The current Dollar rate does not make US Business for European companies very easy. Watertown Plastics Inc. based in Connecticut (USA) together with its main customer Axilone – a well-known French manufacturer of cosmetic caps and closures – decided nevertheless to invest in Multi-injection technology from Billion. This strategic choice creates a transatlantic link to bring Know-how from Europe in the USA. The aim is to generate more added values.
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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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With the slogan “low energy, high performance” exhibits Netstal, the Swiss manufacturer of injection moulding machines, for the first time at the international trade fair Interpack in Düsseldorf/Germany. On show is Netstal's ELION machine which is by now perfectly established in the market. An application from the area of thin-wall injection moulding demonstrates effectively how well the models of this all-electric machine range perform. In its participation in the Interpack Netstal also picks up two mega trends in the plastics trade.
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‘The Universe of Pre-filled Syringes and Injection Devices’ has for many years been a magnet of attention for the pharma industry. On 27 and 28 November 2007 pharmaceutical and medical practitioners from all over Europe are again expected at the highly specialised congress being held by the PDA (Parenteral Drug Association), this time in Berlin. With extremely advanced technologies – particularly but not only in the field of ready-to-fill (RTF®) sterile syringes – the Gerresheimer Group opens interesting windows on the future of injections: a detailed lecture deals with special equipment for sensitive injection materials and a poster presentation analyses the priorities in practice safety and convenience for syringe systems. Stand 39 provides a condensed product overview.
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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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Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., a world leader in the injection molding industry, has named Mike Urquhart its new Vice President, Service and Sales, Latin America. Mr. Urquhart will take on leadership responsibility for growing Husky’s business in the territory. He succeeds Rod Selem, who is leaving the Company.
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RPC Bramlage has enhanced its renowned standard range of personal care packaging with the launch of a roll-on deo container that meets demand from brands for a cost-effective alternative to bespoke designs that still delivers excellent functionality and style.
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To support customers who have a commitment to environmental protection, Rexam today features three major lines of product innovation for its make-up packaging business:
1) the injection of corn-based resin
2) the injection of wood-based resin
3) the design and manufacture of refillable packagings
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