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SAY YES TO PLASTICS Volume No. 72

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IN THIS ISSUE...

15...... AIPMA At Work ...K 2013 The Turning Point for Global Plastics Sector The Official Organ of The All India Plastics Manufacturers Association Estd. 1945

MH/MR/N/200/MBI/12-14 Volume 72

November 2013 No. 11

Chairman - Editorial Board

Mr. Anandilal Oza

Hon. Editor

Mr. Ajay Desai

Members

Mr. A. E. Ladhaboy Dr. Y. B. Vasudeo Ms. Poorvi Desai

...A view on Recycling & Environment in K 2013

22...... Plastivision India - 2013 Show Preview 34...... PVI 2013 38...... Company News 42...... Features

Editorial Co-ordination: Padmesh Prabhune, Dhruv Communications,

...K 2013 concludes on a higher note

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...Plasma Plus NanoCoating

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...Linear robot boosts payload performance ‘Bioplastics’ grabs everyone’s attention at K 2013

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...Erema launches new plastic recycling machine ...Highlights of Product launch at K 2103 ...Stork launches fastest injection machine at the show ...Pallmann presents Karakal for recycling rubber waste back into fine powders

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...The latest UHMW-PE makes it mark at K 2013

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...EOS expands additive manufacturing plastics material range

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...Plastics Recycling: Challenges and Opportunities

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OFFICE BEARERS Mr. Anandilal Oza President

Mr. Sanju Desai Vice President (West Zone)

Mr. R. K. Aggarwal Vice President (North Zone)

Mr. Rituraj Gupta Hon. Secretary

Mr. Anil Bansal Vice President (South Zone)

Mr. Manoj R. Shah Hon. Jt. Secretary

Mr. Ashok Agarwal Vice President (East Zone)

Mr. Haren Sanghavi Hon. Treasurer

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THE PRESIDENT SAYS

The World of Plastics here are lot more of technological and development advances in Plastics, most of us have witnessed it at the recently concluded K 2013. Plastics since ages have been a useful alternative matter. However it has been wrongly linked towards environmental damages. Thanks to the plastic bags! The European Commission has adopted a proposal that requires its 28 Member States to reduce their use of lightweight plastic carrier bags.

6.2%, to reach nearly 2.8 bln lbs for the year, according to figures released jointly by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC). The recycling rate for all plastic bottles rose 1.6% to 30.5% for the year. During 2012, the collection of high-density polyethylene (HDPE, #2) bottles – a category that includes milk jugs and bottles for household cleaners and detergents – rose 45.3 mln lbs to top 1 bln lbs for the first time, helping to boost the recycling rate for HDPE bottles from 29.9 to 31.6%.

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However, the EC has not laid out rigid guidelines as to how each Member State will do so and has given the flexibility to every Member States to design the measures they deem most effective, taking into account existing best practices. Under the proposal, Member States can choose whatever measures they find most appropriate to meet this requirement, including charges, national reduction targets or a total ban.

"Thanks to increased consumer access to recycling programs and growth in single-stream collection – whereby consumers place all recycled materials into a single bin – plastics recycling is one of the easiest things we can do to benefit the planet," added Steve Russell, vice president of plastics for the American Chemistry Council.”

Technically, the Commission’s proposal amends the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive with two main elements: First, Member States are required to adopt measures to reduce the consumption of plastic carrier bags with a thickness below 50 microns, as these are less frequently reused than thicker ones, and often end up as litter.

Second, these measures may include the use of economic instruments, such as charges, national reduction targets, and marketing restrictions – subject to the internal market rules of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.

Also the fact remains that the United States has the capacity to recycle more used plastics . However we are yet to pick up these things and it s high time we focus on our waste management. Each of us can help by doing our part to help the industry..

The stage for the 9th Plastivision India 2013 is already set and we are all geared up for this international event that would be held for a period of five consecutive days at the Bombay Exhibition Center in Mumbai bringing in more than 1, 00,000 business visitors, entrepreneurs and industry fraternity under the one roof. Let’s catch up then.

While the EU has been very keen to formulate policies and ensuring it s implementation the US on other hand has been very active in ensuring peoples contribution towards the cause. According to report Plastic bottle recycling by consumers in US increased 161 mln lbs in 2012, edging up P L A S T I C S N E W S

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The innovations In his presentation, Wolfe detailed the reheat stretch blow process and illustrated how certain factors affected crystallinity levels of a finished bottle. Some of the key findings included the management of preform energy distribution during the heating process has a significant effect on crystallinity levels as well as material distribution.

he K 2013 has just concluded and I am sure most of you would have made it to the Exhibition. The exhibition as usual had many things to discuss and it also witnessed some spectacular Product Launches and developments. It also brought forth the new technological advances and research.

It would be very difficult for me to pick up any one or to say discuss everything.

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To begin with, Krones AG launched its latest generation of the Contiform 3 series at K show that can produce 81,000 PET containers an hour. Also producing 81,000 PET containers an hour with a single blowmolding machine, and dressing and filling them as well in a monobloc comprising a blowmolder, a labeler and afiller, this is perhaps the highest output worldwide that a beverage machinery manufacturer can offer.

The high-speed stretch blowmolding machine for containers sized at a maximum 0.75 liters is fitted with a newly developed blowmolding station that operates entirely without lubrication. This reduces time by 70% needed for manual lubrication of the machine compared to the preceding model, and increases the machine's availability levels.

These findings are a result of a series of experiments (DOE) that were structured to gain a statistical understanding of the relationships between preform and mold temperature (energy), the resulting container crystallinity and its effects on container performance. The results of the experiment showed that across a broad range of container mold processing temperatures, crystallinity is closely linked to preform energy levels and, in conclusion, can be actively managed by adjusting the preform temperature set point. According to him these findings showed that if you get the correct level of energy in the right places of the preform you can manage material distribution as well as optimize the level of crystallinity.

Whereas Stork had launched its fastest injection machine with a cycle time of less than 2 minutes, (i.e. 1.96 minutes to be precise!) that includes an in-mold labeling system. STORK exhibited 5 machines in co-operation with its partners. 4 of these STORK machines on show were designed as hybrid machines with different variations of optional electrified executions of drive systems. The 5th machine, a full electric STORK machine on show was designed for optimal energy consumption at highest possible production speeds.

Well, I think perhaps this study would also help to maintain crystallinity and material distribution at optimal levels consistently for every bottle in a complete production run. .

We are carrying some of the highlights of the K 2013 Product launches for our readers.

Our next issue would also be focusing on PVI 2013 scheduled in December. Kindly feel free to write to us in case you are planning some Product launch or Technological developments for our readers and we would try to cover it…

On the other hand Agr International introduced new approach to manage crystallinity in PET containers At K 2013, Georg Wolfe, Agr's chief technical officer, talked about a recent presentation he gave at the PETnology Conference. A key point of the presentation was the emphasis on crystallinity levels in PET bottles.

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AIPMA AT WORK

K 2013 The Turning Point for Global Plastics Sector Arvind M. Mehta CMD Welset Plast Extrusions P. Ltd , Chairman Advisory Board AIPMA ,Past President – AIPMA & Plastindia

Chemical & Petrochemicals, GIDC Chairman, Mr. Swain, Mr. M.P. Taparia, MD Supreme attended the programme.

Plastindia – brought many exhibitors who put their best. All stalls were nicely decorated with international standards.

– 2013 show from 16th to 23rd October 2013 at Dusseldorf, Germany was the largest ever. It covered total area of 1,68,000 sq. mtrs, with 3218 exhibitors from 60 countries in 19 halls. The number of visitors were more than K-2010.

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Overview of K 2013 It was growth revival for plastic industry of Europe, USA as their economy looks to be growing up.

As usual, technology, upgrading machine speed, efficiency per second output with automation was the basic approach.

All 'Machinery' people were happy and satisfied with quality of visitors and were doing business, including Indians.

Bio plastics going green, was the buzz word.

POLYMER PRICES SCENARIO Polymer prices looks more or less stable, may be now Iran's improving relationship with USA , their huge polymer producing capacity can happen and freely exported to the rest of the world then possibility of softening of polymer prices.

India’s exhibition participation was excellent, ranking 3rd after China, with 145 exhibitors – more than 5200 sq. mtr area, Lohia – Reliance leading the glitter, vibrant young Indian exhibitors putting their best and pushing exports a scenario to relish.

USA Shale gas is a big game changer and 80% of US polymer is produced by gas today, so they have cheaper polymer locally produced.

AIPMA had a stall and had more than 550 delegates along with it from India.Almost 8000 Indian visitors were at the exhibition.

Also with AIPMA delegation, 30 delegates were from UNIDO & CIPET, members of National Programme for developing plastics manufacturing industry in India. They had excellent 3 factory visits in Germany.

Networking, dinner of Reliance, SPI – NPE, show, Lowell reception, exhibition gala night and CIPAD meet were excellent.

Prannoy Sharma, Director Government of India Dept. of

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AIPMA AT WORK Already polymer price difference of US$ 50 less v/s other country polymer is existing i.e. US polymer price is quoted little less.

Every household in general has 4 bins: a black, a green, a blue and a yellow one. Bins have been standardized.

The waste has to be sorted according to the material it consists of and is to be disposed of as follows:

CIPAD – Council of International Plastic Association Directors Meet

a. Black Bin: Domestic waste- All non recyclable waste: leftover food, dirt, vacuum cleaner bags, cigarette butts, soiled packaging, broken crockery, light bulbs, nappies, ashes (cooled). You should not add: Recyclable waste, waste requiring special disposal, bulky waste, organic waste, small electrical appliances.

As CIPAD Director Asia, I had the opportunity to interact in half day review meeting on status of global plastic industry.

It was attended by 12 countries. Their review country report update:

b. Green Bin: Organic Waste: potato, fruit or vegetable peels and other fruits or vegetable remnants (raw), tea filters, egg shells, leaves, lawn and bush cuttings.

Switzerland: Their Machinery industry going strong, better than last year, and converting industry going for importing more automation

You should not add: Leftovers, meat and other food, ashes, dirt, plastic bags, packing and packaging material, degradable starch bags.

Germany: Extremely good growth in exports by of German Machinery i.e. plus 6% India as buyer amongst top ten. Leading importers are China, USA, Russia. Converting Industry doing better.

c. Blue Bin: Waste Paper: News paper, magazines, card board packaging material, leaflets, paper bags, clean paper napkins etc. You should not add: Plastic bags, plastic sheeting, adhesive strips, composite packaging and packaging material, photographic paper, carbon paper.

Breaking news from Germany This year they are able to recover waste to the tune of 99%, nothing to Ocean and landfill, a great achievement in the world, a German grit with determination & technology at work.

Germany is doing a sort of miracle in waste management.

d. Yellow Bin: Lightweight packaging: Plastic material, sheet, cans, aluminum packaging, beverage pasted board, containers, screw caps etc. You should not add: Packaging with content, heavily soiled containers, nappies and other domestic waste, glass and paper packaging.

How German system of waste disposal works Germany has a selective system of waste disposal. The local authorities are in charge of waste management.

Responsibility of waste segregation at source has been fixed on each and every household and guidelines are being strictly followed.

At many malls, if customer brings glass and plastic bottles, they are rewarded with points which can be redeemed against normal purchase. Processors have been instructed not to use “difficult to process” packaging material. All polymers used in packaging, have been levied “recycling cess.”

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AIPMA AT WORK e. Glass: (non returnable bottles, food containers such as jam jars) has to be disposed of separately, in all neighborhood one can find glass containers. The glass has to be sorted according to colour ( brown, green white glass) f. Bulky waste: All household furnishings, which are too bulky for disposal in waste bins such as furniture, lamps, cupboards/ wardrobes, shelves, tables and chairs- shall be street collected once in a quarter. You should not add: vehicle parts, old clothes, building waste, domestic waste, electrical appliances, waste requiring special disposal, cartons, packaging. g. Waste requiring special disposal: Large electrical appliances such as fridge, TV, computers, dishwashers etc. are collected free. Small electrical appliances such as toasters, irons, tea-coffee machines, portable radios, hair dryers etc. to be put in Red Bins kept at prominent places such as town hall or railway station.

Paint, lacquer, solvents, fluorescent and energy saving lamps are to be delivered to waste recycling collection point or plant.

This year they are able to recover waste to the tune of 99%. Now people are fighting to get waste in Germany, as incentives are inbuilt.

Italy: Machinery industry is little on growth path, may be by 1% improving day by day. Processing industry is bad as of Italy growth is negative.

Canada: Energy from the waste is the area they are improving. Processing industry on growth path.

Apart from this all the citizens are expected to keep footpath in front of their house free from snow during winter.

Spain: Processing industry improving little but still will take time to recover. Exports are down by 9%.

All the citizens are co-operating nicely with the authorities and penalties are very high in case of one defaults. You can watch the video on You Tube about German system of waste management.

USA: Very Buoyant. Processing industry is doing extremely well. Automobile is leading the growth explosion.

Breaking News from USA By 2015 in USA the plastic processing cost will be cheaper than China. SPI has drawn out plans.

Stratery & Reasons: China labour cost going up, 2% every year. China YUAN – RMB is strong continuously. In USA 80% Raw Material is gas based so polymer is cheaper.

USA – Already have Maximum automation in all factories. So it will be advantageous to USA in competing China form cheap labour point of view.

This is a big NEWS of Global changing scenario.

