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KHS plans to build a new plant and service centre in Kunshan, China to enable the enabling the company to respond more quickly to the local market, it said. As one of the leading global manufacturers of filling and packaging systems, KHS has been serving the Chinese beverage industry since…

The theme of this year’s K2019, held in October in Düsseldorf, Germany, was on the circular economy, given that in the last few years plastics and the waste generated have become a sore issue. Thus, companies are embarking on a sustainable path by way of the circular economy. Machinery makers…

State-owned oil company Saudi Aramco has kicked off its initial public offering (IPO) to float on the domestic bourse in what is said to be the world’s largest listing. However, against the back of delays in the announcement, Aramco did not specify on the number of shares to be sold,…

United Soft Plastics, a manufacturer and custom compounder of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), has opened a new 4,500-tonne production facility in Houston in response to strong market demand for its extensive line of TPE products. The new plant, which complements USP’s existing facility in Lawrenceville, Ga., consists of new compounding equipment…

US chemical firm Dow and Germany’s Evonik are partnering to bring a unique method for directly synthesising propylene glycol (PG) from propylene and hydrogen peroxide to market maturity. The basis for the method, named Hyprosyn, has been created over the last few years by a team of over 100 Evonik employees. The key element…

The majority of beverage containers in the US are made of PET and in terms of total sales, the US market was the largest bottled water consumer in 2017. According to Statista, the US bottled water sales volume came to about 13.7 billion gallons. Thus, America’s leading beverage companies –…

US extrusion machinery company Davis-Standard says that its recent participation at K2019 resulted in sales of over US$17 million. The new orders represent the full spectrum of Davis-Standard’s product lines, including orders for pipe and tube systems, blown film systems and coating and lamination systems. In addition to complete lines,…

Austrian extrusion machinery firm SML is developing foamed sheet for hot fill applications with new features in terms of heat resistance, insulation and recyclability in a joint R&D programme together with German thermoforming machinery maker Kiefel. The basis for these new products is a three-layer PET (or PP) sheet with…

Extrusion machinery firm Reifenhäuser timed the opening of its technology centre at its headquarters in Troisdorf, Germany, for the K2019 show. The construction work and installation work was completed to fully modernise what it says is the largest R&D centre for plastics extrusion technology. The centre houses seven high-tech lines…

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Adani Group, German chemicals firm BASF and Austria’s Borealis have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to engage in a joint feasibility study to further evaluate a collaboration for the establishment of a chemical complex in Mundra, Gujarat, India. This is the next step…