2014-2015 Exhibitions
Lead Features
Piovan: 50 years as a key player in the world of plastics
For Italian auxiliary equipment maker Piovan (1964-2014), with 50 years in existence and with more than 50,000 customers worldwide, it has attained important milestones which for it are the fundamental building blocks for pursuing new goals. This year, Piovan celebrates...
Davis-Standard: Moving up the global curve
Industry players have one ultimate goal, which is to expand to the world market. With this in mind, global machinery player Davis-Standard is harnessing efforts on its “The Global Advantage™” philosophy. Over the last few years, the firm has centred on its globalisation and...
Navigating in Asia with packaging at the helm
Japan-headquartered Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI), a strong player in the Southeast Asian region through its Singapore-based Mitsui Chemicals Asia Pacific (MCAP) affiliate, is staying true to its focus of achieving its double-digit growth target in the packaging market segment in...
Is Asia ready for the market?
Given that Asia has abundant shale gas/oil deposits, the lack of infrastructure and technologies related to water supply and utilisation, chemicals and drilling are curbing its potential to clinch a bigger market share in this capital-intensive sector...
Latest Headlines
Indorama expands to Turkey with purchase of SASA New - Colloids to set up first plant outside UK, in China New
- BASF reinforcing amines leadership with new plant in Germany
- Lotte to start up 200 kt PET plant in the UK with new pelletiser
- Sacmi sells Plastics Division/Negri Bossi to US firm
- Engel sets up new plant/subsidiary in China; to compete with Asian suppliers
- Two-ply film process with 100% scrap material
- MMA 2014: Biennial industry show to boost further Singapore’s medical
manufacturing - Maag/Automatik to supply systems to M&G's largest PET plant in the US
- Taghleef to strengthen European position with purchase of Spanish film maker
- Lanxess starts up Brazil plant; output for auto sector
- Exhibitors’ Council meet for K2016; Chairman retains post
- AMUT offers new system to improve recycled PET quality
- Siapi claims highest speed with new blow moulder
- Lubrizol targeting CPVC capacity in India for pipe systems
- Borealis to increase XLPE capacity by 20 kilotonnes
- New Solar Impulse ultralight plane unveiled
- Lanxess’s material testing centre adds on creep testing machinery
- First biobased pigments; feedstock from Myriant
- BASF/Sinopec start-up Chinese acrylic acid and SAP plants
- Rajoo offers new flat drip irrigation plant for India’s agro industry
- Erema adds up more global facilities for trials and technical support
- ExxonMobil's STC to showcase demos during Chinaplas
- Evonik starts new R&D project for medical technology in the US/Germany
- Lanxess to mothball pilot plants; tests on new butyl rubber process successful
- Piovan: 50 years as a key player in the world of plastics
- Davis-Standard: Moving up the global curve
- Navigating in Asia with packaging at the helm
- Is Asia ready for the market?
Company News
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Petronas board approves US$27 bn Pengerang development
Malaysia’s state oil and gas company Petronas will proceed to invest US$27 billion towards the development of the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Malaysia’s southern Johor, which comprises a world scale Refinery...
Materials News
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Well-deserved make over
Recently, a fast food outlet in the US was exposed using a plasticenhancing chemical additive in several food items. This has made plastic additives a health villain in the eyes of the public. Yet for the plastics industry, additives are “heroes”, since the enhancers provide throngs of...
Machinery News
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Contitech expands to blow moulding with acquisitions
German automotive parts maker ContiTech has expanded its plastics expertise with the acquisition of two companies: Inotec Innovative Technologie in Kohren-Sahlis and Präzisionstechnik Geithain in Geithain. With some 80 employees...
PRA March/April 2014
ON THE COVER:
Davis-Standard will showcase the new dsX medical tubing line at Chinaplas. With over ten extrusion/converting product lines in its portfolio, the firm supports applications in the packaging, automotive, medical, construction, technical and speciality sectors
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Philippines visited India to improve rubber production
Rubber is poised to emerge as a potent growth driver for economic relations between India and the Philippines which have remained muted over the years. A 35-member delegation from the Philippines, including government officials, rubber and products manufacturers, visited India and held...
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Targeting efficiency in packaging/medical sectors
As the pressure to reduce costs continues to rise, efficiency and automation will increasingly become the focus for processors in Asia. It with this in mind that machine makers will exhibit at Chinaplas, showcasing applications for packaging and medical sectors. Austrian machine maker Engel will be demonstrating four integrated...
