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Expected to begin operations in Q1 2021, the facility expands Milliken’s chemical manufacturing footprint to support increasing demand across Asia, including rapidly growing markets in India and China. The company currently operates an…

To date, it is nothing but the wishful thinking of many plastics recyclers: that recyclability is taken into account right from the very beginning of a product’s life cycle, at the product design stage. A new project aims at making this…

 The new HASCO guide bush Z1300/... in high-strength aluminium bronze ensures particularly accurate guidance for ejector assemblies. Its excellent sliding properties permit a smooth production process. The guide bushes can withstand very…

The new HASCO high-temperature O-rings Z98HT/… can be used in a range of mouldmaking applications to seal heating/cooling channels. Made of a special FKM material (fluorinated rubber copolymer), the O-rings are eminently suitable for…

Mrs. Valentina Faloci has taken over as Head of Sales at Wittmann Battenfeld in Kottingbrunn. In her position as Sales Director she succeeds Siegfried Köhler, who was responsible for this task for the last five years.  After her…

Systems for surface design and finishing  Specialty chemicals company LANXESS will present a new system offering for functional coatings under the name Pellart. “Our offering specifically does not use leather as a substrate,” stressed…

Nestlé recently installed two units of CoboAccess_Pal, an industrial, safe and easy-to-use cobotic palletizing solution from Sidel, at their site in Orbe (Switzerland). By automating the palletizing of their Special.T capsules, Nestlé…

A new edition of the K fair is getting closer, an unmissable appointment for the plastic industry actors, all involved in the common goal of proposing new solutions for a sector today more than ever at the center of the controversies…

Interview with Alfred Stern, CEO of Borealis AG Why do plastics manufacturer endorse circular economy? Alfred Stern: A new era is dawning for our sector. The sooner we prepare for real circular economy the more positive the effect will be…

Foodstuffs are a very sensitive commodity; they are packaged to ensure the required hygiene as well as durability. This also saves resources used in the production of foodstuff, such as water and energy. The engineering company Brückner…