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US extrusion machinery maker Davis-Standard will exhibit a high-speed unwind during K2016 that is engineered for splice speeds up to 800 m/minute for sensitive, thin webs. This unwind features pneumatic splice-unit control for improved processing and functionality. It is uniquely engineered for extrusion coating applications involving aluminium foil and PE…

Riyadh-headquartered Sabic’s focus will be solutions to minimise food wastage, reduce weight and lower carbon footprint of packaging materials. Thus, it will showcase new high-flow PP Flowpact products for thinwall food packaging where a good balance of high stiffness and high flow is required; and LDPE film grade for thin-gauge packaging. New advanced…

Swiss firm Clariant’s new PV Fast Yellow H4G is to replace lead chromates in PVC and polyolefins. This FDA-compliant organic benzimidazolone is said to have three times the colour strength of lead-based pigments, so lower levels are needed, as well as opacity and weather fastness. Also new is quinacridone PV Fast Pink…

Under the banner of Careperformance, Austria’s Erema will unveil its recycling 4.0 initiative at the K2016 show. Building on the high level of automation of its Interema recycling technology, introduced at K2013, the company has developed what it calls a smart factory package for recyclers and producers. Careperformance will be shown live…

Swiss machine maker WM Thermoforming Machines will debut the Twist700, designed to produce containers in PP, PP/EVOH, and PET that require high quality and narrow dimensional tolerances. Italy’s OMV, which belongs to Swiss industrial group Wifag-Polytype Holdings, will showcase its fully automated RM77 Revolver, with in-mould trimming, for making cups and tubes. It has a revolving…

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, will broaden its collaboration with Engineering Plastics division of Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corp to promote Clariant’s non-halogenated flame retardants (FR) to a host of applications in China. Shinkong Engineering Plastics belongs to Taiwan’s top three enterprise, Shinkong Group. As a leading supplier of…

At K 2016, US-headquartered Maguire Products, and Italy-based Syncro srl divulge their partnership to provide customers of both companies with an extensive platform of options for materials and extrusion control. Maguire has taken an investment position with Syncro that will lead to a portfolio of technologies drawing on Maguire’s experience…

As a result of an explosion and subsequent fires at BASF’s site in Ludwigshafen, on Monday, 17 October, two employees from the company’s internal fire department and a seaman of a tanker anchored in the harbour died in the fire. Eight people were seriously injured, 22 others were slightly injured.…

Europe’s plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers anticipate that sales will grow by an average of 1.8% in the current year and in the two years ahead. “This forecast means that the industry in the member countries of EUROMAP will continue to grow,” reports Luciano Anceschi, President of EUROMAP, the European…

The new C tec PRO is a fully automatic container mixer system launched by Detmold,Germany-based MTI Mischtechnik. The new machine imposes no idle time for cleaning in the event of a recipe switch, according to its maker. For each new batch, C tec PRO changes the relevant container along with…