British Plastics & Rubber articles from January 2006

British Plastics & Rubber archives from January 2006

Conferences & exhibitions.(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... Applications--medical February 15-16 Medical Device Technology 2006. Exhibition and conference at the NEC, Birmingham. 020 8987 0938 (e-mail chris.mott@octomedia.org, web site www.mdtevents.com). February 17 Plastics in Medical...

Lab lines planned for training on multi-layer film.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... BLOWN film equipment capable of producing complex multi-layer films is being made available for customer trials and training by Brampton Engineering of Canada and Windmoller & Holscher of Germany. To take the mystery out of multi-layer,...

1,800 kg/hr cast stretch film line for Ukraine.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... A BATTENFELD Gloucester cast stretch film line has been delivered to a Ukrainian company to make 3 m wide 5-layer film for simultaneous production of six 500 mm rolls at up to 600 m/min in thicknesses from 12 to 50 microns. The line,...

Infra red dryers are part of $1 m South African PET sheet project.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... UPM Machinery Sales has liaised with the UK branch of Taiwanese thermoforming sheet line producer Sunwell Global to produce a $1 m turn key line for Zibo Containers of South Africa to make PET sheet for forming into fruit boxes. The...

More capacity for water soluble film.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... PRODUCTION capacity at soluble film producer MonoSol AF in Hartlebury, Worcestershire, is to be increased as part of an expansion plan by its US-based parent MonoSol. MonoSol AF, formerly Aquafilm, makes water soluble laundry bags and...

New German producer of twin wall PP.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... A NEW company has started up in Germany making twin wall polypropylene sheet for applications such as one-way and re-usable packaging, interior fittings in vehicles, or as lightweight partitions for trade fair and interior fixtures. To...

PP sweet wrap runs at a tonne an hour.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... Italian manufacturer Gruppo Colines has built its highest output multi-layer cast polypropylene line for a South American company. The Polycast line is making five-layer CPP film, 2,100 mm wide and during tests with different films structures...

PLA pitch for phone and store cards.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... After making increasing headway in packaging products, biodegradable polylactic acid is to be used to make prepaid phone cards. NatureWorks PLA is being incorporated as the base sheet material which makes up 95 per cent of a phone card by UV...

Memory printed on plastic film.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... AN electronic memory device printed on a plastic film has been prototyped by a Japanese research group. The Organic Semiconductor Devices Group of the Photonics Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and...

Berstorff adds lines for standard packaging sheet.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... Berstorff is perhaps best known in the film and sheet sector for special purpose lines and equipment to make film and sheet for engineering applications, but the company is now building thermoforming sheet lines for packaging. There are...

Approval certificate 'means winder safety can be trusted'.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... Windmoller & Holscher claims to be the first manufacturer to offer a film winder with a GS approval certificate. The Hamburg employers' liability insurance association has awarded a GS safety tested mark to the company's Filmatic S winder. The...

Small scale calender is redesigned.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... BATTENFELD's Calandrette alternative to a calender for the production of small or medium-sized batches of PVC film has been revamped and is now available in two new sizes with an extended performance range. A complete Calandrette line...

Shrink film line will integrate calendering and stretching.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... A line for shrink sleeve film to be A brought into service by Italian PVC film and sheet specialist Alfatherm later this year will use a proprietary one-step process to integrate film calendering and stretching. The company says this gives...

PE film grade combines toughness with processability.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... A NEW polyethylene grade for blown film production has just been introduced by Nova Chemicals for film needing premium toughness and high seal strength without sacrificing processability. Surpass FPs016-C is an octene polyethylene produced...

Process aid speeds up PP film production.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... A PROCESS aid for polypropylene from Viba of Italy is recommended for both blown and cast film, and for BOPP production. Vibatan Process Aid 100 is said to increase melt flow and therefore give a higher extrusion speed: tests carried out on...

Fast film cuts costs.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... GETTING high throughput by running small capacity lines very fast can lower both capital and operating costs. Small lines are cheaper to buy and need less real estate. They can also demand a lower maintenance overhead, and need less power. In...

