British Plastics & Rubber articles from April 2007

British Plastics & Rubber archives from April 2007

Conferences & exhibitions.(Calendar)
April 1, 2007

Plastics: the new enabling materials for electronics: a new age is dawning in electronics with concepts once the stuff of science fiction poised to become commercial reality, and polymers making fact of the fantasy.(engineering materials)
April 1, 2007

Thermally-conductive plastic is bio-sourced.(engineering materials)
April 1, 2007

New technologies in EPDM are unveiled by DSM.(engineering materials)
April 1, 2007

Polyscope SMA goes on sale.(engineering materials)
April 1, 2007

Tandem + MuCell cuts cycles by more than half.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Trexel gets back microcellular patent rights ...(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

... While Cinpres asserts its gas injection position.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Water injection is faster than gas for automotive hose.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Sulzer introduces pin mixing screw tip.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Servo-driven pump 'gives electric machine performance' but at lower cost.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

LSR expansion at Arrow Medical.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Arburg invests 'eight figures' in customer care.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Toyo adds all-electrics and twin shot machines.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

DVDs in under 2 seconds.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

1 million+ [pounds sterling] order is part of Thumbs Up second stage expansion.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Arburg injection moulds leather.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

D-M-E adds off-the-shelf stack mould gear systems and higher accuracy ejector pins.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Turnkey tooling--just add cores and cavities.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Temperature and pressure monitoring gets smaller, hotter and simpler.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Temperature controllers for multi-cavity hot runners.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Plan ahead to control sinking.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Husky plans open day on medical moulding.
April 1, 2007

Latest Roboshots on show.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Convert to injection blow and back again.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Automating moulding 'essential for long term competitiveness'.(injection moulding)
April 1, 2007

Force feeder increases throughput or cuts power consumption.(reclamation & recycling)
April 1, 2007

Bottle-to-bottle recycling of HDPE milk bottles.(reclamation & recycling)
April 1, 2007

Rosehill recycles rubber round the clock for railways.(reclamation & recycling)
April 1, 2007

New premises to match increased demand.(reclamation & recycling)
April 1, 2007

More efficient metal detection.(reclamation & recycling)
April 1, 2007

Electrostatic separation removes contaminants other methods won't touch.(reclamation & recycling)
April 1, 2007

Air Wash cleans the dust out of regrind while it's being conveyed.(reclamation & recycling)
April 1, 2007

Retrofit combination unit replaces PET crystalliser/dryer installations.(reclamation & recycling)
April 1, 2007

DMS-Diemould CAD files now downloadable from website.(tooling)
April 1, 2007

Sodick launches world's first hybrid wire EDM.(tooling)
April 1, 2007

Soft touch films can be recycled with ABS substrate.(film & sheet)
April 1, 2007

Customised forming features to become standard.(film & sheet)
April 1, 2007

Lab film line is dedicated to biodegradable film.(film & sheet)
April 1, 2007

Peerless protects PET at New York handbag emporium.(film & sheet)
April 1, 2007

Tricool bought out of administration.(temperature control)
April 1, 2007

Thermocouple calibrator reaches high temperatures.(temperature control)
April 1, 2007

Solvent-free PU dispersions for coating plastics.(finishing)
April 1, 2007

Buy-out at plastic staking equipment company.(finishing)
April 1, 2007

Universal adhesive can seal to IP68.(finishing)
April 1, 2007

Calibration tool improves laser marking accuracy.(finishing)
April 1, 2007

Diverter valve leaks less than other types.(materials handling)
April 1, 2007

Automated system handles three tests at once ...(testing & quality control)
April 1, 2007

... While notch cutter takes 12 at a time.(testing & quality control)
April 1, 2007

SATRA expands fading and weathering testing.(testing & quality control)
April 1, 2007

Is that a laboratory in your pocket?(testing & quality control)
April 1, 2007

More energy-efficient PET grades from Eastman.(blow moulding)
April 1, 2007

Software predicts true cost of ownership of processing equipment.(energy efficiency)
April 1, 2007

Machine manufacturer Kautex is sold again.(blow moulding)
April 1, 2007

More interest-free funding for energy saving.(energy efficiency)
April 1, 2007

Adviser gets wiser: Moldflow is the grand daddy of injection moulding process simulation but is still sprightly enough to learn new tricks. Clive Maier looks at what is new in the latest incarnation of its Plastics Adviser.(software)
April 1, 2007

Shop floor control system for extrusion and thermoforming.(software)
April 1, 2007

Software directory.(software)(Directory)
April 1, 2007

Polymerhouse.com.(what's new on the web)
April 1, 2007

Euro-Moulders raw materials cost index.(what's new on the web)
April 1, 2007

myPlasticsIndustry.com.(what's new on the web)
April 1, 2007

Arkema Pebax polyether block amides.(what's new on the web)(Website overview)
April 1, 2007

Online-X.(what's new on the web)
April 1, 2007

Delcam cuts the cost of moving from design to manufacture.(software)
April 1, 2007

Software-based tool kit for materials and design.(software)
April 1, 2007

Mattec gets more ERP back-up.(software)
April 1, 2007

Biodegradable plastics are all at sea.(update)
April 1, 2007

Waste paint toughens acrylic and extends HDPE.(update)
April 1, 2007

Extra labelling needed for phthalate-containing medical devices.(update)
April 1, 2007

New Krauss Maffei tightens up Mannesmann Plastics Machinery.(update)
April 1, 2007

Canadian mining town beats San Francisco to North American bag ban.(update)
April 1, 2007

Styrene majors get together in joint ventures.(materials marketplace)
April 1, 2007

Akcros Chemicals is sold.(materials marketplace)
April 1, 2007

BASF realigns its nylon portfolio.(materials marketplace)
April 1, 2007

Biesterfeld Petroplas gets Ineos agency.(materials marketplace)
April 1, 2007

Dow invests more in European polyurethanes.(buyers' guide: materials)
April 1, 2007

Lanxess plans to optimise EPDM production.(buyers' guide: materials)
April 1, 2007

Gabriel-Chemie to make masterbatch near Moscow.(buyers' guide: materials)
April 1, 2007

E-business booms for BASF.(buyers' guide: materials)
April 1, 2007

Recent price increases.
April 1, 2007