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Ontario-based Crawford Packaging has completed the acquisition of Celplast Packaging Systems Ltd (Celplast) and BVM USA Celplast, a Canadian shrink films, food trays and lids, lidding films and heat sealable films company, has a deep line of packaging equipment for a variety of markets including food and produce packaging, beverage,…

Austrian firm Starlinger Group has taken over the business unit Barmag Spinnzwirn based in Chemnitz (Germany) from Oerlikon. The integration of the related technologies for spinning lines for the production of tapes, monofilaments, yarns, and twisted yarns as well as texturing machines into the existing product portfolio holds significant potential for synergy effects in service,…

French oil/gas company Total, Austrian polyolefins maker Borealis and Canada-based Nova Chemicals Inc. have obtained approval for a joint venture in petrochemicals on the US Gulf Coast, after meeting all required regulatory approvals. The company named Bayport Polymers is 50% owned by Total and 50% owned by Novealis Holdings, a joint venture…

PU machinery maker Hennecke has made decisive advancements in wet compression moulding (WCM) technology through extensive process knowledge and on the basis of various customer requirements. WCM technology represents a production method said to be efficient for the high-volume production of fibre-reinforced structural components and is characterised by the fact…

The Brussels-headquartered European Commission (EC) has proposed a new set of EU-wide rules, targeting the reduction of use, as well as adoption of waste management schemes for ten types of single-use plastic products and abandoned fishing gear, most often found on Europe’s beaches and seas. These products are found to…

Technological innovation, on one hand, favours the acceleration of modern development as well as changes in various markets, while on the other, is driven by the latter two. Chinaplas, being a prominent platform for innovative technology and communication, is highly responsive to the needs and the trends, and always brings…

The world is shifting into high gear on sustainability. China, one of the major manufacturing countries of cars, has put emphasis on the development of energy-saving and new energy automobiles in its “Made in China 2025” strategy. According to a report in January 2018 by the China Association of Automobile…

Chinaplas, a leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industries, offers a technology-oriented platform for those sectors globally. Not only will 4,000 distinguished exhibitors showcase their advanced products and services at Chinaplas 2018, show organiser Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd will also hold several exciting concurrent events. These will include…

SHANGHAI (China) – More than 50,000 visitors turned up during the opening of Chinaplas 2018 on Tuesday, 24 April, exceeding figures from preceding shows. On the first day, Chinaplas 2018 posted a total of 51,980 visitors, or up 29% and 27% the number of visitors in the previous editions held…

After 31 editions, Asia’s no. 1 and the world’s no. 2 plastics and rubber trade fair Chinaplas is evolving, in response to the needs of the industries. This year, the show will move to a larger show venue – National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC), in Hongqiao, Shanghai. Applications from…