Davis-Standard builds on Black Clawson control technology.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... THE integration of Davis-Standard and Black Clawson in May last year to form Davis-Standard Converting Systems Group has brought Black Clawson control technology into the Davis-Standard film and sheet equipment range with the aptly-named...

Piovan dedicates temperature control to extrusion.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... A RANGE of temperature controllers has been designed specifically for extrusion by Piovan. To achieve a high heat exchange rate they have heating capacities up to 80 kW and the water or oil is pumped at high flow and high pressure. In one...

Linear motor improves control of re-winder contact roll.(FILM & SHEET PRODUCTION)
January 1, 2006... Bruckner Maschinenbau has replaced a hydro-pneumatic contact roll positioning system on a high performance 10 m BOPP film line at Manuli Film of Italy with its Liwind linear motor winding system. The line is claimed to be the largest and...

Wardle Storeys takes laminating in-house.(FILM & SHEET CONVERSION)
January 1, 2006... After sending its PVC fabrics and films out to flame laminators for many years, Wardle Storeys has now installed a Web Processing laminating machine to perform this process in-house. The plant allows a range of PVC products to be continuously...

PC helps glass resist bomb blasts and bullets.(FILM & SHEET CONVERSION)
January 1, 2006... THREE new transparent armour laminates for glazing applications have been produced by GE Advanced Materials for buildings, armoured vehicles, banks, government offices or wherever personal protection and security are required. GE says they have...

In-line thermoforming gets faster.(FILM & SHEET CONVERSION)
January 1, 2006... IN-LINE thermoforming machines have been developed by Amut to produce 180,000 cups per hour. Speeds of FFG models for offline operation have also been increased and 'dead' times reduced. The AMP550 thermoforming machine incorporates form...

Automation cells for multiple finishing operations.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
January 1, 2006... FORWARD+Thompson has developed cell structures for demoulding and secondary finishing operations requiring six-axis robotic handling. A press-side demoulding and finishing cell is intended to stand by the side of a moulding machine and...

Yushin adds robots for use on 100-5,000 tonne moulding machines.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
January 1, 2006... THREE new Webliner beam type take out robots have been introduced by Yushin for injection moulding machines in the 100 to 220, 1,000 to 1,600 and 1,500 to 5,000 tonne ranges. The RAII-[alpha]-150S-HS, for the smaller range, is offered in S...

Ductless design saves space.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
January 1, 2006... The new TM Robotics TH1050 four axis horizontal SCARA robot is built without a cable duct which cuts down the necessary installation space. It has a reach of 1,050 mm and maximum payload of 20 kg. Maximum speed in the Z axis is 2,000 mm/sec and...

Automation is growth business for Sandretto.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
January 1, 2006... AVALON Plastics has added a Sandretto automation package to an injection moulding cell based on a 1,000 tonne machine at its Glastonbury plant. The project included the commissioning and installation of two linear robots, cooling, materials...

More advanced software supports latest robots from ABB.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
January 1, 2006... THE Safe Home Run is a feature of ABB's latest programming and control software RobotWare Plastics--Mould. It retains a spatial picture of the robot's operating envelope and enables the robot to move from anywhere in that envelope back to a...

Automated IR welding system replaces glueing, cuts time and emissions.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
January 1, 2006... AN infra red welding system with Heraeus Noblelight emitters installed at Lichfield-based Hepworth Drainage has eliminated environmental problems associated with the hot melt adhesive technique used previously. Among Hepworth's products is...

Wittmann extends the 7-Series.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
January 1, 2006... MID-SIZED linear robots have been added to Wittmann's 7-Series. These have a horizontal stroke up to 4,000 mm and vertical axis, depending on robot model, up to 2,600 mm. In order to minimize the mould opening motion for shortest part removal...

Air, power and coolant connected in one click.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
January 1, 2006... A system for the simultaneous connection of air, cooling fluids and electricity has been developed by Staubli and its sister company, Multi-Contact. Bringing each of these connections into a single system saves time and eliminates crossed...