USA will become by 2015 more competitive in plastic products by manufacturing in USA than in China.

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Reversal of investment back to USA, which they have planned and strategized, it will happen.

India is reprocessing 4.0 million tons per year giving employment to nearly 1 Million people.

United Kingdom – Economy is recovering. This year there will be growth of 1.4%. Next year in 2014 they expect 2.2%.

Plastic Machinery: Manufacturing Base small as on today not in healthy situation.

Automobile industry is growing after many years, housing up by 6.1% that too after long time. So they are upbeat.

Exports: Plastic process goods is growing and image of “made in India” is good.

Argentina: Improving processing industry. Positive growth – 5 to 6%. The Converting industry is growing at the rate of 7% to 10% but better than last year.

Last year India’s export of finished goods was US$ 2.40 Billion & Raw Material export was US$ 4.60 Billion. Totally, US$ 7.00 Billion exports, growing at the rate of 14%.

Turkey: 3.7% growth, converting industry on growth path.

Machinery industry hit by China machinery importers.

So friends, the Global Plastic Industry is more or less turned to GROWTH path. India also will be on growth path after general elections and then economy will stabilize. Hats off to 145 Indian exhibitors of K 2013 who were there – 8000 Indian visitors, which shows confidence for growth of Indian Plastic Industry – so we can call best time yet to come though today we are in down turn, may be a it is good time for investment.

India: Last year growth was 14%. This year high cost of raw material and economic slowdown, growth will be less, may be 10 to 12%. Per capita consumption is 8 kgs, polymer produced is 8 million tons. Imports 2 million Tons, Exports 1 million ton. Additional Polymer Capacity by 2015-16 will be RIL – 1.1 Million + GAIL – 1.4 Million + OPAL – 1.2 Million = 3.7 million tons.

A view on Recycling & Environment in K 2013 Haren Sanghavi, Treasurer – AIPMA Partner, Satellite Plastic Industries, Director, GMS Plastic Machinery Pvt. Ltd. Technical Director, Borghi Brush Machinery Pvt. Ltd., Director, Kisan Pipes & Profiles Pvt. Ltd. he K – 2013 show held from 16th to 23rd October 2013, in Messe Centre, Dusseldorf, Germany was a large Exhibition in terms of Area, Participation and Visitors.

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Recycling is an industry which has a great demand in development and up-gradation especially in the sector of road waste. The demand is more on machines with higher production vis-a-vis lower power consumption (Energy Efficient Systems), Automation, Simpler Systems for sorting and segregation of Road Waste Plastics, etc.

Hall – 11 and Hall – 6 were having lot of participation from Recycling and Environment Related Product and Equipment Manufacturers.

In Recycling greater emphasis was laid on Higher Production, Automation and Advanced Segregation Systems, Energy Efficiency, etc. rather than new process developments.

Though demand of bio degradable plastics is picking up yet the same is not widely accepted as the consumer fears the toxic nature of the chemical additives to achieve the bio-degradable nature may be harmful. Moreover the high cost of these polymers means lower demand. There were concrete buyers at the show who were ready to place orders for big projects for recycling worldwide. Indian visitors

There were some new patented developments which could evolve a new concept to recycling like De-Printing, Recycling of Highly contaminated Plastics, Colour Sorting for Plastic Granules and Heavy Grinded Waste, etc.

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them valuable raw materials which, if reused or recycled, can help to reduce the exploitation of natural resources, lead to energy savings and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

The separate collection of packaging waste in households, introduced by the packaging ordinance, is supported with great commitment and widely followed by the German population. On average every German citizen is already consigning almost 30 kg of waste per year to separate collection in yellow bins. In addition, waste glass packaging and waste paper/cardboard packaging is collected separately.

Overview on Environment Germany's waste recovery rates are the highest in the world and show the world how the waste industry contributes to sustainable economic production and management in Germany by saving raw materials and primary energy.

This year they were able to recover Municipal Solid Waste to the tune of 99%, nothing went to landfill or left floating in the water-ways. The German waste prevention programme launched in 2013 contributes to developing advice, support, and incentive measures. First and foremost, they collected data on waste arising and processed in waste disposal facilities. They found from the data that major part i.e. nearly 60 to 70% of the total waste was construction and demolition waste.

In today’s world, where the demand for raw materials is continuously rising, intelligent and efficient recycling plays a key role in an economy’s competitiveness. The key to this is prevention of waste and the increased recovery of waste. The ultimate objective is the development of waste management systems to a level where they become a source for the supply of raw materials and for the production of goods.

Biodegradable wastes were treated in composting and digestion plants (biogas installations) in Germany (mainly waste from the bio bin, biodegradable garden and park waste, market waste and other biodegradable waste of diverse origins). The demand for high quality compost currently exceeds the supply. Sewage sludge from municipal sewage treatment plants contains a number of plant nutrients and in particular high levels of phosphorous. For this reason, sewage sludge is used as fertiliser in agriculture or in landscaping. By and large German waste management policies also serve to ward off negative environmental impacts.

The remaining balance of waste which cannot be recovered has to be consigned to disposal without inflicting harm on the environment or on human health. Organic waste always has to undergo mechanic-biological or thermal treatment to render it inert, thus helping to reduce drainage & water leakages and releases of landfill gas. Since June 2005, it is no longer permitted to landfill organic waste without prior treatment. The new five-stage waste hierarchy lays down the following waste management:

The protection of water bodies, soils and the air against emissions from waste treatment meets highest standards in Germany. The ban on the landfilling of waste without prior treatment since 2005 is a major contributor to the continuous reduction of climate damaging greenhouse gas emissions (in particular methane). Added to this are greenhouse gas reducing effects due to recycling and the harvesting of energy from waste.

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production rates and lower power consumption as compared to the earlier days. In recycling Gamma Meccanica, Erema, Starlinger, etc., were some companies offering energy efficient Machines.

De-printing: Gamma Meccanica was offering their patented process to de-print the printed film waste. This process at the moment could de-print the film’s in roll form.

They are developing different versions of their process which will also handle Grinded waste in short time from now. The current process can de-print films back to virgin film rolls at a speed of 40 metres per minute.

During the ‘K’ Show all sorts of plastics machinery churn out plastic products minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day. For every newly created bottle, food container, syringe or cap that gets picked up by the visitor, hundreds or even thousands of others collect in bins as machines kept cranking out their products.

Highly Contaminated Waste Recycling: Starlinger and Gamma Meccanica were some of the leaders in this sector.

Highly contaminated road waste is hard to recycle. During the ‘K-2013’ Show there were some machines which were processing highly contaminated waste.

Volume, not tonnage, is the challenge for recycling at the show, as the plastics are light in weight. Workers were stationed at different collection points around the grounds as plastics were removed from the show floors to start their recycling journey.

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They had five stations with a lot of containers. There were some workers separating the plastic types. Work took place behind halls 5, 8, 11, 14 and 17 in an effort to clean up the different recycling streams and keep as much material as possible out of the mixed plastics bin. That's because loads of a single material can be easily recycled, but mixed plastics ended up going to a waste-to-energy plant.

It is estimated that under the current scenario global plastic production could triple by 2050. In the European Union, it is estimated that around 25 Mt of plastic waste was generated in 2008. Of this 12.1 Mt (48.7%) was landfilled while 12.8 Mt (51.3%) went to recovery, and only 5.3 Mt (21.3%) was recycled. While a projection to 2015 assumes an overall increase of 30% in the level of mechanical recycling (from 5.3 Mt to 6.9 Mt), landfilling and incineration with energy recovery are expected to remain the predominant waste management pathways. Growth of Mechanical Plastic Waste Recycling is anticipated to grow in similar or bigger figures.

What was new in recycling?

Well the most important developments in Plastic Waste Recycling sector were: Sorting: Buhler, Tomra and alike companies had displayed their colour sorting machines which could separate multiple colours at a time from Plastic Granules or Heavy Grinded Plastic Waste. This was very well appreciated as most mixed colour waste or of-spec granules ended up in Black or Gray granules production.

Lot of research and developments are going on in this industry from “At Source” segregation equipment’s to better quality mechanical recycling lines, then direct products from waste lines like Wood Plastic Composites, Mixed Plastic Sheets, Waste to Energy, Waste to Fuel, etc. Trends observed in the EU are likely to be stronger in fast-growing economies like India, China, Brazil and Indonesia, but also in developing countries.

Segregation: Lot of companies were offering the now popular optical sorting systems. This equipment can sort one polymer at a time and has 95% accuracy except when it comes to multi-layer plastic product waste which has more than one polymer in the various layers.

The world's population is forecast to grow by 790 million every decade and may reach over 9 billion by 2050 with a new middle class of around 2 billion. This is likely to increase demand for plastic and the amount of plastic waste worldwide.

Energy Efficiency: This was a very popular in all fields of plastic Production Equipment.

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PVI 2013 on its way, expects huge crowd at Mumbai Pavilions of countries like China, Germany, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, UK and USA.

MUMBAI – India’s second largest plastics show, Plastivision India 2013, organized by The All India Plastics Manufacturers' Association (AIPMA), will be hosted in Mumbai from 12 to 16 December 2013 with participation from India and more than 45 countries.

This edition, 9th Plastivision India 2013 will also have Theme Pavilions like IndiaMold (Molds & Dies), PlastiWorld (Plastic Finished Products), Plastics In Agriculture, Automation & Robotics in Plastics, Green Pavilion, Solar Energy Pavilion and Plastics In Medical Pavilion.

Plastivision India 2013 is the 9th edition of the trade fair

IndiaMold (Molds & Dies): India Mold pavilion with be the first ever focused tool pavilion on mold making, design and application development.

This will give a unique opportunity for molds, dies and tooling industry under the umbrella of Plastivision India 2013. Booming Auto & Retail sector, tremendous increase in demand for tools. Over 20% growth expected every consecutive year with major thrust on exports.

PlastiWorld (Plastics Finished Products): PlastiWorld (Plastics Finished Products) will witness quality participation from manufacturers of finished plastic products from all over the globe. The highlight of PLASTIWORLD PAVILION shall be massive display of finished products in segments like Packaging, Automobile, Engineering, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Healthcare and many others.

Major players in the above segments have already confirmed their participation.

that is organized by AIPMA. This event is held at Mumbai at the interval of every three years. Over the years, it has become a flagship event in India and is on the calendar of plastics industry worldwide.

Mr Raju Desai, chairman – Executive Committee, said the forthcoming event will prove to be the right platform for all entities related to this dynamic industry. “Plastivision India has arranged business delegations from South East Asia, the Middle East, African countries as well as Latin America & Eastern Europe for our machinery exhibitors. For plastic processors, we are also inviting buyers from American continent, Europe and other develop countries,” he said.

PLASTICS IN AGRICULTURE PAVILION The Plastics in Agriculture Pavilion in PLASTIVISION INDIA 2013 will feature exhibitors displaying latest technologies and methods wherein the application of Plastics Industry in the agro industry is highlighted. The mission and objectives of the Plastics in Agriculture pavilion at PLASTIVISION INDIA 2013 would be as follows:

Plastivision India 2013 is expected to be the biggest in the series so far and will witness participation by over 1500 companies from India and 30 other countries. The trade fair will be held in area spanning nearly 70,000 sq. meters and expect visits by over 100,000 core businessmen and other key stakeholders. Plastivision India 2013 would be the biggest trade fair held in the city of Mumbai.

• To demonstrate the role that plastics industry can play in the agro industry that would create a win-win situation for one and all.

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PLASTIVISION INDIA 2013 will see green initiatives from leading companies in the plastics industry.

Provide a platform for face to face communication between the stake holders of both the Plastics and Agriculture Industry.

The Green Pavilion will have dedicated area marked out for DEMINAR (demonstration and seminars) sessions.

This pavilion would exhibit technologies to provide solutions to motivate decision-makers seeking to understand alternatives to the rapidly rising energy costs of network expansion and maintenance.

AUTOMATION PAVILION: “Automation Pavilion at Plastivision India 2013” is to build capacities of local entrepreneurs and industry in India by bringing in modern techniques in order to attain commercial competencies and an optimal exploitation of vast technologies available in the industrial and robotic automation industry.

SOLAR ENERGY PAVILION The Solar Energy Pavilion in PLASTIVISION INDIA 2013 will feature exhibitors displaying unique technologies and methods to produce Solar Energy that would benefit the Plastics Industry. The mission and objectives of the Green pavilion at PLASTIVISION INDIA 2013 would be as follows:

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To sensitize and facilitate understanding on the potential of the Robotics and Automation sector.

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Bring major stakeholders and decision-makers related to Industrial Automation in the Country onto a common platform.

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To provide a platform for sharing of technology, scientific knowhow & services for increasing agricultural efficiency in Assam to meet food security challenges.

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Promote commercialization of successful research results of the Agriculture University and Research stations in the State.

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To showcase latest machinery, technologies and expertise available in the country required for modernization of the sector and adopting market driven practices.

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Create an opportunity for exchange of ideas, knowledge, and experience through technical seminars & mutual interaction.

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To demonstrate various technologies of “solar energy Systems” in Plastic Industries.

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To enhance awareness on energy Efficient Technologies (EET).

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To reduce emission of Green House Gases (GHG).

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To encourage MSMEs.

