Machines from the German Windmöller & Hölscher on display at Interpack in Dusseldorf whilst the Manager of the Design Team for converting machinery, Ruediger Grosse-Heitmeyer, explains what is going on.
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Recent tests have demonstrated that Styrolux® 3G46, a highly transparent SBC plastic grade that BASF launched onto the market just in 2006, lends itself very well for blow molding (SBC: styrene butadiene block copolymer). In comparison to established transparent materials used for this method such as PVC, PET-G or PC, Styrolux is 30 percent lighter in weight and easier to process by extrusion blow molding (EBM) as well as by injection blow molding (IBM). Thus, a wide array of different types of transparent hollow objects such as storage containers and decorative vessels, sports drink bottles and dispensers can be manufactured cost-effectively.
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Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company, is continuing to expand the performance horizons of polyolefins with its pioneering nucleation technology. To be introduced to a broad audience for the first time at K 2007, Hyperform® HPN-20E makes cost-effective property modification of polyethylene (PE) a first-time reality for converters, resin and master batch producers, while providing a versatile, one-stop optimising solution for polypropylene (PP).
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Since May 2004, Constantia Packaging AG, Vienna, has owned a 25% + 1 share
equity interest in Austria Metall AG, Ranshofen (AMAG). In August 2006, Constantia
Packaging AG began negotiations with Klaus Hammerer GmbH to acquire its 40%
stake in AMAG, and thereby gain a majority interest.
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Fischer & Krecke delivers their first CI flexo press designed for the WetFlex process to UV-Flex GmbH, Aichstetten, Germany. The 10-color press, a FLEXPRESS 16S model, will be commissioned in the beginning of March. WetFlex is an innovative process in which the radiation cured inks developed by Sun Chemical are applied wet-on-wet to the substrate.
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Having invested in state-of-the-art printing press technology from W&H for the first time as far back as 2001 with the installation of a NOVOFLEX® C.I. flexo press, the Belgrade based company has recently added to its equipment a HELIOSTAR® GE rotogravure press as well as a VAREX® blown film line.
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