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KraussMaffei Details Future Potential Strategy Under New Owners
Just over four months after it was acquired by state-owned chemical giant, ChemChina from private equity firm Onex for Euro 925 million, KraussMaffei talked about how its new owners will and won’t change its business.
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30 Editions On, Chinaplas Continues to Grow
Launched only five years after China’s 1978 Open-Door Policy reintroduced the country to the global economy, Chinaplas and the Chinese plastics industry have shared a meteoric rise over the last three decades.
Read MoreDuPont To Inaugurate New Chinese Compounding Facility
Called Apollo and located in the Guangming New District of Shenzhen, the facility will be DuPont’s largest compounding operation in the world.
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Macro Plastics Adds Two New Negri Bossi Bi-Power Machines
Installation of the new Bi-Power presses and Sytrama robots was completed in March 2016.
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The Future of Biopolymers Looks Bright
NatureWorks’s 2016 conference showed that innovation in biopolymer technology will continue to thrive.
Read MoreKeurig Switches to PP But Has Long Recycling Journey Ahead
After a decade of listening to complaints about the lack of recyclability of its K-Cups, Keurig, Waterbury, Vt., recently announced changes to its packaging but will they be enough for critics?
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Connected: The Factory of the Future Is Closer Than We Think
“Enabling humans to collaborate with machines, in a real-time, two-way exchange.”
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Where’s Your Production Going; Where Has It Been?
“How do you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been?”
Read MoreRecycled PET Prices Stable or Soft— Depending on Geography
More stable on the East Coast, sharply lower on the West in the first quarter.
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New Polysulfone Player in North America
Chinese producer of polysulfone teams up with North American plastics distributor to help alleviate supply crunch.
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New Injection Screw Is Said to Be Truly ‘All-Purpose’
A mixing section with removable dams can adjust melting capability to the viscosity of the material.
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Introducing 'HD Plastics'
"High Definition Plastics" is a new way of thinking about the benefits of heat/cool molding with induction heating.
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