Long-awaited Return to Shanghai after Six Years Rising Expectations to CHINAPLAS 2024 from the Industry
Following its impressive performance in 2023, CHINAPLAS 2024 will be held from April 23 to 26, 2024, occupying all 15 exhibition halls in Shanghai, with a total exhibition area of over 380,000 sqm. It is ready to receive more than 4,000 exhibitors from around the world
Fakuma 2023 – Innovation Fireworks
The 28th Fakuma successfully took place in October. With 1,636 exhibitors in twelve exhibition halls and several foyer areas, the trade fair was a fully booked celebration for plastics. The exhibitors showed lots of new products and, above all, gave many confident outlooks for the future
Extrusion Technology / New Energy-Efficient Process for Manufacturing ABS Blends
Coperion has developed a process solution for particularly energy-efficient manufacturing of acrylonitrile-butadienestyrene copolymer (ABS) blends, with the Coperion ZSK Mc18 twin screw extruder playing a key central role
wire & Tube 2024 / Fort the Speed Quantum Leap to Succeed
Strolling was yesterday – in the meantime, countries such as Germany and Great Britain are also turning to the high-speed data highways. And the cable, wire and pipe industries have long been ready to play a decisive role in shaping the glass future
CONTENTS:
Firms in this issue |
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Imprint |
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Industry News |
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Calendar |
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Long-awaited Return to Shanghai after Six Years Rising Expectations to CHINAPLAS 2024 from the Industry |
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32nd International Colloquium Plastics Technology in Aachen/Germany |
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Interplas – Celebrating 75 Years of Connecting the UK Plastics Industry |
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Plastpol 2024 – New Technologies, New Supply Chains, New Markets |
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NPE2024 – The Plastics Show’s Education Sessions |
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NPE2024 To Feature Technical Seminars in Spanish on Plastics Technology and Circular Economy |
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Acquisition |
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Acquisition |
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New Austrian Production – Facility Is Fully Operational |
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In-Line Wall Thickness, Concentricity, Outside Diameter and Ovality Measuring Solution for Single or Multilayer Tube & Pipe Applications |
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Breathing New Life Into Plastics |
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Investment in Collaboration |
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An Innovative Partnership Enables Efficient Production Optimisation and Cost-saving |
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Growth of Leading Chinese BOPP Film Producer Supported |
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Promoting Quality in Plastic Recycling |
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Collaboration to Give Waste a Second Live |
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Investment |
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Efficient Drive Solutions for Shredders |
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Recycling Pioneer Expanding into France |
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New Ultra-High Barrier PVDC Coating Solution for More Sustainable Pharmaceutical Blister Films Launched |
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Maximum Connectivity for Efficient Web Guiding |
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Capacity, Portfolio and Service in Polycarbonate Additives Boosted |
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Collaboration to Create New Mono-Material Packaging |
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Energy Efficiency in Thermoforming |
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Recycling Content TPE With Various Adhesiion Options |
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Mass Extraction Detects the Smallest Defect Sizes with SpeedAir 3050 |
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Industry News USA |
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Screw Design Conference-Topcon |
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Certification Attained |
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Break Free Act Lacks Collaboration Needed to Achieve Real Sustainability Goals |
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O-ed on Recycling is Real Featured |
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Opening of the Second Plant in China Celebrated |
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Pelletizer Expert Now Offers New Service |
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America Recycles Day Celebrated |
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New „Recycling is Real“ Video Released |
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Rubber Curing Accelerator is Meeting the Performance Needs of Today’s Rubber Formulator |
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PRINTEX® kappa 10 Launched |
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Global Trends Report Released |
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Analysis Released: UAW Strike’s Impact on Plastics and Auto Industries |
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Analysis Released: Third Quarter GDP Report’s Impact on Plastics Industry |
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2023 Q3 Committee on Equipment Statistics Report Issued |
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Fakuma 2023 – |
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Innovation Fireworks |
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Broad Competence Network and In-House Manufacturing |
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New TPVs With Up To 40% Recycled Content |
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Energy Eficiency Becomes a Driver of Development |
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The Human at the Centre |
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The Digitalization that Enhances the Customer Service |
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Sustainability: Taking Action to Protect our Planet and Ensure Product Efficiency |
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Innovations at Fakuma 2023 |
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Laboratory Extruder Relaunched |
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Digitally Controlled Grinders for Energy-saving Plastics Recycling |
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Latest Developments in POM, LCP and 3D Printing |
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Fluoropolymers and their Alternatives |
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New Compounds for Drinking Water and Hot Water Applications as well as Trendsetting TPE Solutions that Contain High Proportions of Bio-Based and Recycled Materials |
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Sustainability Integrated into Supreme Material Performances |
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Focus on Circularity and Sustainability |
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Extrusion Technologies Highly Innovative – and a Technology Leader in the Extrusion Industry |
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Extrusion Technology / New Energy-Efficient Process for Manufacturing ABS Blends |
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Blow Molding / Blow Molding Machine by PET Technologies to Follow the Triple Utility Strategy |
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Extrusion Technology / Redefining Plasticization and Performance |
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Recycling – Interview / New Era in Plastics Recycling |
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Recycling / Dechlorination of PVC in Mixed Plastics on the Planetary Roller Extruder (PRE) prior to the Pyrolysis Recycling Process |
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Recycling – Company Anniversary / Technology Event 2023 – Gneuss Presents OMNI Recycling Technologies and Celebrates 40th Anniversary of the Company |
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Sustainability – From the Research / Put in Extra Shifts fort he Circular Economy? |
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Extrusion Tooling / Extrusion Takes Some New Turns |
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Recycling – Case Study |
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10-Year Anniversary – A Partnership Built on Trust |
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Recycled Big Bags Made in Türkiye |
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Three Partners Changing the Narrative in Plastic Recycling |
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Corona Treatment – Case Study / Two Corona Treaters Installed in the USA |
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wire & Tube 2024 / Fort the Speed Quantum Leap to Succeed |
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Temperature Control / More Productivity and Quality in the Plastics Industry |
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Flat Film Extrusion – Case Study / From Converter to Full-Range Supplier |
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