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NETZSCH acquires TAURUS Instruments AG We are pleased to announce the expansion of our product portfolio with fire testing systems, thermal conductivity measuring devices and heat transfer coefficient (U-value) measurement instruments…

Clean manufacturing leader produces the world’s first ton of renewable nylon intermediate  Eighty years after nylon’s first commercial production, clean manufacturing technology leader Genomatica achieved a new milestone for the material…

Only announced to the plastics industry in the run-up to K2019, a COMPEO 88 compounder from BUSS is already in industrial use. The first user is a multinational masterbatch manufacturer, which has been producing color masterbatches with…

According to the preliminary figures published by the Ucima Research Department, the sector has continued to grow during 2019 (up 1.8% on 2018), reporting positive performances both in Italy and in foreign markets. The Italian packaging…

The 11th edition of PLASTINDIA, which will be held at New Delhi in February 2021, will be bigger than the previous editions, and will focus on responsible innovation to conserve the environment. PLASTINDIA, the third-largest exhibition…

8th World’s Leading Trade Fair for Industrial Coating Technologies in Karlsruhe (Germany) from 21 to 24 April 2020 Digitalisation, individualisation and climate protection are megatrends which represent challenges for coating job-shops…

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) has named David M. Fink as its new President and Executive Director effective at theend of January  2020.  Mr. Fink, a veteran of the plastics pipe industry, previously served as the Chairman of the…

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced the appointment of Tony Black to the position of President, Customer Success Management (CSM). Mr. Black joins Husky’s senior leadership team leading the company’s global CSM organization.…

2019 saw Propak West Africa in its most successful edition to date. An impressive 89% of exhibitors said they achieved their goals at the exhibition, and as a result 82% of them re-booked onsite! For the new decade, the organisers,…

TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDER MANUFACTURER USEON EQUIPS A NEW 70,000-TON PP PELLETIZING LINE WITH A BKG UNDERWATER PELLETIZER Extruder manufacturer Useon (Nanjing) Extrusion Machinery Co., Ltd. has installed a 70,000 ton per year polypropylene…