Tool changer knows where tools are and what to do if they break.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
January 1, 2006... A NEW tool change station has been introduced for KMT Cutting Systems six-axis robotic Cutting Box Routing systems which allows tools to be changed while the routing system is in operation. It also offers an automatic update of tool parameters...

Fanuc raises its sights on electric machine sales.(INJECTION MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... JAPANESE injection moulding machine manufacturer Fanuc has raised its targets for sales of all-electric machines in Europe with a new joint venture company. It has combined with its longtime distributor Mitsui to form Fanuc Roboshot Europe...

Ceramic screws could soon be a reality.(INJECTION MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... BATTENFELD Injection Molding is gearing up for commercial production of ceramic screws for injection moulding machines. The company began development of ceramic screws--to resist wear from abrasive and corrosive materials--around four years ago...

Hybrid Negri cuts energy costs at Wicks.(INJECTION MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... The largest Negri Bossi PX machine in the UK at 330 tonnes has been installed at Wicks Plastics in Bolton. The PX is a high speed packaging machine built for energy efficiency. It has a fully-electric clamp and ejector using water-cooled...

In-mould closing mechanism is smaller and more powerful.(INJECTION MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... PROFINE Molds of Canada has introduced improved proClose mechanisms for closing flip top caps in-mould to reduce post moulding operations. The new systems are 10 per cent smaller than original versions introduced in 2003 and may be...

Tent-in-a-box is an instant clean room.(INJECTION MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... AN INSTANT clean room was demonstrated at a recent in-house exhibition by Boy. Clean-Tent, described as 'the cleanroom in a box', is an inflatable tent zipped to a groundsheet that can accommodate a small injection moulding machine. In the Boy...

How to persuade more out of packaging machines.(INJECTION MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... 'MORE value between the tie bars' is Husky's description of the development needed to keep driving down the cost of injection moulded packaging. The traditional way to improve output per capital (parts per hour divided by capital invested) has...

Micro moulding and parts handling, all within a standard machine.(INJECTION MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... One of the current Boy demonstration machines touring the world's plastics exhibitions is showing micro moulding on a standard machine--a 12 tonne Boy 12 equipped with 'the world's only standard 12 mm plasticising unit' giving shot volumes...

Standard insert moulder takes Arburg back to its roots.(INJECTION MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... THE new vertical machine from Arburg is now available in the UK. The fully-hydraulic Allrounder 175V (175 x 175 mm platens) is Arburg's first machine for insert encapsulation to be available as a standard model and is reminiscent of the kinds...

Biodegradables for barrier bottles?(BLOW MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... Barrier bottles made from plastics from renewable sources instead of PET are being researched by NatureWorks, which makes polylactic acid (PLA), a biodegradable plastic made from corn starch. The use of PLA for packaging has previously been...

Blow moulding TPV ups heat resistance.(BLOW MOULDING)
January 1, 2006... A NEW blow moulding grade of thermoplastic vulcanisate that withstands much higher service temperatures has been introduced by Zeon Chemicals. Hitherto, low durometer TPV parts have been limited to service below 140 degC, but Zeotherm 120-90B...

Revamp for planetary extruder.(COMPOUNDING)
January 1, 2006... MAJOR changes have been made to Battenfeld's series of planetary compounding extruders with the aim of greater flexibility, higher output and lower cost. The whole planetary gear unit has been redesigned with improvements to the geometry...

Increased business sparks investment at Perrite.(COMPOUNDING)
January 1, 2006... NEW contracts for a speciality compound used to maintain oil temperature and flow rate in flexible pipes and risers in deep water oil applications will bring a 1 million [pounds sterling] investment in a new extrusion line at JGP Perrite's...

Clariant plans further investment at Wigan.(COMPOUNDING)
January 1, 2006... CLARIANT's British masterbatch business, which has been consolidated at its Wigan plant since the closure of the old Watford Mercury Plastics masterbatch site, began trading on January 1 as Clariant Masterbatches UK. Clariant is also upgrading...

