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New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable
Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution to the plastic pollution problem bedeviling the world, but today’s “compostable” plastic bags, utensils and cup lids don’t break down during typical composting and contaminate…
ACL all set to be India’s No.1 Polymer Distribution Group?
Modern Plastics India and Modern Plastics Network Team Surveyed to Few Renowned Overseas Petrochemical Companies and Leading Plastics Processors Who Shared Their Experience on INDIAN Raw Material Market.
According to an internal survey…
MAJOR UPDATE TO FREE PLASTIC PIPE DESIGN CALCULATOR
Association’s Version 2.0 Contains More Pipe Materials and Sizes
The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) has announced a major update to its Building & Construction Division’s Plastic Pipe Design Calculator. PPI is the major trade…
BLEND COLOURS LAUNCHES THE UHT BLACK MASTERBATCH, REDEFINES MILK PACKAGING
With product specifications validated in compliance with the proven and accepted ASTM standards, and Blend Colours being a well-accepted brand by the global markets, the UHT Masterbatch will help processors with its significant value…
Duma Druck GmbH becomes first installation of the brand-new Xeikon SX30000 digital…
Despite maintaining a healthy flow of offset orders during this difficult period, Duma Druck GmbH has decided to take a new direction towards digital and ordered Xeikon’s new digital web press Xeikon SX30000. The Stuttgart-based print…
ZSK Twin Screw Extruder for Successful Manufacture of Special Polyolefins
New-to-the-market compounder HEROPLAS in Spenge, Germany, specializes in the manufacture of Polypropylene (PP), Polyetheylene (PE), Thermoplastic Elastomeres (TPE), Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (TPV), and their polymer blends in very small…
VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery suspends participation in German Pavilion at Plástico…
The VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association has cancelled its participation in the German Pavilion at Plástico Brasil in São Paulo for this year in agreement with the European partner associations of EUROMAP and the organizer of the…
Xeikon adds brand new CX50 press to its wall decoration suite
Xeikon announces an eco-friendly, cost-effective digital answer to today’s wallpaper production challenges. As a key part of Xeikon’s Wall Deco Suite and with Xeikon’s bespoke and environmentally friendly dry toner technology with extended…
DOMO fills product gap in black transparent laser welding
DOMO Chemicals has developed a new product family PA66 based black plastics suitable for laser welding, a technology that is increasingly used in joining together thermoplastic parts. DOMO’s new laser transparent Technyl STAR AF 219 V30…
Aquila’s Green Agenda for Cut Protection Gloves
The world focus on a growing “Green Agenda” has caught the imagination of Taste International, a specialist niche glove manufacturer under the Aquila brand, who have taken up the challenge in the way that small companies can, by making a…
Woodoo, transforms real wood into translucent and tactile surface
Laetitia Pfeiffer, Executive Partner Digital & Innovation for IBM France, tells us the story and concept of Woodoo, the start-up which transforms wood into ultra-resistant material. Exclusively from the Club des Chroniqueurs.
The…
Imagining the Future of Single-Dose Packaging!
Sometimes when something new comes to market, it can be hard to imagine how it will fit in your product portfolio or change the way you package certain products. So V-Shapes, based in Bologna, Italy, has put that visualizaiton in the palm…