Green Pavilion: The Green Pavilion will be a prominent element of PLASTIVISION INDIA 2013, featuring exhibitors with innovative green products and services as well as technologies that balance best business practices and environmentally-friendly considerations. The Green pavilion at

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PVI 2013 Plastics In Medical Pavilion:

This is again a new initiative taken in Plastivision India 2013. Plastics in medical pavilion will showcase use of plastics in medical industry.

PLASTIVISION JOB & CAREER FAIR

Machines, Plastic Extrusions, Thermoforming Films, Thermoplastics, Molds and Dies, Finished Products, Parts and Components, Additives, Colorants, Master Batches, Fine Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Mixers, Crushers, Grinders, Injection and Blow molding Machines, Bag and Sack Making Machines, Plastic Films, Sheets and Filaments, Consumer Durable Products, Ancillary Equipments, Paint Resins, Adhesives, Reinforced Fibers, Rubber Industry.

During Plastivision India 2013 JOB & CAREER fair will also be organized. This will be focused only for plastic industry.

This will be first of its kind Job & Career Fair in the history of any plastic exhibition. Companies can register and we will shortlist the candidates and fix interviews for the companies as per their requirement.

Consultant Clinic:

Visitors Profile: Automation, Material Handling, Finished goods pavilion, Chemical Industry, Machine Manufacturers, Packaging Industry, Automotive/Aerospace Industry, Electrical/ Electronic Engineering, Construction & Housing, Healthcare & Medical Technology, Agriculture Sectors, Distributors, Traders, Investors, Service Providers, Universities, Colleges, Crafts & Trades.

To give the best to the people who will visit Plastivision India 2013 a Consultant Clinic will be set up during the exhibition.

Consultant Clinic will have paramount and knowledgeable people from the plastic industry who will give consultancy and advice to the people who will visit Plastivision India 2013.

Visitor Countries: Austria, Bhutan, Burma, Bangladesh, Bahrain, China, Czech, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kenya, Kuwait, Latin America, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Northern Ireland, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Scotland, South East Asia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, Tanzania, UAE, USA, Uganda, Ukraine, Wales & Vietnam.

B2B: Keeping in mind the growth of plastic industry, B2B meets will be organized during Plastivision India 2013. These B2B meets will be from various countries like USA, China, Korea and Turkey which will give a platform to the industrialists from India and the participating countries.

Hotel reservations: For the ease of the exhibitors and visitors Team Plastivision India has negotiated best rates right from apartments to 5 star luxury hotels.

Venue: - Bombay Exhibition Center, N.S.E. Complex, Goregaon (East), Mumbai - 400063

Exhibitors Profile: Raw Materials and Chemicals, Plastic Packaging Machinery, Equipment and Services, Processing

Timings: - 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

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Absolute expands into automation supply bsolute group has expanded i n t o a u t o m a t i o n s u p p l y, creating Absolute Robot Inc. after agreeing to become the exclusive sales and service agent in North America for Well-Lih Robotics (Yuyao, China). In 2006, Absolute became the exclusive sales and service agent for Haitian Plastics Machinery in North America.

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Established in 2003, Well-Lih produces approximately 6000 robots annually from a 215,000-sq-ft facility in the Zhejiang province of China. The Well-Lih product line, which includes sprue pickers, hybrid robots, servo robots, and in-mold labeling (IML) systems, will be available for sale in

the fourth quarter of 2013.

Well-Lih produces 1- and 3-axis pneumatic and full-servo robots. The take-out robot line is available in sizes suitable for injection molding machines ranging from 200 to 650 tons, with vertical strokes from 1000 to 1600 mm, and payloads up to 10 kg, including gripper. The 3-axis robots can be used on presses from 50 to 300 tons, with vertical strokes from 600 to 950 mm and max payloads of 5 kg, including gripper. The full servo line of Cartesianstyle robots can be used on molding machines from 500 to 3600 tons, with vertical strokes from 1500 to 3000 mm and maximum payloads of 25 and 50 kg, including gripper.

Huntsman to expand ethylene oxide capacity at Port Neches untsman has conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for a US$150 million expansion project at Port Neches. Huntsman is preparing for the expansion of its ethylene oxide manufacturing capacity at the Port Neches facility by adding a third EO unit. The expansion will increase the EO capacity by more than 25% or 265 mln lbs per year. Upon completion, the Huntsman Port Neches plant will be the largest single-site producer of EO in North America.

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Foster Wheeler subsidiary selected by Farabi for concept study and technology oster Wheeler AG subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been selected

by Farabi Petrochemicals Company to undertake a concept study and technology selection contract for the Jazan Petrochemicals Project in Saudi Arabia.

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Wheeler will also recommend the technology for the production of low aromatics solvent and for the treatment of heavy fuel oil, as well as develop a capital and operating cost estimate and the invitation to tender for the front-end engineering design.

and Chief Operating OfďŹ cer, Foster Wheeler AG. "We look forward to making a key contribution in assisting our client to progress this signiďŹ cant investment, and delivering a strong performance that will position us well for subsequent phases of the project."

The study is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2014. "We are delighted that Farabi Petrochemicals Company has awarded this important strategic study to Foster Wheeler, continuing a relationship that stretches back over a decade," said Umberto della Sala, President

"Farabi Petrochemicals are pleased to award this contract to Foster Wheeler and look forward to working with them to develop this key investment in our company's future," said Mohammed Al-Wadaey, President, Farabi Petrochemicals Company.

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Chevron Phillips Chemical to execute USGC Petrochemicals Project hevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) has received board approval to execute the US Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project first announced in March 2011.Additionally, the company awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to a joint venture between JGC (USA), Inc. and Fluor Enterprises, Inc. to execute the 1.5 mln tpa (3.3 bln lb/a) ethane cracker portion of the project.

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The company has also awarded an EPC contract to Gulf Coast Partners, a partnership between Technip USA Inc. and Zachry Industrial, Inc., to execute the two new polyethylene facilities, each with an annual capacity of 500,000 metric tons (1.1 bln lbs).

The state-of-the-art, world-scale polyethylene units will be capable of producing a wide variety of high and linear low density polyethylene products including bimodal and metallocene-based polyethylene polymers.

These facilities will incorporate Chevron Phillips Chemical’s leading edge metallocene technology and proprietary Advanced Dual Loop bimodal technology. In addition to the bimodal and linear low density products, the flexibility of these units will allow for growth of current blow molding, injection molding and film grades offered by Chevron Phillips Chemical. Sold under the longestablished brand names of Marlex® resins for rigid packaging and extrusion

applications and Marflex® resins for film and extrusion coating applications, the new production facilities will be complemented by expansion of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Technical Service capability offering sustainable solutions in a wide variety of applications ranging from flexible packaging to high performance pressure pipe.

The ethane cracker will be built at Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas, and two polyethylene units will be built at a site in Old Ocean, Texas, near Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Sweeny plant.

The USGC Petrochemicals Project is expected to commence construction in early 2014 and create approximately 400 long-term direct jobs and 10,000 engineering and construction jobs.

Amcor, packaging giant set for demerger mcor Ltd., the Australianbased multinational packaging company, is set for a US$2billion demerger and float in December.

Amcor will be split in two and a new company, Orora Ltd., listed on the Australian Securities Exchange next monthOrora will focus on the Australian and New Zealand fiber, glass and beverage can packaging markets, plus packaging distribution in Australia and North America.

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Amcor Ltd. executive general manager for corporate affairs John Murray said: “Amcor will be a global leader in its market segments and in emerging markets.”

The 67,000 shareholders have been told if the demerger is implemented, they will receive one Orora share for every Amcor share held on that date. Shares have been trading at about A$10.60. Amcor Managing Director and CEO Ken MacKenzie told the company’s annual general

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meeting last week the best outcome for shareholders is to separate the two businesses, “enabling each to focus on their own growth agendas and strategic priorities.” “The business has an A$81 million cost improvement opportunity that should underpin earnings growth over the next few years and position Orora well for the next phase of its journey as an independent company,” he said.He said Amcor post-demerger will have a more focused portfolio with two-thirds of its sales in flexible packaging and one third in rigid plastics.

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Honeywell to modernize petrochemical plants for Sinopec Maoming Company oneywell was selected by the Sinopec Maoming Company for business management and automation technology that will rejuvenate and improve operational performance at aging petrochemical plants in Guangdong Province, China.

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Honeywell's Profit Suite R400 process optimization software will be deployed at two of Maoming Company's ethylene-cracking facilities, helping to improve plant performance by increasing energy efficiency, improving flexibility of its operations, and maximizing the plants' yield of high-value products.

The plants have been in operation for more than 50 years and currently produce 1 million tons of petrochemicals

a year. “Although new petrochemical plants are being built, globally the petrochemical industry is a mature industry, with many plants having been in operation for decades," said Aldous Wong, vice president and general manager for Honeywell Process Solutions, China.

"Honeywell's process optimization solutions can breathe new life into these aging plants, boosting profitability by increasing throughput and yields, improving product quality, and reducing costs." "We want to establish this project as a benchmark for other similar facilities within the Sinopec Group," said He Lijian, deputy chief engineer, Sinopec Maoming Company. "Using this Honeywell

solution, Maoming Company is expecting an increase in production that would improve our profitability by more than US$6 mln per year.

Honeywell's experience in advanced process control and support capabilities for a number of industrial projects in China helped us to decide to choose them as one of our trusted vendors." Profit Suite R400 is the most comprehensive release of Honeywell's Advanced Process Control (APC) and Optimization technology portfolio, with the ability to integrate with many different distributed control systems (DCS) by multiple manufacturers, as well as legacy systems.

Clariant Opens New Innovation Center in Frankfurt lariant, has opened its new EUR 100 million Clariant Innovation Center (CIC) in Frankfurt, Germany. The company’s new global hub for Research & Development (R&D) is based at the “Industriepark Höchst.”

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Management and New Business Development.

As the corporation’s global hub, the CIC will ensure the coordination of Clariant’s world-wide R&D network, which includes centers across Europe, North America, Brazil, Japan, India and China.

Located at Clariant’s largest manufacturing site, the CIC will benefit from the excellent infrastructure as well as industrial and academic links offered by the Rhein-Main region.

surface area of 36,000 square meters and will house around 500 employees from R&D and supporting business and administrative functions. The modern, open-plan building was designed by Düsseldorf architects Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner.

It features a mix of open workspaces, offices and laboratories to foster the exchange of ideas among employees as well as with visiting partners from industry and academia.

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Chemtura Corporation establishes ‘Addivant’ hemtura Corporation has established a stand-alone organization Addivant’ owned by SK Capital A new name in the world of additives is Addivant, a specialty additives company made up of the former antioxidant and UV stabilizer business of Chemtura Corp., which was established as a stand-alone organization owned by SK Capital only this year on May 1st.

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New though the name may be, Addivant's portfolio of specialty additives - light stabilizers, polymer modifiers, polymerization inhibitors and intermediates - are familiar friends to many throughout the industry. At K 2013, Peter Smith, president and

CEO of Addivant, speaking at a press conference, explained the 'why' behind the advantages that Addivant offers.

"We have a truly global footprint - 11 plants on five continents - which means we can serve our customers locally," he said. "We're a technologydriven company, and we want to be the innovator in this industry.

To that end, we've been investing since our launch in May in new talent and in technology. We are expanding production capacity ahead of polymer expansions on three different continents and have added 10% more employees over the past six months."

GS Caltex starts up polymer compound plant in Czech Republic S Caltex has completed a compound resin plant with production capacity of 30,000 tpa in the Czech Republic. This is the first time a Korean petrochemical company has set up a resin plant in Europe.

and Suzhou, both in China, with a combined annual production of 82,000 tons. Its domestic plants include the ones at the industrial complex in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province and Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province.

The plant is located in an industrial complex in Karvina, about 370 kilometers east of Prague.

GS Caltex aims to reach an annual capacity of 240,000 tons by 2016 by expanding its new Czech plant to produce 50,000 tons annually. Output will be sold to Korean companies in Europe, such as Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics.

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CarbonLite to Open Bottleto-Bottle Recycling Plant in Texas arbonLite, California based, has announced plans to build a bottle-to-bottle recycling plant in Abilene, Texas.

The company says it will process used plastic beverage bottles into food-grade raw material to make into new bottles. When fully operational, the$40 million facility will employ 100 people.

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The plant will process roughly 1.6 billion used bottles (80 million pounds) annually, according to the company. CarbonLite says it expects to break ground before year-end with production scheduled to begin in late 2014. CarbonLite specializes in processing used plastic bottles into postconsumer recycled PET pellets that are used to make new bottles.

CarbonLite provides the recycled plastic for Nestlé Waters North America’s half-liter Arrowhead ReBorn water bottles made with 50-percent-recycled content. CarbonLite’s first recycling plant, a 220,000-squarefoot facility operating in Riverside processes more than 2 billion used plastic bottles annually.

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K 2013 concludes on a higher note technologies to sharpen their global competitive edge. We very confidently anticipate strong post-fair business and expect continuing growth in our sector.”

he recent staging of K 2103, International Trade Fair – No. 1 for Plastics and Rubber Worldwide, in Düsseldorf, Germany exceeded the high expectations of companies from this sector. The growth in this industry along with the confidence of the companies to be able to showcase pioneering product innovations for all sections of the value added chain raised justified hopes for a good trade fair and brisk post-show business - and K 2013 delivered! Exhibitors unanimously reported numerous concrete project enquiries, intense negotiations with trade visitors from throughout the world and a remarkable number of business deals, some of which were concluded spontaneously and several of them worth millions.