Wire coating additive speeds extrusion 'by 55 per cent'.(PIPE & PROFILE)
January 1, 2006... DOW is claiming a potential 55 per cent increase in extrusion speed for wire coating lines using a new polymer enhancement technology. The FR EVA 100 NT EXP 1 material is added to the compound at 4-8 per cent. Dow says it: * Cures peroxide...

Twin screw extrusion equipment and extrusion measurement systems get UK representation.(PIPE & PROFILE)
January 1, 2006... GERMAN twin screw extruder components manufacturer Extricom now has representation in Britain through former Berstorff general manager Rupert Wilson. Extricom makes screws, barrels and shafts as either pattern replacements for most...

World's biggest extruder--again.(PIPE & PROFILE)
January 1, 2006... In 2001 Berstorff claimed a record for building the biggest single screw extruder in the world. Now it is to do it again with an order for an 800 mm machine for Huntsman's LDPE plant being built on Teesside. The KE800x12D melt-fed extruder...

RoHS compliance needs your attention now: the forthcoming RoHS Directive, which will limit the use of some materials used in plastics additives, has significant implications. Tin research, development and marketing organisation Tin Technology warns that many companies are still unaware of the full implications of the Directive but should now be taking the necessary steps to meet the deadline date.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
January 1, 2006... RoHS (Restriction of use of certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is an EU Directive that restricts the use of six hazardous materials in the manufacture of various types of electronic and electrical equipment. It...

FR nylons notch up approvals and certification.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
January 1, 2006... Conformation to RoHS and WEE is assured for new UL-certified glass filled flame retardant halogen- and phosphorus-free nylons from Frisetta. They also achieve the GWIT requirements of the IEC 60335 standard for household and similar electrical...

Distrupol electrical comparator simplifies selection.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
January 1, 2006... DISTRUPOL has added an Electrical Performance Comparator Card to its toolbox of aids for designers and moulders engaged in the development and production of electrical components. The plastics materials sold by the company for use in...

New conductive compound has high impact strength.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
January 1, 2006... A CONDUCTIVE compound with particularly high impact strength for heavy-duty injection moulded products requiring permanent static-safe performance has been introduced by Cabot Corporation. The new grade--Cabelec XS4865--has been designed to...

Improved sealing compounds for low temperatures and higher mechanicals.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
January 1, 2006... NEW fluoropolymer compounds from Parker Hannifin and Dyneon bring new extremes of operation for hydraulic seals while a new-found ability to injection mould it brings Lanxess EVM into the frame. Fluoroelastomer sealing systems have been...

Smaller beads for Arcel mouldable foam.(PACKAGING MATERIALS)
January 1, 2006... Nova Chemicals has introduced a new version of its Arcel 730 mouldable foam material with a smaller bead size that improves performance and expands the range of packaging applications. The 25 per cent reduction in size places Arcel materials in...

SMC replaces metal fabrications.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
January 1, 2006... THE thermoset load-bearing support frames introduced by Control Techniques are said to be a first for the large AC variable speed drives industry. The frames are produced by compression moulding polyester sheet moulding compound and replace the...

Long fibre concentrates cut compound requirements.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
January 1, 2006... THERE is a growing trend to use dilution technology when injection moulding glass-filled materials to reduce the quantity of compounded material used by diluting a concentrated long glass fibre compound with the PP at the injection moulding...

Arkema focuses fuel line technologies.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
January 1, 2006... ARKEMA has grouped its entire range of automotive fuel line multi-layer systems under the new trademark Rilperm. At the same time, the company is. introducing a new nomenclature to designate the various Rilperm grades. One of the first...

New process for carbon nanotubes widens their commercial potential.(ADDITIVES)
January 1, 2006... THE cost of making carbon nanotubes on an industrial scale has been reduced by a process developed by Bayer MaterialScience, which is planning to market the material as Baytubes. The process is said to overcome problems of high price--up to...

