Welcome to E-News Update from Plastics & Rubber Asia

February 2011

LEAD FEATURE

Unravelling the rubber recycling tread

COMPANY NEWS

US companies doing better

Clariant to take over Süd-Chemie

KPPC ships heavy aromatics to Asia

Borouge awards contract for XLPE unit

Sabic ships first acetone load to India

MATERIALS NEWS

Fly ash to hit the roof

PET bottle comes on board

High heat resistant PEEK label

All-plastic wheelchair is wheeled out

TPU for high heat applications

Funding to develop carbon fibres

Pilot plant for carbon dioxide-based PUs

MACHINERY NEWS

German machinery sales pick up

Kreyenborg clinches Korean deal

Brückner buys PackSys Global

Icma extruder for lab line

EXHIBITION NEWS

MPlas in a right setting

RUBBER JOURNAL ASIA

Comar to settle into industrial site

More tyre bladders in South America

Competitive rubber material

Thailand on new rubber planting drive

New silicones for medical devices

INJECTION MOULDING ASIA

Sumitomo expands machine range

Hot gas welding integrated in injection moulding process

Mould maker expands portfolio with new company

New hybrid model ramps up vertical moulding

Kreyenborg clinches Korean deal

ear pump specialist Kreyenborg has secured a contract from South Korean Hyosung that involves providing equipment for a new PET plant in PET plant in Ulsan. The plant will be producing 150,000 tonnes of PET resin annually for use in polyester fibre production.

The equipment consists of melt filters from Kreyenborg, underwater pelletising systems from BKG, also a Kreyenborg company, together with one discharge pump and several booster pumps manufactured by Witte. The commissioning of the equipment is scheduled for the second quarter in 2011.

Witte Pumps & Technology has specialised in the production of precision gear pumps since 1984.