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The K 2013 trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany drew approximately 218,000 visitors from over 120 countries – a slight decline from the 222,486 that attended the previous K in 2010, according to trade show operator Messe Düsseldorf.

The fair witnessed over 3,200 exhibiting raw material producers, processors and machinery manufacturers from 59 countrie as compared to the 3,094 exhibitors taking part in 2010 .

According to Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, President & CEO of Messe Düsseldorf “Once again it becomes very clear that K is and remains the most important event in the rubber and plastics industry! This is where new technologies are premiered alongside fully matured further developments and this is also where orders are placed for these innovations. Foreign visitors to K

2013, in particular, showed an extremely high willingness to invest and one in two visitors came to Düsseldorf with specific purchasing intentions in mind. Even if the size of delegations from the individual purchasing companies dropped slightly, no firm producing or using plastic goods missed this opportunity to find out about the innovations of today and the trends of the future at K 2013.”

Visitor survey results also underscore the exhibitors’ assessment about the rise in international visitor participation: 58% (126,000 trade visitors) came from abroad. Almost 50% of all foreign visitors travelled from overseas – from as far away as Angola, Burkina Faso, the Falkland Islands, the Yemen, Malawi, Nepal, New Caledonia, Oman, Peru and Turkmenistan. As expected, the proportion of attendees from Asia accounted for the largest group of foreign visitors – some 30,000 came from South, East and Central Asia as well as from the Near and Middle East.

Speaking about the trade fair Ulrich Reifenhäuser, Chairman of the K 2013 Exhibitors’ Advisory Board, said,“We had not expected visitors’ willingness to invest to be this high! The many innovative products and applications introduced in Düsseldorf met with great interest from trade visitors. And the innovations were not just admired but many, very concrete negotiations were held and contracts were signed.

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Visitors from India were again the largest group while the number of trade visitors from China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan and Taiwan rose considerably.

Another increase was noted in the number of visitors from South Africa - with some 2,000 arriving from this continent.

Also posting a significant plus was the proportion of visitors from North America. According to officials some 8,100 visitors were registered from the U.S. and Canada as compared to 6800 visitors at K 2010.

On the exhibitor side, 115 U.S. companies showcased their products at K 2013, 38 of them within the two successful U.S. Pavilions which were organized by Messe Düsseldorf North America and co-sponsored by The Plastics Industry Trade Association (SPI).

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Some 11,000 visitors at K 2013 were from Latin America, about as many three years ago.The majority of these attendees were from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. Among visitors from neighboring European countries, the Netherlands dominated with 8,000 visitors followed by France, Belgium, Great Britain and Italy. There was also a noticeable rise in interest from Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

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energy efficiency dominated many product launches and the sector is marked by the request to manufacture products in an environmentally friendly yet cost-effective way. Machinery and plant construction, the largest exhibiting sector at K 2013 with some 1,900 exhibitors, was also the focus of visitor interest: according to the official survey, about two-thirds of all visitors came to gather information on the innovations in this sector. For 42% of the trade visitors the exhibits of raw and ancillary material producers were their key interest while 22% were mainly interested in semi-finished goods and technical components made of rubber and plastic. Visitors came from all key user sectors; from constructions, vehicle construction, packaging, electrical and medical engineering and agriculture industries.

A highlight at K 2013 was the special show “Plastics move the World”, emphasizing the contribution made by plastics to a “life in movement”. The aim was to address the direct contribution of plastics to the varied facets of mobility as well as emotional movement – for instance through art and design. Futureoriented issues revolving around the major themes of population growth, energy needs and climate change were also addressed. At the special exhibit opening on October 16, Germany’s former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer discussed the issue of sustainability.

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Special show at K 2013: “Plastics move the world” Plastics move the world – particularly in connection with the major challenges faced by our modern society. Incredibly versatile, lightweight, safe, durable, economic and impressively energyefficient – with their multitude of positive properties, polymers are indispensible in most areas of our daily lives. And the material’s success story is far from over, as it moves into new areas of application all the time.

Plastics move our lives in more ways than one, both in the figurative and the literal sense.

Exhibitors illustrated many improvements already attributed to plastic products today and their potential contribution to future challenges, e.g. by protecting global resources in the future.

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merely the direct contributions of plastics to different areas of mobility, but also emotional aspects, e.g. their effect on art and design, and their potential for solving future problems such as demographic g r o w t h , increasing energy consumption and climate change.

The focus was on five topical areas which represent the vast applications and properties of polymer materials.

The motto “Plastics move – people” for example focuses on personal mobility with the help of cars, trains, public transport and aircraft as well as on the mobility of the disabled, who benefit from the ongoing advancement

of modern aids. The sustainability of plastic products is taken into account by all topical areas.

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move people in sports or art – in both categories the show presents surprising examples of the potential of plastics.

This also concerns competitive sports, sports for the disabled and leisure sports. Without polymer materials, modern design would not be possible.

These materials can be found in theatres and museums as well as in architecture.

Innovations and visionary developments were presented in the “Plastics move – the future” section of the special show. This included energy-efficient living as well as future medical applications, water treatment and the food supply for a growing global population. Polymer materials act as versatile troubleshooters in many areas of application.

In addition to presentations, the special show also featured VIP lectures as well as daily discussion panels (except for Sunday and the last day of the exhibition) with experts from science and the industry.

On the second day of the trade show, the first VIP, Bertrand Piccard, renowned pioneer in the area of solar-powered aircraft, presented his project. His Solar Impulse craft is currently on its longest mission, crossing the USA from San Francisco to New York using only solar energy. In 2015, he plans to complete a non-stop flight around the globe with a solarpowered aircraft. The daily discussion panel also discussed complex issues such as marine debris, which threatens oceans and coasts. The discussions were conducted alternately in German and in English.

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Plasma Plus NanoCoating

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Nanocoating with atmospheric pressure plasma enables substances tailored specifically to the application to be deposited deep down into the nanostructure of the material surface. An award-winning jet-technology creates a highly effective functional coating that confers completely new surface characteristics on the materials. intensity of the plasma is so high that processing speeds of several 100m/min can be achieved. It also offers economic benefits: the jet systems are designed for in-line integration by the user, i.e. they can be integrated directly into a new or existing production line, and they are compatible with robotic systems.

Plasma coating under normal pressure lasmaPlus nanocoating under atmospheric pressure allows for substances tailored to specific applications to be deposited deep into the nanostructures of the material surface. This produces a highly effective functional coating and gives the materials completely new surface characteristics.

The ability to manufacture products with selectively functionalised surfaces has added an entirely new dimension to innovation capability.

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The process is based on the Openair plasma jet technology developed by Plasmatreat GmbH in Steinhagen, which has been used throughout the world for almost 20 years. This system is characterised by a threefold action: it activates surfaces by selective oxidation processes, discharges them at the same time and brings about microfine cleaning of materials such as metals, plastics, ceramics and glass. A particular feature of this technology is that the plasma is potential-free, which greatly increases the range of possible applications. The

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In addition to the functions described above, this plasma system is also used for functional coating. Until recently this coating process could only be performed under vacuum. Plasmatreat, in close collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in Bremen, has spent the last few years developing an innovative process called PlasmaPlus, which for the first time enables a nanocoating to be applied to material surfaces under normal atmospheric conditions. In recognition of its work in developing this simpler, far quicker and more cost-effective process, the company was this year granted the Industry Award 2012 in the “Production and Mechanical Engineering” category.

Fraunhofer researchers Dr. Jörg Ihde and Dr. Uwe Lommatzsch received the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize at almost the same time.

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nothing other than compressed air, electricity and a precursor, which is added to the plasma to create the coating. Due to the high-energy excitation in the plasma, this compound is fragmented and deposited on a surface as a vitreous layer. The chemical composition can be varied according to the application to achieve the best results on a variety of different materials.

The unique advantage of PlasmaPlus compared with other systems is the locally selective coating technique.

Layer deposition can be targeted with millimetre accuracy to a precisely defined location. The use of a plasma jet enables the coating to be applied in this highly targeted manner, which makes efficient use of resources.

Processes can be controlled in such a way that coatings which confer different functions, such as adhesion and antiadhesion, or for example corrosion protection, can be applied using the same nozzle (Fig. 3). This means that only very small quantities of coating material are required, and very varied materials or material combinations can be applied.

Christian Buske, CEO and President of the Plasmatreat Group, points out another important advantage: ”The processing speed is extremely high.

For example, a 100Nm-thin coating can be deposited in milliseconds. Under vacuum it would take around one to two minutes and localised selection would not be an option.”

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Barrier coatings Barrier or diffusion coatings created using plasma are an important focus of research. They are considered a reliable protection for food, beverage and medicinal packaging and provide an effective barrier to carbon dioxide, oxygen and water. They can be applied to all types of plastics and enable the production of barrier films or PET bottles with a CO2 barrier.

Medical devices The PlasmaPlus process can already be used to apply photocatalyticallyactive titanium-dioxide coatings. When exposed to sunlight and moisture, these coatings have a self-cleaning and germicidal effect. This application is of particular interest for coating medical and sanitary products since it allows manual cleaning intervals to be extended or omitted altogether.

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moulding. This involves applying nanocoatings with active adhesion to the metal surface, then moulding the plastic component onto the surface.

In the future, depositing adhesionpromoting coatings with the PlasmaPlus process will provide an alternative to solvent-based primers in automobile manufacturing.

Release coating inside the steel mould The plasma ant-adhesion coating developed by Plasmatreat has been successfully used as a universal release treatment for injection moulding tools for the past two years. It provides exceptional release characteristics for a variety of different polymer and rubber-based mould materials. This anti-adherent effect is due entirely to

plasma polymerisation on the mould surface. Thanks to this environmentally friendly process, wet chemical release agents are no longer required, nor is it necessary to demount moulds for recoating, since old coats no longer have to be removed. New coatings can now be applied directly to the mould in situ.

Nanocoating of 3D components It is also possible to apply atmospheric plasma coatings to complex 3D components using the PlasmaPlus process based on Openair plasma technology. The coating material even reaches areas that are difficult to access like deep groove geometries or undercuts. This makes it possible to completely coat populated circuit boards on or under the components.

Linear robot boosts payload performance

ittmann Group's revamped W832 linear robot can now handle a payload of up to 25 kg, resulting in what the company calls a 20% increase in performance. Martin Stammhammer, sales manager robots and automation systems, noted that an optional configuration of the W832's vertical arm can actually handle up to 35 kg of payload.

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The W832 is available with a maximum kick-stroke reach of 1190 mm, a vertical stroke up to 1600 mm and horizontal axes between 2000 and 5000 mm. Several options like servo-rotations, I/O-extension modules, and additional vacuum and gripper circuits allow the customization for complex automation applications.

W832 robots are suitable for injection molding machines with clamping forces from 400 to 800 tons.

Headquartered in Austria with seven production facilities and 20 branch offices, Wittmann Group is present in all major plastics markets in the world.

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‘Bioplastics’ grabs everyone’s attention at K 2013 Karen Laird t this year's international K fair, sustainability and energy efficiency were the overarching themes that impacted almost every segment of the plastics industry on exhibit in Dusseldorf. Innovations in greener machinery, auxiliaries, processes, technologies and, of course, materials were on display at booths in all the halls, with more attention than ever for bioplastics. A few of the highlights are reviewed below.

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The show opened with an announcement from Switzerlandbased Wifag-Polytype and Avantium, in the Netherlands, that they were to collaborate on thermoformed products made from Avantium's 100% biobased PEF (polyethylene furanoate).

Wifag-Polytype is among the leading manufacturers of thermoforming and printing equipment, and the sole company producing the entire range from sheet extrusion, to thermoforming, to coating and printing of thermoformed products.

According to Avantium, thermoforming is an excellent application for PEF plastics, as it offers better barrier, thermal and mechanical properties than PET. PEF could extend the shelf life of

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perishable goods like meats or cheeses, while its higher thermal stability could enable packaging opportunities for microwaveable products.

Novamont launched the third and fourth generation of products in its Mater-Bi portfolio of biodegradable and compostable bioplastics. Next to its existing starch-based processes and technology used to produce polyesters fromvegetable oil, the company now has two new technologies to produce two monomers from renewable sources azalaic acid, from vegetable oils and 1.4 BDO, from sugar using Genomatica fermentation technology.

The new materials, which are said to contain a higher percentage of renewable raw materials, are suitable for a wide range of applications, says the company, including flexible and rigid films, coatings, printing, extrusion and thermoforming. Novamont sales manager Alberto Castellanza, speaking at the Bioplastics Business Breakfast conference at the K show also announced that the company was bringing its bio-based butanediol (BDO) plant, established as a joint venture with USbased Genomatica, on stream next year.

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Meredian, Inc., a privately held biopolymer manufacturer of biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), at K 2013 formally announced that commercial production of its products would commence in mid-2014.

To date, the company has produced only developmental quantities of PHA from its pilot facility. According to Paul Pereira, Executive Chairman of the Board, Meredian's next steps will include preparing the Bainbridge plant for full production for clients, "as well as continuing to educate consumers regarding this innovative 'disruptive' technology."

Braskem announced the launch of a new line of green low density polyethylene (LDPE), completing its line-up of PE made from renewable sources, which already offers the high density (HDPE) and linear (LLDPE) variants. This resin will be made available to the market in 2014, with an annual production of approximately 30,000 tons.