Ciba ties up silver antimicrobial technology.(ADDITIVES)
January 1, 2006... CIBA Specialty Chemicals has acquired exclusive access to antimicrobial technology based on high porosity elemental silver through a new marketing co-operation with Bio-Gate Bioinnovative Materials of Germany. As well as material technology the...

Meet the buyers.(TOOLING)
January 1, 2006... A 'meet the buyers' event is to be held by the Gauge and Toolmakers Association and the British Plastics Federation to bring moulding and toolmaking buyers from major companies face to face with potential suppliers. It will be held at Coventry...

CopyCAD speeds route from scan data to mould.(TOOLING)
January 1, 2006... THE latest release of Delcam's CopyCAD reverse engineering program makes it easier to get from scan data to mould design, thanks to new functions, which include the ability to flatten 3D triangle models into 2D shapes and an extra wrapping...

Delcam's PS-Moldmaker software for the 3D design of injection moulds has also been enhanced.(TOOLING)
January 1, 2006... * Delcam's PS-Moldmaker software for the 3D design of injection moulds has also been enhanced. New in this release is the Mould Lock Wizard. Like the other wizards in PS-Moldmaker, this provides an automatic method for defining parts. The locks...

Tool leasing scheme from the GTMA.(TOOLING)
January 1, 2006... A TOOL leasing scheme has been started by the Gauge and Toolmakers Association to help both toolmakers and moulders. The scheme is financed by Barclays Asset Finance and will be available after a three month pilot trial in the South East. ...

Fastool project leads to faster electrode production.(TOOLING)
January 1, 2006... THE EU-funded Fastool project, led by the GTMA, is now delivering results to toolmakers participating in the project in the form of a new software wizard for milling graphite EDM electrodes. The wizard, developed by project participant...

FSG boosts electrode capability.(TOOLING)
January 1, 2006... PRECISION tool maker FSG Tool & Die of Pontypridd has bought a new V.Plus-800 5 axis machining centre with an advanced vortex extraction system for handling graphite particles to boost its graphite electrode capability. The new machine has a...

Farmers to centralise waste plastics collection.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
January 1, 2006... TWO trial waste plastics collections schemes are being set up for Cumbrian farmers this month. The steering group for the Cumbria Farm Plastic Recycling Scheme is joining forces with Rural Futures to set up the collection schemes, triggered by...

Venting system 'removes more ink than any other'.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
January 1, 2006... THE Merritt Cascade system introduced by Davis-Standard is for devolatilising scrap PE, PA fibre, PET, PP and injection moulded materials with an efficiency for moisture or ink removal the company describes as 'surpassing that of other venting...

Conair takes over Rapid sales.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
January 1, 2006... CONAIR Europe has taken over sales and service of Rapid granulators in the UK and Ireland from PL Plastics Machinery, which has been selling the Swedish-built machines for more than 20 years. During this time more than 6,000 granulators were...

Biggest tyre recycler gets bigger.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
January 1, 2006... A recycling plant with the capacity to handle 10 per cent of Germany's scrap tyres is to be built near Dorsten/Marl by the Danish Genan group. The 42 million [euro] plant will be the third opened by the group, and will be able to reclaim 65,000...

Tandem granulators reduce operating problems.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
January 1, 2006... A TWO-STAGE granulator for tough and glass-filled engineering thermoplastics has been developed by Weima. The machine is intended to handle heavy startup waste lumps or large volume scrap production material with large dimensions. The...

Density measurement added to flow measurement system.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
January 1, 2006... THE latest version of PlastControl's Granule Recycling Output Measurement System, the GDC+R, is suitable for outputs of up to 15 tonnes/ hr of all types of free-flowing granules. In additional to its original function of measuring the rate...

All-electric moulding brings significant energy and cost benefits: the second in a series of energy efficiency fact sheets produced by Dr Robin Kent for the Carbon Trust to help plastics processors reduce costs through energy efficiency.(ENERGY EFFICIENCY)
January 1, 2006... The cost of energy has traditionally been between 4 and 5 per cent of the cost of a moulding, but this is increasing rapidly with rising energy prices. Energy efficiency is not a secondary issue--it can easily be the difference between profit...

