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Hi Jessica, welcome to the latest plastics news from PlastikMedia. This week's edition features...
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Leading test laboratory and innovation centre, Impact Solutions, has recently invested in further development with a new package comprising a Fontijne Presses LabEcon 600 Proview that included commissioning and training by Intelicare. |
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| A manufacturer of plastic packaging and containers decided to future-proof their operations, addressing the rising costs of fossil-fuel energy and concerns about its availability and environmental footprint. To do so, they contacted the ICS Cool Energy team with a request to
re-design the existing heating system based on high-efficiency heat pump technology. |
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| Composite engineering specialist Broadwater Mouldings now offers a thermoforming service on top of its wide range of composite manufacturing processes. Sharing many benefits with its other FRP
(fibre-reinforced polymers) techniques, adding thermoforming to Broadwater’s portfolio opens up a wider choice of materials with greater recyclability. |
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Polyethene terephthalate (PET) is widely used in bottles, containers, trays and other beverage and food packaging. Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced AA Scavenger 0846, an additive designed to reduce the level of acetaldehyde in PET and rPET bottles and preserve the organoleptic properties of water. |
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UK Windows and Doors Group (UKWDG) and VEKA PLC are pleased to announce the expansion of their already successful partnership. Lancashire-based VEKA PLC, which already supplies UKWDG with the exclusive Evolution profile, will supply all of UKWDG’s profile requirements from September this year. |
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Plastribution has released the latest instalment of Price Know-How. This month, demand throughout the system is low and polymer converters are struggling to take full advantage of low-cost polymer with their own order books being scant; moreover, the raw material input cost reductions are being used to cover costs rather than being able to generate profit and positive cashflows. | |
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| Whether in the skilled trades, SMEs or battery pack production: KUKA makes automation easily available to more and more industries. Under the
motto “Keep on Moving”, the Augsburg-based automation group will demonstrate at automatica in Munich from June 27th to 30th how robots and system concepts are evolving to leave a lasting mark on a changing world. |
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| The Husqvarna company is a leading producer and innovator of garden and forest equipment. Its tradition, quality and reliability are historically proved and well-known all over the world. Husqvarna uses equipment from the WITTMANN Group in order to modernise the company’s material handling
system. |
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