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Another EcoPaXX application on show, replacing polyamide 6.6, was in building & construction: thermal breaks in aluminum window profiles that also contribute to the mechanical integrity of the windows.

Sweden-based Perstorp, a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals, launched its Capa Thermoplastic products for bioplastics at K 2013. Capa

acts as a processing aid, improving mechanical properties and accelerating biodegradation. Bioplastics with Capa can go to both domestic and industrial composting, helping to improve the end of life environmental profile of the bioplastic, says the company

Under the tagline Bio & Beyond, Italian manufacturer of customized thermoplastic compound materials and elastomersAPI presented the newest additions to its range of TPE and TPU compounds, which are now also available from renewable resources.

The Grafe Group presented its new product series Biocolen, a masterbatch that is not only suitable for coloring bioplastics, but also enhances performance for packaging manufacturers.

Apilon 52 BIO is a bioplastic with a renewable raw material content of between 20 - 70% and with the same quality and processability of traditional oil-based TPU.

The masterbatch improves the durability, achieving a higher flexibility and reducing the brittleness in the end product without impairing transparency.

The masterbatch improves the temperature stability of PLA during the deep drawing process. One of the most important applications is in the packaging of microwave meals.

Metabolix was showcasing Mvera B5010, specifically designed for the compostable bag and film markets; along with the company's biobased performance additives for PVC, I6001 and I6003rp; and a number of additional biobased master batch and bio-composite resin products.

Erema launches new plastic recycling machine

rema officially unveiled its latest machine for plastics recycling, the ‘Intarema’. The machine is based on newly developed and patented ‘Counter Current’ technology, which is said to result in increased productivity, flexibility, easy operation and “considerably lower” energy consumption.

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compactor moved in the direction of the extruder. The centrifugal forces arising in the process were used for the feeding of the extruder and the treated, warm material was "packed" into the extruder screw. It says the inverse tangential configuration of the Counter Current system now ensures that the extruder screw is filled virtually pressure-free with the preheated material.

Michael Heitzinger, CTO at Erema, described the impact which the new system has on productivity and the quality of the recyclate, saying: "The screw basically "takes what it needs", the extruder always has the ideal filling level and is never overfilled, which makes it much better to regulate."

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Stork launches fastest injection machine at the show

cycle time of sub-two seconds for a rigid package in a four-cavity tool is impressive in anyone’s books but when that cycle time also includes an in-mold labeling step, it’s surely swift.

Such a process is being demonstrated at the Stork booth (13/D72). The Stork Food Line 2500 250-tonne hybrid press features electrical screw drive and automation from Brink.

The 6-gram closure is molded from impact copolymer polypropylene from Sabic, and wall thickness is 0.35 mm.

The in-mold labels were supplied by Verstraete. The machine cycled at speeds of down to 1.96 seconds visit to the Stork stand, and the word is cycle time might be limited by the take-out speed. The machine might even be capable of 1.8-second cycles. Stork also offers electric clamping as well as fullelectric options on the injection press

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The 5th machine, a full electric STORK machine on show was designed for optimal energy consumption at highest possible production speeds.

container with IML with a 4 cavity mould in 2.0 seconds cycle time. The production cell will be equipped with a BRINK fast side entry IML system. The machine is equipped with a roller rail system for the precise guidance of the moving platen. The maximum mould height is enlarged for optimal use of stack moulds.

New at the K-show was the introduction of 5 application specific machine executions. STORK will introduce the STORK FOOD LINE specifically for food applications. The STORK POT LINE will have the optimal execution for producers of pots. The STORK PAIL line is the machine range benchmark for pail producers.

The STORK 2-FIT line is especially equipped for the production of fittings.

Finally the STORK CRATE line is the machine producers will use to produce crates. The machines on show are equipped with those packages and have the optimal execution for their specific application.

STORK 5500-5650: This hybrid machine has a clamping force of 5500 kN and is optimized for the production of flower pots in multi cavities. The machine is equipped with an electrical clamping unit. The machine has a dry cycle of less than 1.7 seconds. At high speeds of more than 2.0 meters per second of the moving platen, the lowest energy consumption will be achieved when kinetic energy is transformed back to electricity by a feedback unit.

The machine is also equipped with a very high-performance injection unit.

Injection speeds are closed loop control up to 1000 mm/seconds.

STORK 2000-850: This full electric machine with 2000 kN clamping force

STORK 25001450: This hybrid machine with 2500 kN clamping force is optimal equipped for a high speed thin wall food packaging application. It will produce a rectangular 150 gram food

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The container will have a EVOH barrier layer from EVAL with excellent bonding, applied by an IRIS co-injection unit supplied by Moldmasters.

The products produced in 4 cavities will be taken out by a BRINK side-entry robot and checked by a IMD VISTA camera control system. All machine movement have an electrical drive

system to ensure the lowest energy consuption possible. This machine will ensure the lowest carbon footprint production possible.

screw with special geometry for optimal output and colouring. This machine will ensure the highest production output at very low energy consumption.

STORK 9000-8650: This hybrid machine will show its high-performance at producing a consumer crate of 2220 grams in 30 seconds. The machine is equipped with a high performance injection unit with special 27L/D mixing

STORK 3300-1450: At the Polymac booth Hall 13/B59 this machine will produce a 4 liter pail with IML in 7 seconds. This machine is equipped with a POLYMAC IML and take-out system.

The shot weight will be 150 gram.

Pallmann presents Karakal for recycling rubber waste back into fine powders new grinding system from Pallmann enables energyefficient recycling of vulcanized rubber waste back into fine powder for direct reuse in rubber processing. Pallmann, one of the world's largest developers, producers and providers of innovative size reduction technology, unveiled the new machine, called Karakal, on its stand at K2013. A key feature of the Karakal is its ability to devulcanize the rubber as it pulverizes it, so that it can

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Karakal is a type of twin-roll mill that has been designed specifically for recycling waste from production of technical parts, as well as waste arising from retreading truck tyres.

It accepts material that has been pre-cut to a particle size of 4 mm or less, and which is fed to it continuously by a series of screws positioned along the gap between the rollers. Pallmann has applied for several patents on technology incorporated into the equipment.

“There is quite a lot of waste produced in the rubber processing s e c t o r, a n d w e wanted to develop a cost-effective process that would enable it to be recycled back into production,” says M r. R o l f G r e n , Senior Executive V P PA L L M A N N

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Group. “For this, you need to down-size the material into a very fine powder, with particle sizes of under 500 micron and a D50 [median diameter] of around 250 micron—so, really fine powders.”

Large amounts of rubber waste from old tyres are already re-used, but mostly as a low-grade filler in building and construction. Some is also pyrolyzed into carbon black, oils, fuel gas, and other residues.

In the past, cryogenics have been used for producing powder from rubber waste, but this creates particles with cubic geometries, which Gren says are not best suited for incorporation into new compounds. More recently, conventional roller mills have been used, but these create particles of around 800 to 1000 micron, which is too big for reprocessing operations. This process is also very energy-intensive.

“What you want is smaller particles, with a rough surface,” says Gren. “With the Karakal, that is what you get, and it is also a much lower energy consumer.”

The Karakal relies on friction to reduce the size of the rubber particles.

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The machine has two main rollers with a diameter of 400 mm and a length of 1000 mm, each covered with micro-serrations. Roller speed and direction of rotation are controlled via variable-frequency drives. The distance between the rollers can be adjusted to an accuracy of 0.1 mm. The rollers are pretensioned by an assembly of springs and a hydraulic cylinder. The

temperature at which the process runs is also controllable.

According to Gren, at the high temperatures achievable in the Karakal process, some devulcanization occurs.

“This is fantastic for the industry, because it means that processors can take the powder and add it straight back into the original mixer in place of virgin rubber.” Process air is used to cool the powder after it has been ground.

The machine from a distance resembles an ordinary twin-roll mill, but close inspection reveals the microserrations on the surfaces of the rolls.

The rolls are segmented, and the surfaces sections can be taken off, so that the serrations can be resharpened by the user.

The rolls do not have to be sent back to the manufacturer for this purpose, making the machine less costly to maintain. Two additional smaller rollers located below each of the two main rollers to clean them can be fitted on request. Pallmann chose the name Karakal after the wild cat (Caracal in English, also known as the desert lynx), which, not surprisingly, has very strong teeth.

Molecor introduces ISS + for PVC-O pipe olecor, a specialist group in PVC-O technology for pipe extruders, is showing its integrated Seal System (ISS+) as well as new technology to manufacture large diameter PVC-O pipes up to DN 800 mm.

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The manufacturing concept uses an air-based technology in which no water is involved, which reportedly makes a safer, cleaner, more efficient and profitable process. It is a flexible system able towork continuously with an extrusion line, or it can operate in batches.

The new integrated seal system (ISS+) is one of the more recent technological developments. This system is designed to manufacture socketed oriented pipes with automated integration of the gasket, retaining the orientation degree in the critical areas of the pipe.

By 2010 the group was able to manufacture tubes with diameters of 450-500mm. The group marketed this at K 2010 as “the biggest PVC-O pipe in the world”.

Now, in 2013, the group claims that its technology is ready to reach the DN 800mm mark for PVC-O pipes.

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EnvisionTEC showcases new 3D printing technology nvisionTEC ,manufacturer and distributor of patented 3D rapid prototyping and manufacturing solutions, , showcased its new ‘ULTRA 3SP 3D Printing Technology’ to the European market for the first time at K 2013. The Michigan-headquartered company, which specialises in 3D printing solutions based on Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology, demonstrated its newest 3D printing technology for its ULTRA family of 3D printers: Scan, Spin and Selectively Photocure (3SP) at the show.

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EnvisionTEC says 3SP technology is an innovative solution for 3D printing, with the ability to produce highly accurate parts at a competitive cost whilst maintaining great surface quality and material functionality. The company says this new “breakthrough technology” will be used to expand its

offerings in the large-frame 3D printer market.

EnvisionTEC is also showcased examples from its Perfactory, Perfactory Micro and Perfactory desktop 3D printer families. The Perfactory contains a wide range of solution-based models.

With specific solutions geared towards the jewellery, dental and hearing aid markets, the Perfactory family also includes options that can be tailored to any use requiring high-resolution and excellent surface finish.

First released in 2012, EnvisionTEC describes the Perfactory Micro as “the smallest desktop 3D printer with the highest resolution, that is a low cost, easy maintenance and user-friendly system, designed for producing high quality models, for use by consumers and design professionals.” Finally, the Perfactory desktop family aims

to provide a mid-range group of 3D printers with all of the features of the larger models in a desktop size for smaller companies and designers.

The latest UHMW-PE makes it mark at K 2013 next generation GUR ultra high molecular weight polyethylene ( U H M W- P E ) w i t h b r e a k t h r o u g h technology was debuted at K 2013

by Celanese, this after nearly 60 years since the engineered material was first introduced at K 1955.

"This breakthrough technology can help manufacturers of membranes and separators achieve superior material performance and processing advantages," said Christopher Davie, Celanese strategy and marketing director - GUR, Industrial, Medical and Composites.

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"Trial samples will be available during the second half of 2014," Davie said. Celanese will select strategic development customers to receive samples of the next generation GUR UHMW-PE when they become available.

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EOS expands additive manufacturing plastics material range OS technology developer for design-driven, integrated e-manufacturing solutions in the Additive Manufacturing (AM) sector, recently introduced two new plastic materials for industrial 3D printing. PrimePart ST (PEBA 2301), a soft, flexible, and elastic material, belongs to the group of thermoplastic elastomers and is available immediately for EOSINT P 395 systems.

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In the coming months, availability will be extended to the EOS Formiga P110 and EOSINT P760 systems. PrimePart FR (AP 2241 FR) is a flame-retardant Polyamide 12 and is available now for both the current EOSINT P 395 and P 760 systems, as well as for the EOSINT P 390 and P730.

PrimePart ST was developed to support the production of flexible, rubber-like parts, with a optimized design that ensures that parts will return to their original shape, even after significant deformation. In the temperature range of -40 to 90o C the material demonstrates very good fatigue performance, according to EOS. A key application for this material is sporting goods, particularly the production of winter sport accessories, such as impact protectors where the resilience of the material opens up a broad range of possibilities. Other markets include consumer goods, the automotive sector and certain medical applications. PrimePart FR is particularly suitable for applications in the aerospace sector.

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however, EOS recommends using at least 60% new powder. PrimePart FR meets the relevant flame-proof requirements at wall thicknesses of just 1.0 mm. The ability to use regrind means that the cost of part manufacturing is cut significantly.

A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e m a t e r i a l demonstrates improved mechanical properties: a tensile strength of 49 MPa with an elongation at break of 15%.

Applications in the field of airplane interiors would include ventilation ducts and outlet vents. "With these plastics materials we are reacting to two needs that our customers have brought more and more to our attention," said Fabian Muller, product marketing manager polymers at EOS. "That is the provision of materials that allow for new applications and cost-efficiencies.

The soft, rubber-like PrimePart ST has received positive feedback from our test-customers, which bodes well for the material's introduction to the market.

It's a similar story with PRimePart FR. The rising cost pressures in the aerospace sector and the increasing demand for lightweight parts, mean that PrimePart FR is ideally suited for meeting today's requirements."

EOS is also expanding its portfolio of metal materials with the commercial introduction of EOS NickelAlloy HX, according to information from EOS. The heat- and corrosion-resistant nickel-chrome-iron-molybdenum alloy distinguishes itself through its high degree of strength and resistance to oxidization, even at high temperatures.

