Marketing

Shanghai is the venue, from 3 to 5 December, for the fourteenth Rubbertech fair, while Istanbul is hosting, from 4 to 7 December, the twenty-fourth PlastEurasia exhibition. The first is an interesting event for the rubber processing technology sector in China, while the second is a key event for the plastics and rubber sector in Turkey...

A subsidiary of B-Tec, Tecno System, has recently announced that it has purchased the Divisione Meccanica operations from TPV Compound. As the Tecno System management explains, “the strategic goal of the project is to safeguard and unite important know-how in the production of extrusion lines by TPV Divisione Meccanica...

Xtreme Sincro is the name of the integrated plant for the production of PET bottles introduced by Sipa at Brau Beviale 2014, the exhibition dedicated to the beverage field held in Nuremberg on November 11-13. The system combines the injection-compression of preforms and the stretch-blow moulding...

M&G Chemicals, a chemicals manufacturing and engineering company and a leading global supplier of PET, announced that it recently signed an agreement to issue 300 million dollars in new equity to TPG Opportunities Partners and affiliated funds (TPG). As part of the transaction, TPG will take a minority stake in the company...

The new EZPrene SHF (Super High Flow) series of vulcanized thermoplastic elastomers (TPVs) has been introduced in Europe by Ravago Petrokimya and it is produced thanks to a company’s proprietary cure technology. It currently includes 3 grades, ranging in hardness from 65 to 90 Shore A. Each material...

In order to support the launch of new products by the injection moulders of Central Italy, Arburg and Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy) have established the EiM (Easy Injection Moulding) Tech centre, with the aim of studying, developing and optimising plastics injection moulding applications...

A British recycler has engaged Amut and Amut Ecotech to supply a unit for selecting and washing discarded containers in HDPE and PP with a capacity of 10 t/h. The containers coming from urban and industrial collection are separated into two groups, food containers and those for detergents and chemical products...

The range of Gefran magnetostrictive position sensors has been widened with the introduction of two new models, MK4P and IK4P, provided with Profibus interface. Although, in recent years, the use of industrial Ethernet devices has been spreading in automation and process solutions, conventional...

Fifty companies will be selected by Promaplast, organizer of Plast 2015, and ComoNext, scientific-technological park of Lomazzo (Como), to participate free of charge at the 17th edition of Plast, the trade show to be held in Milan from 5 to 9 May 2015. The initiative, entitled “Win and Participate in Plast 2015” is...

As in previous years, the European glass fibre reinforced plastics (GRP) market report 2014 by AVK (the German professional association for fibre composites plastics/composites) is based on data for those European countries, for which production figures can be recorded and validated...

The closing date for applications in the second edition of the international competition Plastic Technologies Award - launched by Promaplast (organizer of Plast 2015) and PoliDesign (consortium of the Politecnico di Milano) - has been extended to November 27, 2014. The competition is focused on the study of original and innovative application…

This was the main message to come out of PolyTalk, an event recently organised in Brussels (November 4-5) by PlasticsEurope. Patrick Thomas (president of PlasticsEurope and CEO of Bayer MaterialScience), in his introductory address, declared: "If we truly believe in Europe’s reindustrialisation, all the...

The Board of Executive Directors of Basf has announced the following personnel changes. Gabriel Tanbourgi, president of the Care Chemicals division, will retire effective December 31, 2014; he will be succeeded by Hans-W. Reiners, who is currently president of the Performance Chemicals...

When it comes to developments and trends in polyolefins, the recent FlexPO conference held in Shanghai from 22 to 24 October revealed that China's propensity to significantly increase production of polymers using coal and natural gas appears to be here to stay. The decision to move away from raw materials of...

With 96.8 out of a 100 points, Victrex is honoured with the "High Performance Supplier/Partner of the Year Award" by Ensinger Inc., US affiliate of the well known German manufacturer of semi-finished and finished products made with engineered polymers. The award is based on a careful...

The forty-first edition of Emballage (trade show devoted to the packaging industry) will take place at the Paris Nord Villepinte fairground on November 17-20. With 1,500 exhibitors expected to participate, the fair represents an essential appointment for the industry. All the various specialties and associated expertise...

The Italian compounder Softer has announced the production startup of engineering plastics in the new plant based in Lebanon, Tennessee. The new production site, which required an investment of 20 million dollars, has an initial annual capacity of 23,000 tons. The layout of the lines is highly efficient and latest generation extruders provide…

Plast 2015 promotional tour continues. Starting this week, it will be in China, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey, on the occasion of some important local trade exhibitions.

On October 17, Solvay CEO Jean-Pierre Clamadieu was elected president of Cefic, the European chemical industry Council. Clamadieu will take over the leadership from Basf Chairman Kurt Bock, who completed his successful two-year term. In his first address as Cefic president, Clamadieu outlined his goals for the next two years...

By 2016, India is expected to achieve average yearly growth rates of 11.5% for BOPP film, 9.7% for cast film, 9% for coated film, and 8.9% for blown film. These are the forecasts for the Indian packaging film market publicized at the ElitePlus conference held in Mumbai on 25 and 26 September...