by plastics editor | Sep 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Packaging
Alfatherm SpA (Venegono, Italy), one of Europe’s major producers of rigid, semi-rigid and plasticized furniture PVC foils, announced the formation of Alfatherm North America Inc. Through this initiative, the company intends to enhance its direct presence on one of the...
by plastics editor | Sep 22, 2017 | Business, Compounding, Daily News
HOUSTON and ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced the successful startup of a new 20 kilotonne per year polypropylene (PP) compounding...
by plastics editor | Sep 22, 2017 | Daily News, Injection Molding
Progressive Components (Wauconda, IL) has introduced the ModuLifter Undercut Release System that simplifies the release of undercuts for large molds using a rod-style, standardized modular lifter assembly. Source Link Related Posts Italian PVC Film Manufacturer Forms...
by plastics editor | Sep 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Plastics Materials
Burgmann Packings Composites, based in Ireland, has launched a new robot handling system for over-braiding a range of mandrels and cores. Source Link Related Posts Italian PVC Film Manufacturer Forms Alfatherm North America Inc. by plastics editor | September 22, 2017...
by plastics editor | Sep 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News
North American shipments of plastics machinery registered a year-over-year (y/y) gain in Q2 of 2017, reversing a trend of three consecutive quarterly declines, a new report says. According to statistics compiled and reported by the Plastics Industry Association’s...
by plastics editor | Sep 22, 2017 | Automotive, Business, Daily News
On Nov. 7, 2016, I wrote an article about how trade shows are excellent places to find your knocked-off products. The company I wrote about had called in the Feds at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas when it spotted a vendor selling...