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up to 1,200oC. The material is optimized for processing in the EOSINT M 280 metal system (Direct Metal Laser Sintering or DMLS), and it typically processed with a layer thickness of 20 microns.

The material is particularly well suited for use in applications that are exposed to high thermal forces giving rise to a significant risk of oxidization," said Christiane Krempl, product marketing manager metals. "Typical applications we are seeing include aerospace, with combustion chambers and their component parts. The material is also ideal for use in heating elements, in conveyor ovens, or industrial blast furnaces."

Andreas Graichen, product developer (Bas Turbines) at Siemens Energy adds: "We use EOS' additive manufacturing process for constructing prototypes, for 'rapid manufacturing,' and 'rapid repair.'

Thanks to this technology we are able to cut times and thereby reduce costs for customers commissioning us in the repair of industrial gas turbines. In the construction process we use the NickelAlloy HX. Its material properties make it ideally suited for repair works, as it is able to withstand the high temperatures to which the gas turbines are constantly exposed. For the repair, the complete burner is brought into the tailor-made EOS-Metal system.

We leave the structure intact, remove the outer 20mm, and then simply print a new combustion head. This process ensures significant savings both in terms of time and costs."

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Plastics Recycling: Challenges and Opportunities (Continued from Oct issue pg 46) (e) Current advances in plastic recycling Innovations in recycling technologies over the last decade include increasingly reliable detectors and sophisticated decision and recognition software that collectively increase the accuracy and productivity of automatic sorting—for example current FT-NIR detectors can operate for up to 8000 h between faults in the detectors.

Another area of innovation has been in finding higher value applications for recycled polymers in closedloop processes, which can directly replace virgin polymer As an example, in the UK, since 2005 most PET sheet for thermoforming contains 50–70% recycled PET (rPET) through use of A/B/A layer sheet where the outer layers (A) are food-contact-approved virgin resin, and the inner layer (B) is rPET. Food-grade rPET is also now widely available in the market for direct food contact because of the development of ‘super-clean’ grades. These only have slight deterioration in clarity from virgin PET, and are being used at 30–50% replacement of virgin PET in many applications and at 100 per cent of the material in some bottles.

Comparing some environmental impacts of commodity polymer production and current ability for recycling from post-consumer sources.

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including Germany, Austria, Norway, Italy and Spain are already collecting, in addition to their bottle streams, rigid packaging such as trays, tubs and pots as well as limited amounts of post-consumer flexible packaging such as films and wrappers.

Recycling of this non-bottle packaging has become possible because of improvements in sorting and washing technologies and emerging markets for the recyclates.

In the UK, the Waste Resource Action Programme (WRAP) has run an initial study of mixed plastics recycling and is now taking this to full-scale validation (WRAP 2008b).

The potential benefits of mixed plastics recycling in terms of resource efficiency, diversion from landfill and emission savings, are very high when one considers the fact that in the UK it is estimated that there is over one million tonne per annum of non-bottle plastic packaging (WRAP 2008a) in comparison with 525 000 tonnes of plastic bottle waste (WRAP 2007).

4. Ecological case for recycling Life-cycle analysis can be a useful tool for assessing the potential benefits of recycling programmes.

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activities themselves).

However, if plastics are recycled into products that were previously made from other materials such as wood or concrete, then savings in requirements for polymer production will not be realized (Fletcher & Mackay 1996).

There may be other environmental costs or benefits of any such alternative material usage, but these are a distraction to our discussion of the benefits of recycling and would need to be considered on a case-bycase basis.

Here, we will primarily consider recycling of plastics into products that would otherwise have been produced from virgin polymer.

Feedstock (chemical) recycling technologies satisfy the general principle of material recovery, but are more costly than mechanical recycling, and less energetically favourable as the polymer has to be depolymerized and then re-polymerized. Historically, this has required very significant subsidies because of the low price of petrochemicals in contrast to the high process and plant costs to chemically recycle polymers.

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There are also environmental and health concerns associated with their emissions.

One of the key benefits of recycling plastics is to reduce the requirement for plastics production. e. In terms of energy use, recycling has been shown to save more energy than that produced by energy recovery even when including the energy used to collect, transport and re-process the plastic (Morris 1996).

Life-cycle analyses has also been used for plastic-recycling systems to evaluate the net environmental impacts (Arena et al. 2003; Perugini et al.2005) and these find greater positive environmental benefits for mechanical recycling over landfill and incineration with energy recovery.

It has been estimated that PET bottle recycling gives a net benefit in greenhouse gas emissions of 1.5 tonnes of CO2-e per tonne of recycled PET (Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) 2005) as well as reduction in landfill and net energy consumption.

An average net reduction of 1.45 tonnes of CO2-e per tonne of recycled plastic has been estimated as a useful guideline to policy (ACRR 2004), one basis for this value appears to have been a German life-cycle analysis (LCA) study (Patel et al. 2000), which also found that most of the net energy and emission benefits arise from the substitution of virgin polymer production.

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A recent LCA specifically for PET bottle manufacture calculated that use of 100 per cent recycled PET instead of 100 per cent virgin PET would reduce the full life-cycle emissions from 446 to 327 g CO2 per bottle, resulting in a 27 per cent relative reduction in emissions (WRAP 2008e).

Mixed plastics, the least favourable source of recycled polymer could still provide a net benefit of the vicinity of 0.5 tonnes of CO2-e per tonne of recycled product (WRAP 2008c).

The higher eco-efficiency for bottle recycling is because of both the more efficient process for recycling bottles as opposed to mixed plastics and the particularly high emissions profile of virgin PET production.

However, the mixed plastics recycling scenario still has a positive net benefit, which was considered superior to the other options studied, of both landfills and energy recovery as solid refuse fuel, so long as there is substitution of virgin polymer.

5. Public support for recycling There is increasing public awareness on the need for sustainable production and consumption. This has encouraged local authorities to organize collection of recyclables, encouraged some manufacturers to develop products with recycled content, and other businesses to supply this public demand.

Marketing studies of consumer preferences indicate that there is a significant, but not overwhelming proportion of people who value environmental values in their purchasing patterns.

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For such customers, confirmation of recycled content and suitability for recycling of the packaging can be a positive attribute, while exaggerated claims for recyclability (where the recyclability is potential, rather than actual) can reduce consumer confidence.

It has been noted that participating in recycling schemes is an environmental behaviour that has wide participation among the general population and was 57 per cent in the UK in a 2006 survey (WRAP 2008d), and 80 per cent in an Australian survey where kerbside collection had been in place for longer (NEPC 2001).

Some governments use policy to encourage post-consumer recycling, such as the EU Directive on packaging and packaging waste (94/62/EC).

This subsequently led Germany to set-up legislation for extended producer responsibility that resulted in the die Grüne Punkt (Green Dot) scheme to implement recovery and recycling of packaging.

In the UK, producer responsibility was enacted through a scheme for generating and trading packaging recovery notes, plus more recently a landfill levy to fund a range of waste reduction activities.

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These schemes can be effective in boosting collection rates, for example one state of Australia has a container deposit scheme (that includes PET soft-drink bottles), as well as kerbside collection schemes.

Here the collection rate of PET bottles was 74 per cent of sales, compared with 36 per cent of sales in other states with kerbside collection only. The proportion of bottles in litter was reduced as well compared to other states (West 2007).

6. Economic issues relating to recycling Two key economic drivers influence the viability of thermoplastics recycling. These are the price of the recycled polymer compared with virgin polymer and the cost of recycling compared with alternative forms of acceptable disposal. There are additional issues associated with variations in the quantity and quality of supply compared with virgin plastics.

that is necessary for landfill is expensive because of the hard nature of the underlying volcanic bedrock; while in the Netherlands it is costly because of permeability from the sea.

High disposal costs are an economic incentive towards either recycling or energy recovery.

Collection of used plastics from households is more economical in suburbs where the population density is sufficiently high to achieve economies of scale.

The most efficient collection scheme can vary with locality, type of dwellings (houses or large multiapartment buildings) and the type of sorting facilities available. In rural areas ‘bring schemes’ where the public deliver their own waste for recycling, for example when they visit a nearby town, are considered more cost-effective than kerbside collection.

Many local authorities and some supermarkets in the UK operate ‘bring banks’, or even reversevending machines. These latter methods can be a good source of relatively pure recyclables, but are ineffective in providing high collection rates of post-consumer waste.

In the UK, dramatic increases in collection of the plastic bottle waste stream was only apparent after the relatively recent implementation of kerbside recycling The price of virgin plastic is influenced by the price of oil, which is the principle feedstock for plastic production.

As the quality of recovered plastic is typically lower than that of virgin plastics, the price of virgin plastic sets the ceiling for prices of recovered plastic. The price of oil has increased significantly in the last few years, from a range of around USD 25 per

Lack of information about the availability of recycled plastics, its quality and suitability for specific applications, can also act as a disincentive to use recycled material.

Historically, the primary methods of waste disposal have been by landfill or incineration.

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Hence, although higher oil prices also increase the cost of collection and reprocessing to some extent, recycling has become relatively more financially attractive.

Technological advances in recycling can improve the economics in two main ways—by decreasing the cost of recycling (productivity/efficiency improvements) and by closing the gap between the value of recycled resin and virgin resin.

The latter point is particularly enhanced by technologies for turning recovered plastic into food grade polymer by removing contamination—supporting closedloop recycling.

This technology has been proven for rPET from clear bottles (WRAP 2008b), and more recently rHDPE

from milk bottles (WRAP 2006).

So, while over a decade ago recycling of plastics without subsidies was mostly only viable from postindustrial waste, or in locations where the cost of alternative forms of disposal were high, it is increasingly now viable on a much broader geographic scale, and for postconsumer waste.

7. Current trends in plastic recycling In western Europe, plastic waste generation is growing at approximately 3 per cent per annum, roughly in line with longterm economic growth, whereas the amount of mechanical recycling increased strongly at a rate of approximately 7 per cent per annum.

In 2003, however, this still amounted to only 14.8 per cent of the waste plastic generated (from all sources).

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Figure 3. Volumes of plastic waste disposed to landfill, and recovered by various methods in Western Europe, 1993–2003 (APME 2004).

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(1.7 per cent) and energy recovery (22.5 per cent), this amounted to a total recovery rate of approximately 39 per cent from the 21.1 million tonnes of plastic waste generated in 2003 (figure 3).

This trend for both rates of mechanical recycling and energy recovery to increase is continuing, although so is the trend for increasing waste generation.

8. Challenges and opportunities for improving plastic recycling Effective recycling of mixed plastics waste is the next major challenge for the plastics recycling sector. The advantage is the ability to recycle a larger proportion of the plastic waste stream by expanding post-consumer collection of plastic packaging to cover a wider variety of materials and pack types.

Product design for recycling has strong potential to assist in such recycling efforts. A study carried out in the UK found that the amount of packaging in a regular shopping basket that, even if collected, cannot be effectively recycled, ranged from 21 to 40% (Local Government Association (UK) 2007).

Hence, wider implementation of policies to promote the use of environmental design principles by industry could have a large impact on recycling performance, increasing the proportion of packaging that can economically be collected and diverted from landfill (see Shaxson et al.2009). The same logic applies to durable consumer goods designing for disassembly, recycling and specifications for use of recycled

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of materials were to be rationalized to a subset of current usage.

for end-of-life waste management of plastic products.

Most post-consumer collection schemes are for rigid packaging as flexible packaging tends to be problematic during the collection and sorting stages.

For example, if rigid plastic containers ranging from bottles, jars to trays were all PET, HDPE and PP, without clear PVC or PS, which are problematic to sort from co-mingled recyclables, then all rigid plastic packaging could be collected and sorted to make recycled resins with minimal cross-contamination.

It makes increasing sense economically as well as environmentally and recent trends demonstrate a substantial increase in the rate of recovery and recycling of plastic wastes.

Most current material recovery facilities have difficulty handling flexible plastic packaging because of the different handling characteristics of rigid packaging.

The low weight-to-volume ratio of films and plastic bags also makes it less economically viable to invest in the necessary collection and sorting facilities.

However, plastic films are currently recycled from sources including secondary packaging such as shrink-wrap of pallets and boxes and some agricultural films, so this is feasible under the right conditions.

Approaches to increasing the recycling of films and flexible packaging could include separate collection, or investment in extra sorting and processing facilities at recovery facilities for handling mixed plastic wastes.

The losses of rejected material and the value of the recycled resins would be enhanced. In addition, labels and adhesive materials should be selected to maximize recycling performance.

Improvements in sorting/separation within recycling plants give further potential for both higher recycling volumes, and better eco-efficiency by decreasing waste fractions, energy and water use The goals should be to maximize both the volume and quality of recycled resins.

9. Conclusions In summary, recycling is one strategy

These trends are likely to continue, but some significant challenges still exist from both technological factors and from economic or social behaviour issues relating to the collection of recyclable wastes, and substitution for virgin material.

Recycling of a wider range of post-consumer plastic packaging, together with waste plastics from consumer goods and ELVs will further enable improvement in recovery rates of plastic waste and diversion from landfills. Coupled with efforts to increase the use and specification of recycled grades as replacement of virgin plastic, recycling of waste plastics is an effective way to improve the environmental performance of the polymer industry.