Plastics processors slow to seize free finance.(ENERGY EFFICIENCY)
January 1, 2006... SMALL and medium sized companies in polymer processing in Britain are missing out on possibly tens of thousands of pounds of government aid to modernise their equipment. The aid is in the form of unsecured interest-free loans from the Carbon...

Rising power costs make the case for all-electric operation.(ENERGY EFFICIENCY)
January 1, 2006... ELECTRIC machines cost more than their hydraulic equivalents. The differential is coming down, but there is still a differential. Proponents of all-electric machines have long said that it's not the machine cost that counts, but the machine...

When product differentiation may only be skin deep.(PROTOTYPING)
January 1, 2006... DESIGN consultancy Flotek International has introduced a surface prototyping service as an extension of its business providing design, development and application of textures and surface finishes. The Flotek process starts with a client...

Auto dispenser speeds vacuum casting.(PROTOTYPING)
January 1, 2006... THE output of vacuum casting machines on high volume projects can be more than doubled using MCP's new Auto Dispenser unit. The dispenser was developed in response to demand from customers keen to close the gap between prototype and production...

3T RPD offers the aluminium look.(PROTOTYPING)
January 1, 2006... THE operator of the largest selective laser sintering capability in the UK, 3T RPD, is now producing components in Alumide aluminium-filled nylon material from EOS which gives parts a metallic appearance not unlike cast aluminium. This can be...

Cannon sets up its own shop to sell PU moulding machinery.(REACTION PROCESSING)
January 1, 2006... CANNON has set up its own company to distribute its polyurethane moulding equipment in the UK and Ireland following the closure of its long term agent ESU. ESU went into administration last October as a casualty of the declining market for...

Cavity pressure measurement for RIM processes.(REACTION PROCESSING)
January 1, 2006... KISTLER has introduced the Type 4079A sensor for cavity pressure and temperature monitoring in reaction moulding for pressure ranges of 5, 10, 20 and 50 bar at temperatures up to 180 degC. The thermocouple is located directly behind the front...

Words you can work with: this is the way reference books would have been written in the first place, if print technology had allowed it. Clive Maier looks at the electronic book form adopted by US science/ technology publisher Knovel.(SOFTWARE)
January 1, 2006... WHAT Francis Bacon actually wrote some 400 years ago was 'Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est': for knowledge too is itself power. His aphorism soon became the rather more quotable 'knowledge is power' but for industry and commerce it could just...

Mattec adds materials and labour forecasting.(SOFTWARE)
January 1, 2006... NEW tools that help plastics processors forecast material and labour requirements are included in the new release 6.3 of Mattec Corporation's ProHelp EPM real-time production and process monitoring system. Processors can now track and...

Arkema Polyamide 11 and 12 Technical Center.(What's New on the Web)
January 1, 2006... The technical polymers business unit of Arkema has partnered with SpecialChem to set up a technical centre on the Omnexus website. The centre is devoted to Arkema's Rilsan type 11 and type 12 polyamides. It is intended to help designers and...

Holliday Pigments.(What's New on the Web)
January 1, 2006... Holliday Pigments, the world's largest manufacturer of ultramarine blue pigments, has added an RSS feed to its website. RSS or really simple syndication is an XML file format that is commonly used to share news or blogs (web logs). The Holliday...

Pu2Pu.(What's New on the Web)
January 1, 2006... This dedicated portal for the polyurethanes industry features Urethane Update, a complete review of all recently published documents relating to polyurethanes. The archive now contains almost 25,000 documents and forms a unique resource for all...

Manufacturing management.(SOFTWARE DIRECTORY)(Directory)
January 1, 2006... PlasWare Manufacturing System Plastics Software Ltd Tel: 01428 656595. E-mail: sales@plasware.co.uk Web site: www.plasware.co.uk Manages your business from order receipt to invoicing including order processing, planning...