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New HDPE Pipe Processor Goes ‘QuickSwitch’ Route
Encoma of Canada installs KraussMaffei’s first-ever QuickSwitch line in North American to maximize pipe production flexibility, with more capacity on the way.
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New Pulverizer Helps PVC Processor Boost Output
New unit from Pallmann converts PVC scrap and delivers 2000 lb/hr of recycled PVC at 20 mesh (840 micron) particle size.
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NatureWorks and IMA Step-Up Testing of Compostable Coffee Pod
Initial filling tests at IMA’ lab on K-Cyo based on NatureWorks’ low-carbon Ingeo PLA accelerate based on promising results.
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Logitech Scales-Up Use of Recycled Plastic in Electronic Products
About 65% of mice & keyboards in the company’s largest product portfolio now use post-consumer recycled plastic
Read MoreNew CEO for Davis-Standard
Extrusion and converting leader names Giovanni Spitale as top exec. Former CEO Jim Murphy elected as vice chairman of the Board of Directors.
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American Injection Molding Institute to Launch Workforce Development Program at PTXPO
The Beaumont Technologies subsidiary is introducing the program, which identifies and fills knowledge gaps within a workforce, at the new PTXPO this March in Chicago.
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Unique Coating Reduces Friction of Sliding Plastic, Ceramic and Metallic Components
Oerlikon Balzers extremely thin, hard Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating decreases the COF of components to nearly zero, while increasing wear resistance
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OCSiAl Gets Green Light for Luxemburg Graphene Nanotube Production Facility
New capacity expected to boost efficiency of plastics and rubber for the automotive industry.
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Celanese to Acquire DuPont’s Engineering Plastics
Celanese will acquire nearly all of DuPont’s engineering thermoplastics, except for its Delrin, Multibase and Tedlar products.
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Uniloy Buys Moldmaker Century Die
Uniloy gains a second moldmaking facility with 70+ years of experience in all types of blow molds.
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