In order to have successful recycling of mixed plastics, high-performance sorting of the input materials needs to be performed to ensure that plastic types are separated to high levels of purity; there is, however, a need for the further development of endmarkets for each polymer recyclate stream.

The effectiveness of post-consumer packaging recycling could be dramatically increased if the diversity

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U.S. plastics industry is booming, SPI tells K 2013 audience he U.S. plastics industry remains one of the largest manufacturing sectors in the U.S. – outpacing overall U.S. manufacturing – and its trade surplus continues to grow.

Speaking at a press conference at K 2013, William R. Carteaux, president and CEO of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc., cited 2012 statistics that support the strength of the U.S. plastics industry.

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“While continuing U.S. political gridlock has plastics company leaders trying to make decisions in an uncertain business environment, our nation’s plastics industry has remained highly competitive by finding innovative solutions and efficiencies, as well as by expanding international reach

to new markets,” Carteaux said. “In 2012, the value of goods shipped by our industry was more than US$373 billion, and plastics continue to better the rest of U.S. manufacturing in key growth rate areas.”

Export growth continues to be a significant boost for the U.S. plastics industry. In 2012, U.S. plastics exported goods valued at US$58.5 billion.

“We anticipate this positive trend to continue over the next few years as recent free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, Panama and Russia become more fully exploited

by U.S. companies,” Carteaux said.

“In fact, our data for the first half of 2013 indicate that U.S. plastics industry exported goods were up

EC adopts proposal to reduce use of lightweight plastic carrier bags he European Commission has adopted a proposal that requires its 28 Member States to reduce their use of lightweight plastic carrier bags. However, the EC has not laid out rigid guidelines as to how each Member State will do so and has given the flexibility to every Member States to design the measures they deem most effective, taking into account existing best practices.

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Under the proposal, Member States can choose whatever measures they find most appropriate to meet this requirement, including charges, national reduction targets or a total ban.Technically, the Commission’s P L A S T I C S N E W S

proposal amends the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive with two main elements: First, Member States are required to adopt measures to reduce the consumption of plastic carrier bags with a thickness below 50 microns, as these are less frequently reused than thicker ones, and often end up as litter.

Second, these measures may include the use of economic instruments, such as charges, national reduction targets, and marketing restrictions – subject to the internal market rules of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.

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1.8 per cent from the same period in 2012. CEOs realize that 96 per cent of the world’s customers are outside of the United States, and SPI has responded this year by leading trade missions to Chile and Panama. We have future trade missions planned to introduce companies to markets in India, Vietnam, South Korea, and Turkey.”

Plastics professional shortlisted in Everywoman Awards plastics professional has made the finalists in the 2013 NatWest Everywoman Awards, which recognises the contributions made by women to the UK economy.

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Gillian Jakes, from Leicester, aged 47, has been chosen as a finalist in the Athena category for female business owners aged 36-49.Jakes took over the reins of Bosworth Plastics and grew its turnover from £375k turnover to £1.7m at a time when many competitors were struggling to stay in business, said the NatWest judges. Under her watch the company developed and patented new components, which have been used in the construction of London’s Crossrail project, Hong Kong’s drainage tunnel and the Abu Dhabi step sewer, amongst others.

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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag celebrates 70 years of partnerships with Norway, Finland and Greece his year, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is celebrating the anniversaries of three longstanding partnerships with agents in the countries of Norway, Finland and Greece.

director of the Sumitomo (SHI) Demag agency in Greece, began working with two German machine-manufacturing companies called Stübbe and Ankerwerk back in 1970.

The year 2013 is the tenth year in the collaboration between the Norwegian Hans Claussen AS and Sumitomo (SHI) Demag; the collaboration with Jusuco Oy from Finland spans a full twenty years, while Tecomer Ltd., in Greece can look back on more than forty years of doing business together with the JapaneseGerman machine manufacturer.Paul Papapavlou, the current managing

Three years later, as the owner of Technicom Ltd. he signed an agency agreement with the two machine builders, who were subsequently purchased by the Schwaig, Germanybased Demag Plastics Machinery company. In 1976, Technicom Ltd. changed its name to Tecomer Ltd. The company, which is based in the greater Athens area, is proudly celebrating over 40 years of successful

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Odd Bjørklund, the managing durector of Hans Claussen AS, has represented Sumitomo (SHI) Demag in Norway now for 10 years.

From its headquarters in Stabekk, approximately 10 kilometers west of Oslo, the agency provides support and consultancy services to Norwegian processing companies working in the plastics industry.

US recycling market growing despite challenges he North American plastic recycling sector had its own particular set of challenges in 20122013, but none of those hurdles have been able to stop the industry from growing, though the growth hasn’t been as robust as industry participants might have expected.

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it was in 2006, according to the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), an industry association based in Sonoma, Calif.

NAPCOR released its most recent recycling report in late 2012 through a partnership with the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR).

The increased recycling rate can be attributed, in part, to the increase in the volume of bottles collected in the United States. That amount increased from less than 1.3 billion pounds in 2006 to just over 1.6 billion pounds in 2011 — an increase of 26 percent.

Another contributing factor, according to the report, was a drop in the volume of plastic bottles on U.S. shelves.

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Volume peaked at almost 5.7 billion pounds in 2007, with the United States and the rest of the world teetering on the edge of a global recession. By 2009, that volume declined to below 5.2 million pounds.

It remained under 5.5 million pounds in 2011. Reasons behind the drop in volume included a shift in consumer tastes, as Americans moved away from consumption of carbonated drinks — the PET market’s largest single sector — and of bottle lightweighting, which allowed fewer grams of PET to be used in each bottle. The collection of more bottles, combined with the drop in bottle volume, created a positive directional trend when factored together.

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China's operation Green Fence expires hina's Operation Green Fence has had a big impact on the global plastics recycling market. Now, as the program is getting set to expire this month, recyclers are curious about what will come next. The policy, which went into effect in February, strictly enforces regulations on importing dirty scrap materials into the country.

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The topic dominated the China Scrap Plastics Association's biannual China Replas conference in Hangzhou, which was attended by almost 500 plastics recycling representatives from China and around the world.But no one, not even C S PA e x e c u t i v e p r e s i d e n t Steve Wong, seemed to know the government's next step. Already, he said, there is a sense in the industry that the government policy is changing.

"The experience in our business, in our industry, is since the last few

weeks the situation is more relaxed, he said. "The … tonnage [of recycled plastic imported by China] is already increased since August."

"I think we are achieving success step by step," he said. The next step for officials is to "consolidate our achievements. These companies operating illegally will not be forgiven."

He added, "We will provide convenience to those companies operating legally."

Operation Green Fence, which is the tightened enforcement of regulations that have been in place for several years now, is now in its third and final phase, called Goddess of the Earth. In this phase, officials are checking product bound for Chinese recyclers at the point of import and the point of origin.Wong, who is CSPA's executive president and managing director of Fukutomi Co., believes that while the Green Fence Operation will

end, the system that the operation put into place will continue.

L i S h u Yu a n o f t h e n e w l y established National Center of Solid Waste Management, part of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, described this final phase of Operation Green Fence.

The phase lasts from October to December, one month past the end of the Operation Green Fence, and involves cracking down on foreign smugglers of illegal solid waste as well as tightening the management of permit certificates for transferring solid waste.She said that importing illegal solid waste could result in the suspension of the company's import license for two years. Those companies found to be using other companies import licenses will be fined and possibly penalized.

European Union looks to reduce consumption of plastic bags y charging or banning plastic bags, the European Commission believes its new proposal will reduce plastic bag use by 80% in European Union member states.

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Janez Potočnik.The proposal follows measures taken by individual member states and from calls by EU Environment Ministers on the Commission to assess the scope for action at the EU level.

Once the European Parliament and the Council approve the proposal, it will enter into effect 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the EU. Member states will then have 12 months for transposition, and two years to implement the directive.

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Raise landfill tax to £200 a tonne, says BPF ccording to manufacturing organizations, the Chancellor of the Exchequer should more than double landfill tax to £200 a tonne in his forthcoming Autumn Statement as a way to encourage greater recycling.

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In a letter to George Osborne the British Plastics Federation (BPF) and six other organisations representing plastics, rubber, coating and associated machinery and tool making sectors, said the UK was “among the worst performers in the European Union for its dependency on sending waste to landfill”.

“To drive recyclable waste from landfill we do urge you to greatly increase Landfill Tax to £200 per tonne.

This would drive recyclable waste from landfill bringing back into use valuable resources after recycling,” the seven

bodies wrote.

Some of the increased receipts for the Treasury “could be used as grants to stimulate investment in more recycling and energy from waste facilities”, they added.

The seven groups also called on the government to be “very wary of knee-jerk ‘green’ gestures such as the proposed 5p charge for plastics carrier bags”.

Such a charge was unnecessary, the letter argued, and would not have the intended effect of reducing bag use, merely being an added cost for “hard-pressed households and individuals”.

As well as the BPF the ‘Seven Association Alliance’ includes the Packaging and Films Association;

Kuwait and Vietnam agree to execute a joint refinery and petrochemical project uwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Mustafa Al-Shimali and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung agreed to smoothly execute a joint refinery and petrochemical project and confirmed the two governments' strong commitments to strengthening bilateral ties.

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The US$9 billion plant, to be located in 180 km south of Hanoi, is expected to start commercial operations in 2017 with a refining capacity of 200,000 bpd, equivalent to 10 mln tpa. The petrochem project involves Kuwait, Vietnam and Japan, with state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) set to supply all of its feedstock requirements.

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the British Coatings Association; the Scottish Plastics and Rubber Association; the British Rubber and Polythene Producers Association; the Gauge and Tool Makers Association, and the Northern Ireland Polymer Association.

Waste green paper highlights concerns resh controls on the manufacturing of plastics in the EU are under consideration as a result of comments submitted to the European Commission’s green paper on plastic waste. There have been more than 270 responses since its March publication, from industry, environmentalists, parliaments and environment ministries.

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EU environment commissioner Janez Potocnik said comments showed there was “strong support for promoting mono-materials and improved plastic design in order to increase recyclability”.

He also noted that “many respondents believe that restrictions in the use of additives are needed”, or more information provided through safety data sheets or public databases on plastic chemical content.

“Moreover, current legislation is felt to not sufficiently address the risks arising from the use of microplastics in products,” he noted.

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TCG to approach High Court to challenge a bid by Indian Oil Corp for Haldia he Chatterjee Group (TCG) is set to approach the Calcutta high court, to challenge last month’s selection of Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOC) as the highest bidder for the West Bengal government’s 40% stake in Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL),.

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TCG, a co-promoter of HPL, is the single largest shareholder with a 41% stake, and it has the right of first refusal on West Bengal Industrial Development Corp. Ltd’s (WBIDC) 675 million shares in the firm, which the state proposes to sell to the state-run oil marketing firm unless TCG matches its bid of Rs.25.10/ share. TCG, which will have to pay

around Rs.1,700 crore to claim WBIDC’s stake in HPL, is of the view that the state government did not share details of IOC’s bid, such as conditions attached to its Rs.25.10/ share bid. It only mentioned the price that TCG would have to pay if it wants to buy WBIDC’s shares, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The state government did not even name IOC as the selected bidder in its communication sent to Chatterjee Petrochem (Mauritius) Co., soon after a panel of state ministers decided on 10 October to accept the oil marketing company’s bid and conclude the auction. “TCG is raising these issues

Reliance Industries raises Linde's Jamnagar expansion deal by 50% to € 700 million eliance Industries’ ongoing refinery expansion project at Jamnagar includes plans to produce synthetic gas from coal. RIL has significantly raised the scope and worth of its earlier pact with Munichbased Linde AG, parent of industrial gases producer Linde India, by 50% to €700 million (about Rs 5,900 crore).

In a deal signed in April, Linde’s engineering division would supply four large air separation units for the production of gaseous oxygen and

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another two to produce high-purity oxygen to the ethylene glycol facilities in Jamnagar. To treat the synthesis gas generated during this gasification process, Linde would also deliver two acid gas removal units.

Reliance is also building one of the world’s largest ethylene crackers taking advantage of refinery integration at Jamnagar. This project will be commissioned in H2-2016 and would nearly double the ethylene capacity to 3.3 mln tpa.

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because it does not have the money to match IOC’s bid,” added Chatterjee, who is also HPL’s chairman.

The state government followed the “letter of the law” while honouring TCG’s right of first refusal on WBIDC’s stake, said one of the state’s key advisers. “If it wants to know the conditions attached to IOC’s offer, it can always seek clarification from WBIDC,” this person said, speaking on condition that he would not be named.

Nissei expands into India apanese injection molding machine maker Nissei Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. has established a new sales subsidiary in Gurgaon this month. According to the company "Japanese companies, mainly automotive industries, have been expanding their businesses in the Indian market in recent years, and this trend is expected to grow," the company said in a statement.

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Slow demand pulls down ABS prices in China, Italy BS markets started November on a softer note in China and in Italy, weighed down by sluggish demand and the softer upstream markets. Crude oil futures on the Nymex broke below the US$95/barrel threshold for the first time since June in November due to rising crude stockpiles in the US and a stronger dollar.

