Julie Fernandes

For most companies until the beginning of the 1990s, resin drying carried out with adsorption driers to dehumidify plastic material was still the tool of choice. However, this procedure came along, among other things, with high acquisition,…

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS will attend FEICA European Adhesive & Sealant Conference and Expo from September 11 to 13. At this year’s event in Dubrovnik, Croatia, technical experts from LANXESS’s Urethane Systems business will…

Interview with Ulrich Reifenhäuser, CSO of the Reifenhäuser Group The amount of plastic waste is growing steadily worldwide. In order to use resources sustainably, waste has to be given a value, it ought to be recycled and not disposed of,…

HRSflow will presented their new small-sized SA series hot runner nozzles for injection molding small technical components with a very compact cut-out in the tool. The company will also showcase extensions of its cylinder portfolio which…

Henkel and Sonderhoff will be jointly presented their product and service portfolio for filter manufacturing, tailored to the complex requirements of filter technology. These system solutions meet the high quality requirements that are…

FKuR will be showcasing its expanded portfolio of biobased thermoplastics for a growing range of applications including packaging, consumer products, sporting goods and technical parts at K2019 Current additions to the portfolio include…

FKuR will present a wide range of possible uses for biobased plastics which all contribute ideally to the circular economy. The focus will be on alternative materials based on renewable raw materials such as Terralene PE compounds or…

When designing injection moulds, it is important to pay attention to achieving a defined distribution of the clamping pressure over the mould parting surfaces. The main surface pressure should always act close to the cavity so as to…

Interview with Gian de Belder, Principal Scientist and Packaging Technologist at Procter & Gamble The problem of plastics waste must be tackled globally Part of the solution lies in the reduction of packaging material…

Interview with Dr. Christoph Steger, CSO ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH. The EU is pushing ahead with circular economy and recycling. In other parts of the world that’s not the case. Does it make sense then to press ahead at full steam? Dr.…

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…