Julie Fernandes

• dti-South hits the nerve: the show satisfies high demand from Bengaluru and South markets • Strong areas: non alcoholic beverages and beer • buyer seller forum: leading brands and more than 500 meetings drink technology India South…

Chinaplas 2019, which will take place from May 21 to 24 in the city of Guangzhou in Southern China, Kautex Maschinenbau will be unveiling a newly developed 6-layer extrusion head for packaging applications. The new 6-layer head can be used…

• Expansion will boost annual Penta production with 12,5% • Arnsberg Bruchhausen plant to produce the renewable polyols: Voxtar (Penta), Charmor Pro for intumescent coatings and Holtac Pro for lead free PVC • Bruchhausen joins Stenungsund…

This week the Iowa House and Senate passed SF 534 and the Tennessee House and Senate passed SB 923. The American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division welcomed the legislation and issued the following statement, which may be attributed to…

• Opening up a path to 100% recyclable PP needlepunch carpets & fabrics • High tenacity fibres for lightweight geotextiles at reduced system cost • Customized bonding fibres for lightweight automotive composites • New PET-core-BICO…

A combination of excellent mechanical, thermal and chemical properties is proving a winning solution for ULTEM resin from SABIC in lightweight spectacle frames with novel decorative effects from Zhengda Optical. The Chinese company…

HRScool is an innovative solution for hot runner injection molding, in which the otherwise necessary water cooling of the corresponding actuator can be dispensed with. The key to this is the twice optimized temperature management system,…

Sustainability is complicated, and when it comes to packaging, it can manifest itself in many ways and on many levels. Most consumers want ‘to do the right thing’ but as feedback from trade event ProSweets19 showed, they often lack…

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, launched a new, bio-based self-matting resin, Decovery SP-2022 XP, that will take ultra-matt flooring finishes to new levels in terms of aesthetic and…

Opening up federally funded infrastructure projects to include thermoplastic pipe can increase the elimination of plastic waste. That was the position of Tony Radoszewski, CAE, president of the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) during his…

• More than 50 new jobs planned • Increasing demand for special films • Innovative product applications in various industries At its Dormagen site, Covestro has started building additional production lines for high-quality…