New cooperation agreement signed with Lithos
Bodo Möller Chemie and Lithos have signed a cooperation agreement appointing Bodo Möller Chemie distributor of Lithos products in following countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, France and Poland.
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Review of Arburg Technology Days 2011
The Technology Days have been successfully completed at Arburg, marking a good start for the current financial year 2011.
Solvay Advanced Polymers names Link Upon Advanced
Solvay Advanced Polymers, LLC, has named Link Upon Advanced Material Corp., Taipei , Taiwan , as an authorized distributor for KetaSpire polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and AvaSpire polyaryletherketone (PAEK) resins in the Far East. Effective April 1, Link Upon will handle distribution of these ultra-performance polymers in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China.
KraussMaffei launches smartphone mobile assistant
KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH and Technische Informationssysteme GmbH (T.I.G.), Rankwill, Austria, recently signed a cooperation agreement.
Battenfeld-Cincinnati wins intellectual property rights lawsuit against Chinese manufacturer
After seven years of litigation, Battenfeld-Cincinnati (Foshan) Extrusion Systems Ltd., the leading supplier in extrusion machinery industry in China, finally won its intellectual property rights case against Donghua Machinery in 2010.
Coperion: large order for 100 million euros
Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, landed the biggest single contract in the company's history with a volume of 100 million Euros in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Krones reports stable uptrend
Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, has, according to the provisional figures, finished the 2010 business year within the bandwidth of its best-case prognosis.
Italian manufacturers of printing and converting machines in 2010
With a turnover of €1,700 million in 2010, approximately €1,250 million came from overseas sales. These figures should be sufficient to explain the vital role played by exports for the Italian manufacturers of printing and converting machines.
Gabriel Chemie doubled its production capacity
European masterbatch supplier Gabriel Chemie plans to double its production capacity in Russia during 2011.
Cooperation between Coca Cola and ECO Plastics
Coca Cola and ECO Plastics (AWS) set to double PET recycling facility to 75,000 tonnes per year.
Tsunami in Japan trigger plastic raw material price increases
The price of plastic raw materials in Southeast Asia has increased up USD 20-30 per ton. It was following a refinery explosion in the tsunami that occurred in Japan.
Agricultural films
Plastics have been used to increase food production and conserve water for 50 years in horticulture and agriculture: the demand in this market was 2.8 million tonnes in 2009.
