH has been active in the peripheral segment, focusing on compressed air-based granule...
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Ultrapolymers and Domo extend partnership with Technyl
DOMO Chemicals, a leading producer of engineering materials and Ultrapolymers, the pan-European distribution company, have announced a European distribution partnership. The acquisition of Solvay’s European Performance Polyamides Business (Polytechnyl) by DOMO initiated a change in Technyl®...
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ML Polyolefins is expanding its offer with PCR recyclates
- 15.05.2020
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
ML Polyolefins, a producer of PP recyclates has presented a new product portfolio adapting its offer to the expectations of all customers and grouping its materials by processing method. Preparing the new offer, ML expands the range of plastics with the premiere injection...
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Scanfill AB and Plast Petter AB in new collaboration - will manufacture up to half a million protective face shields
- 14.05.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
Packaging company Scanfill is adjusting the production for a brand new market. The company will produce up to half a million face shields together with Plast Petter AB - every...
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Quality control of plastics from Anamet s.r.o.
- 13.05.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Quality control
Are regular deliveries of polymers at the entrance to your production qualitatively identical? Did you receive unknown material? And what is the flow index of these materials? Do you need a quick and easy analysis of polymeric...
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Polymers from Slovnaft are also used in the production of protective equipment for healthcare
In response to the spread of coronavirus, the demand for health care products has increased significantly this year. Polymers from Slovnaft are also used in their production. Polymers from the Bratislava refinery - polypropylene and polyethylene - are suitable for the production of protective...
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Respiratory masks from the Czech Republic can put factories back into operation and save the film industry
- 11.05.2020
- Services
- Injection molding
- Research
Jan Svoboda senior founded his company in the mid-1990s. He has been trading for a quarter of a century with semi-finished products for tools used for pressing plastics and light metals. During that time, he probably never got into the situation in which he is now together with his son Jan Svoboda...
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ENGEL and Haidlmair together against Covid-19: Face masks in record time
- 07.05.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
Together with business partner Haidlmair, ENGEL is committed to improving the supply of face masks worldwide. In record time, mould maker Haidlmair developed and implemented a new mould solution for the production of reusable masks, which is now being used by plastics processing companies...
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The coronavirus pandemic significantly affected the production of motor vehicles and the entire supply chain
- 06.05.2020
- Services
- Automotive
Car production dropped dramatically in March, with 47,452 fewer cars (ie 36.2%) compared to last year. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, production growth in January and February markedly disrupted the otherwise very promising entry into this year. Almost 90% of companies in the sector were forced...
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