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12-16 August, 2016
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TAIPEI PLAS 2016
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Company News
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Amcor buys Canadian moulder
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Australia-headquartered packaging giant Amcor’s rigid plastics unit in the US has purchased Plastic Moulders Ltd, a privately held Toronto-based custom precision moulding business. “This acquisition will continue our growth strategy,” said Mike Schmitt, Amcor Rigid Plastics President. “Plastic Moulders’ technologies and superior technical capabilities will strengthen our business...
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Materials News
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AkzoNobel & Royal Cosun to develop sustainable cellulose products from sugar beet processing
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AkzoNobel and agro-industrial cooperative Royal Cosun have formed a new partnership to develop novel products from cellulose side streams resulting from sugar beet processing. The partnership will combine Royal Cosun's specialist knowledge in separating and purifying agricultural process side streams...
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Machinery News
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Kistler acquires Schatz Group
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Swiss dynamic pressure, force, torque, and acceleration measurement equipment company Kistler is taking over Schatz in Remscheid (Germany) and its US sales and service company, Schatz USA. Terms were not disclosed. Kistler says the acquisition gives it new potential applications in quality assurance in industrial manufacturing while Schatz can now market...
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PRA May 2016
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ON THE COVER:
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Infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, are more and more being made of sustainable materials, such as recycled post-consumer plastic materials
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Sri Lanka reducestax on raw rubber exports to increase prices
The Sri Lankan government agreed to cut the taxes on raw rubber exports from Rs15/kilo to Rs4, according to recent reports. This is an attempt to increase rubber prices by also increasing the competition between raw rubber exporters and domestic rubber producers. According to Media Minister GayanthaKarunatillake, 80% of the natural rubber grown in the island is consumed by domestic industrialists while the remaining 20% is exported. Karunatillaketold a news conference that the reduction
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Near net shape technology developed for PEEK/PAI; results in materials savings
US-based Piper Plastics, a provider of polymer materials and precision machined plastic components and assemblies, has developed a proprietary high pressure moulding technology that is said to yield near net shape polymers up to 2” thick without porosity, voids or sinks. The process, which utilises moulding equipment designed and developed by Piper Plastics, allows the company to mould high performance thermoplastics, filled or unfilled, with isotropic mechanical properties...
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