Consistent quality, permanent availability, maximum output - it takes more than reliable machines to securely achieve these criteria of success. The perfect interplay between injection moulding machine and process technology, automation and periphery, digitalisation and networking is what allows plastics processors to fully utilise efficiency...

The Gneuss Processing Unit (GPU) has been available for several years now and has proven itself for the reprocessing of bulky PET waste such as post-consumer bottle flake and industrial waste from fiber and film manufacture without pre-drying. A Gneuss Processing Unit consists of a Gneuss MRS extruder with its unmatched devolatilization...

In January 2018 Francesco Franceschetti Elastomeri introduced on the market the new range of Masterefran expanding masterbatches announced by Giulia Franceschetti at the TPE conference, on November 2017 in Munich (Germany): "We decided to invest our 30 years of experience in the development of a new process on a new production line...

Visitors to the Plast 2018 show will be able to see the recycling quality of the Intarema 1108 T from May 29 to June 1. Reject rolls from PE packaging film production will be processed live at the Erema trade fair stand to make quality recyclates. The new Erema business unit Powerfil will provide information on the latest filtration solutions from the...

AkzoNobel announces the sale of 100% of its Specialty Chemicals business to The Carlyle Group and GIC for an enterprise value of €10.1 billion. This transaction creates two focused and...

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess continues its profitable growth path. The company ended fiscal year 2017 with record earnings. Lanxess has also made a good start to the new year. Ebitda pre exceptionals rose by 29.6% in fiscal year 2017 to 1.29 billion euros, the highest result in the company’s history. In the previous year...

Friul Filiere has always set great store by its participation at the Plast fair, but this year’s event will be a particularly special one for the company: having recently turned 40, it could not have wished for a better stage on which to celebrate this significant milestone. The Friuli-based manufacturer is therefore anticipating, with great enthusiasm, the international...

Injection moulding machines running 24/7, remote monitoring of all processes, human intervention reduced to a minimum and no night-time supervision. This sums up the mode of operation of the automatic factory started three years ago in Loveland, Colorado, by Nordson Medical for the production of medical items, a concrete example of Industry 4.0...

In collaboration with Arkema, Xenia has successfully developed the new family Xecarb 45 of PVDF composite compounds for injection and extrusion processes directed toward a wide range of specialty applications in the chemical processing industry requiring extreme durability and longevity. The new compounds feature truly exceptional mechanical...

Biesterfeld Polybass is strengthening its long-standing collaboration with industry-leading polymer supplier, ExxonMobil Chemical, by commencing distribution of Vistalon EPDM rubber in Italy. This reinforces Biesterfeld’s portfolio of high-performance polymers for the Italian market. Vistalon EPDM rubber exhibits exceptional physical properties and outstanding processing...