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EUPlastvoltageEUPlastvoltage Project Kicks-Off

June 2009 sees the “EUPlastvoltage” research project commence with major national plastics associations taking part in this European-wide research project.

The EuPC is co-ordinating the programme.

Rory Galloway, Andy Johnson, Mark GregoryPMMDA KART RACING CHALLENGE 2009

PMMDA’s Annual Kart Racing Challenge was 'scaled down' for 2009 due to the current economic climate, and Members were invited to race as individuals instead of the usual team endurance race. Drivers seemed to really enjoy this format and competitiveness hit an all-time high!

Dynisco Analyzer Meets ISO 2507 for Testing PVC & ABS Pipes and Fittings

Programming of the HDV3 family of polymer analyzers from Dynisco has been expanded to cover the ISO 2507 standard for determining the Vicat softening temperature of thermoplastic pipes and fittings made of PVC, ABS and ASA resins.

Power Efficiency's E-Save TechnologyR can save you energy and money

Granulators are an example of plastics machinery that consumes large amounts of energy. For equipment such as these – its motors operate at variable loads, and wastes energy when the machine is lightly loaded or not loaded at all. There is a technology available to counter this problem called E-Save Technology®, developed by Power Efficiency Corporation.

Plastic Adhesive Takes To Polyolefin'sPlastic Adhesive Takes To Polyolefin's

Typically, a pretreatment stage, which may include flame treatment, etching or roughening, is required before being able to bond polyolefin substrates. Specially formulated to eliminate this time consuming stage, the MB514 polyolefin based hot melt is particularly suited for use on untreated surfaces of polyethylene, polypropylene and combinations of these substrates.

Self-healing elastomer enters industrial production

Self-healing elastomerIn February 2008 Arkema announced the joint development with the Paris Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI) Matière Molle et Chimie Laboratory of a revolutionary self-healing rubber based on the concept of supramolecular chemistry. Arkema will now begin the industrial production of the first high-performance materials derived from this chemistry.

First Commercial Use of Renewable-sourced Merquinsa´s Pearlthane® ECO in Ski Goggles from SMITH OPTICS

First Commercial Use of Renewable-sourced Merquinsa´s Pearlthane® ECO in Ski Goggles from SMITH OPTICSMerquinsa´s renewable-sourced Pearlthane® ECO, Bio Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers (Bio TPU) can now be found in market leader, Smith Optics’ new Evolve collection of snow goggles.

RadiciGroupRadiciGroup aims for quality and sustainable development

The Group’s Novara chemicals complex achieves UNI EN ISO 14001 environmental certification and is one of the first Italian firms certified under the new ISO 9001:2008 standard

Dow Hyperlast Helps Identify Vacant Parking Bays at Heathrow Terminal 5

Dow Hyperlast Helps Identify Vacant Parking Bays at Heathrow Terminal 5When Highlight Parking Ltd. conceived its signage system for displaying vacant parking bays to car drivers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5, they approached an engineering design company to create a suitable protective housing for the outdoor electronic sensor. The design company, being unfamiliar with the properties of polyurethane, discussed the project with Custom Moulded Polyurethanes Ltd.

European Plastics RecyclersOxo degradable additives are incompatible with mechanical recycling

Europe is leading the market in terms of sustainable development thanks to the abundance of European legislation aiming to protect the environment. The European Treaty of Lisbon goes even further than previous Treaty regarding environment.

Dow Europe GmbH Announces Price Increases for Polystyrene Products

Dow’s raw material and energy costs for polystyrene have steadily increased over the last weeks and the polystyrene margins are at unsustainably low levels. As a result, Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions for polystyrene resins.

ConairConair to Market Kreyenborg Infrared Dryers

An agreement between The Conair Group, Inc., Cranberry Township, PA, USA, and Kreyenborg Plant Technology, GmbH & Co., Senden, Germany, gives Conair rights to sell a co-branded infrared polymer dryer (IRD) to plastics processors worldwide. In fact, the first Conair-Kreyenborg IRD has already been sold to a sheet producer in Monterrey, Mexico.

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