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Crude prices slipped 3.3% this past week and they declined by 5.8% during October. In China, ABS prices moved lower both in the import and local markets this week in line with producers’ price cuts and lower spot styrene prices which slipped around US$10/ton on the week while spot butadiene and ACN prices tracked a largely steady trend. A domestic producer lowered their local ABS prices by CNY100/ton this week whereas South Korean producer

lowered their export ABS prices to China by US$10/ton on the week. A source from the producer reported, “We think that we can manage to conclude some deals at our new levels. We are planning to take a waitand-see attitude before issuing further reductions on our prices.”

Another South Korean producer issued relatively larger discounts of US$20/ton on their export ABS prices, pointing to lower styrene costs and stagnant demand. A producer source said, “We are facing difficulty in concluding deals even after our latest price cuts. Most buyers are staying sidelined due to their anticipations of seeing lower prices in the upcoming days.” In Italy, initial November ABS prices emerged with decreases of €20-40/ton from October following the monomer settlements.

Jain Irrigation reports net loss of Rs 65 croress for July-September ain Irrigation has reported a net loss of Rs 65 crore in the July-September quarter, as margins also dipped to around 16% from 19% from the year-ago period. According to Anil Jain Managing Director, Jain Irrigation, the depreciation in rupee and crude pushed polymer prices to all-time highs, which impacted margins.

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strategy will be to have net forex earnings of USD 50 million this year.

Exports have risen to 60% in the first half and expect it to rise further.

Overall margin compression of about 3.3% is partly due to the product mix.

This quarter out polyethylene pipe business has grown up by 200%, while micro irrigation also grew by about 20%. Last quarter the rupee depreciation and crude prices pushed polymer prices at lifetime highs.

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Sibur, Gazprom in JV for petchem complex in Belogorsk ussia's Sibur and Gazprom have signed a joint venture agreement on the construction of a gas processing plant and petrochemical complex in Belogorsk, in the Amur region in Russia's Far East. According to the company the memorandum outlines general mechanisms for the pricing of ethane supplies and the coordination of the projects and provision of other synergies.

At Belogorsk, Gazprom plans to construct a gas processing plant with an annual capacity of 60 billion cubic meters that will separate ethane and other gas fractions, while Sibur would take charge of the construction of the petrochemical complex that utilizes the ethane for the production of monomers and polymers. Feedstock for the complex is expected to be sourced from the natural gas production centers in Yakutia and Irkutsk which Gazprom is developing under the Eastern Gas program.

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Shell to sign US$11 bln Petrochem deal with Iraq oyal Dutch Shell and the Iraqi government are nearing a deal to build a US$11 bln petrochemical facility in southern Iraq. The government said in a statement that it was about to sign a "heads of agreement," committing both sides to early planning for the project.

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A Shell spokesman said that Shell had signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraq in April 2012 to conduct a detailed feasibility study of a potential petrochemicals complex.

"We continue to work towards signing a Heads of Agreement with the Government of Iraq in due course," the spokesman said in a statement.

The project is being called Nebras,

Arabic for "beacon of light." The project envisions an ethane-cracking unit that would produce ethylene, a compound used in making plastic.

Shell already has a big presence in Iraq, where it is developing the huge Majnoon oil field, near Basra. It, and a number of other global energy companies, won the rights to develop several fields to help the country jump start its oil industry, laid low by looting and sabotage.

The industry had also suffered years of neglect and sanctions under Saddam Hussein. Shell also signed a US$17.2 bln deal last year to collect natural gas from Iraq's southern oil field production. The gas has traditionally been flared, or burned

OYAK Group acquires all shares in Chemson yak Group has acquired all shares in the Austrian producer of polymer additives Chemson Group from the Austrian private equity fund Buy-Out Central Europe II, effective as of November 8. In addition to facilities in Austria Chemsan AG group has also facilities in United Kingdom, The United States, Brazil, China and Australia.

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Unipetrol Buys Out Shell from Czech Refiner for $27.2 Mln zech downstream oil group Unipetrol has agreed to buy partner Royal Dutch Shell's 16.3% stake in Ceska Rafinerska for US$27.2 mln, boosting its stake in the country's only refinery to 67.6%. The deal completion is expected at the beginning of 2014, as per Reuters.

Italy's Eni will be the only minority shareholder in Ceska Rafinerska with a 32.445% stake. Ceska Rafinerska runs refineries in Litvinov and Kralupy and has a total conversion capacity of 8.7 million tons of crude oil per year.

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Unipetrol, majority owned by Poland's PKN Orlen, is targeting a return to an operating profit in 2013 but said last month it would be tough to meet its goals.

Like other European refiners, Unipetrol is facing overcapacity in the sector that has squeezed its margins to near zero. Also the Czech economy is just exiting a record long recession, weighing on demand, and Unipetrol

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The group is in the early stages of a five-year, nearly $1 billion strategy to invest in plant upgrades and invest in new projects while integrating deeper its refining and petrochemical segments.

"The acquisition of Shell's shares (in Ceska Rafinerska) improves feedstock security for petrochemical segment development," Switajewski said.

Unipetrol said it used its own cash reserves to buy all 16.335% shares in Ceska Rafinerska AS from Shell Overseas Investments B.V., boosting its stake in the oil refiner to 67.555%.

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Braskem to invest US$23 mln in capacity expansion of LLDPE raskem SA is to invest US$23.1 mln to expand its production capacity of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) by 120,000 tpa in Brazil. According to the reports Of that amount, 100,000 tons will be part of the Braskem Flexus line, the company’s brand for metallocenebased PE. Braskem will convert one of its industrial lines for PE in the Camaçari petrochemical complex in

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Bahia state for new production of this resin, which is being promoted as the latest technology in resins for plastic film. Braskem Flexus products are increasingly being used in packaging that requires greater resistance, gloss, transparency and sealing, the company said. They’re intended for processing applications in specialty films, reel technique and industrial films.

NGC petrochemical complex in Dahej PCPIR scheduled for Q2-2014 start up he Rs 24,000 crore mega petrochemical complex being set up by ONGC Petro additions Ltd (OPaL) in the Dahej PCPIR (Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region) is on track and scheduled to start functioning in Q2-2014.

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15,123 crore in the petrochemical complex. According to reports Plant capacity comprises 1,100 KTPA (kilo tons per annum) of ethylene and 400,000 tpa of propylene, 135,000 tpa of benzene, about 95,000 tpa of butadiene, 165,000 tpa of pygas and 70,000 tpa of carbon black, along with polyethylene and polypropylene units.

Sinopec receives initial approval for US$10 bln Shanghai refinery inopec Corp won initial approval last month from China's top economic planner for a plan to build a US$10 bln refinery and petrochemical complex in Shanghai.

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Eni's Versalis and Lotte Chemical form JV for elastomers ni SpA's chemical s u b s i d i a r y Ve r s a l i s has established a 50-50 joint venture with South Korean petrochemical company Lotte Chemical to target the Asian elastomers market. The JV, called Lotte Versalis Elastomers Co., will be headquartered in Yeosu, South Korea. Production capaciy for the elastomers unit includes butadiene and ethylene propylene-derived products for a total capacity of about 200,000 metric tpa.The JV will manage the production of streams for premium application segments within the elastomers business.

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Petronas Chem sells Vietnam unit he petrochemicals arm of Malaysia's state oil firm Petronas will sell its stake in Vietnam's Phu My Plastics and Chemical Company Ltd (PMPC) to Japan's Asahi Glass Co Ltd and Mitsubishi Corporation. Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd has said that the divestment of 93.1% of PMPC was part of a plan to discontinue its vinyl business and strengthen its asset portfolio.

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Coperion’s new automatic bagging and palletizing system operion introduced the latest developments in its bagging and palletizing portfolio at K 2013 at its booth B 33 in hall 14. The IBP 250/500 packaging system (IBP = Integrated Bagging and Packaging machines) concentrates all weighing, bagging, marking, qualifying and palletizing functions in one small machine with a footprint of 8,500 x 2,200 mm.

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The product inlet is at a height of 2,700 mm including the product dosing and weighing system. The machine can be used to pack compounds of PE, PP, ABS, PC, PTA and PA including masterbatch applications.

These machines are easy to operate,

very flexible, adaptable to a wide product range and easy to maintain.

They operate reliably under harsh industrial conditions. In addition, the system provides useful statistical reporting and diagnostic control combined with efficiency monitoring.

This feature combined with remote technical assistance guarantees a reliable and efficient operation.

The Coperion packaging solutions include several models of FFS machines and palletizers on motorized karts that can be easily adapted to existing plant layouts.

These karts are able to move on rails or with independent wheel drive to allow X and Y movements without

appreciable turn radius All Coperion bagging and palletizing systems can be integrated into existing plant data acquisition systems for quality control and packaging efficiency control.

The modular design allows an easy upgrade of machine performance to be made without the need to replace the complete system. A new cleaning system allows reliable cleaning to take place in less than a minute, without the need for operator attendance.

This reduces the risk of product cross contaminations with a significant increase in the overall line efficiency.

PEEK shows its worth in fuel-saving engine component component molded from PEEK resin weighing in at just 70 g or so including metal insert and measuring 65 mm in diameter can reportedly contribute directly to a 2% reduction in fuel consumption in engines of four cylinders or less.

The part was unveiled at the K Show by the supplier of the polymer Victrex (Thornton Cleveleys, UK)

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The part in question is a mass balance gear employed to smooth out the operation of engines with few cylinders that tend to operate at high compression ratios and otherwise run on the rough side. "Typically, two such gears are used in such engines, with both or one of them being insertmolded using PEEK," says Steve

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Dougherty, Marketing Manager at Victrex.

A weight reduction of up to 70% per gear, a reduction in the moment of inertia of up to 80%, reduction of losses due to friction, and noise reduction of up to 50% (3 dB) are realized with the PEEK gear molded from grade 450G that also incorporates a slight helix. This leads to overall reduced fuel consumption and improved responsiveness. In other words, the overall system efficiency rises by 9%, corresponding to the 2% reduction in fuel consumption.

In other developments, US company Melling Engine Parts selected Victrex WG polymer for a small bushing in a water pump.

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Since this polymer can withstand high loads at elevated temperatures, while reducing frictional losses, energy consumption and component wear and tear, pump lifetime was extended and warranty requirements met.

Likewise, Victrex WG101 grade polymer is being used to minimize frictional losses within similarly extreme environments and it reportedly provides outstanding compressive creep resistance. In addition, this grade, and Victrex PEEK polymers generally, can withstand the aggressive automotive fluids and the high temperatures of today's transmissions, with no detectable therma.

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Clariant expands its range of organic pigments and polymer soluble dyes lariant has developed pigments and polymer soluble dyes fulfilling the legal regulations as well as specific industry standards, with a particular focus on the important topics of halogen content and lead chromate content in plastics applications.

industries such as toys, consumer goods and food packaging. This new range covers 15 products which are marketed under PV Fast®, Graphtol®, Polysynthren® and Solvaperm® trade names with the LHC suffix indicating their low, controlled halogen content.

Clariant has created a unique and comprehensive product range of high quality Low Halogen Controlled (LHC) colorants to support efforts to reduce the halogen content of, for example, E&E devices, consumer goods, and toys. The 13 organic pigments and 2 polymer soluble dyes allow customers to comply with IEC 61249-2-21 guidelines. The halogen content in these pigments is certified to be lower than 500 ppm (Bromine and Chlorine) and documented on Clariant’s Certificate of Analysis.

“With the launch of its low halogen controlled range of colorants, Clariant is supporting efforts to reduce the use of halogenated substances in consumer goods and contribute to less impact on the environment,” comments Marco Cenisio, Senior Vice President & General Manager Business Unit Pigments, Clariant.

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Clariant’s LHC colorants can be used for the E&E industry and other

“This innovation is part of our broader emphasis on product safety and the technical solutions we offer to help our customers comply with increasing safety requirements.” Lead chromate pigments are a further focus area for the plastics industry because

of their known impact on health and the environment. Under REACH regulations, in the EU from May 2015 the use of lead chromate pigments will no longer be permitted for sale without approval by the authorities.

Clariant offers a proven range of over 20 organic pigments covering the yellow and orange color space and technical solutions for replacing lead chromate pigments in a safe, and cost effective way. Clariant’s PV Fast Yellow, Graphtol Orange, Graphtol Yellow and Novoperm® Orange pigments are industry standards when it comes to lead chromate replacements with well-established levels of performance.

The Clariant Technical Marketing team offers individual support, guidance and laboratory work to help customers achieve the best possible lead chromate-free color formulation.

Novamont developes 'DI01A' and 'DI02A' two new grades of biopolymers he Novamont product range now includes two new innovations: new grades for food packaging and two new materials for injection molding which were unveiled at K 2013.

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grades of biopolymers, known by the codes 'DI01A' and 'DI02A'.

The new materials contain a high degree of renewable materials, can be composted, and have been approved for contact with food and present similar molding properties to polypropylene. They are ideally suited to the creation of complex products, including thin or large sized items.

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Krones AG Blowmolding series produces 81,000 PET containers an hour rones AG has launched latest generation of the Contiform 3 series that can produce 81,000 PET containers an hour. The company believes its blowmolding machine produces the "world's best output."

According to the company "Producing 81,000 PET containers an hour with a single blowmolding machine, and dressing and filling them as well in a monobloc comprising a blowmolder, a labeler and afiller: this is currently the highest output worldwide that a beverage machinery manufacturer can offer.

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The high-speed stretch blowmolding machine for containers sized at a maximum 0.75 liters is fitted with a newly developed blowmolding station that operates entirely without

lubrication. This reduces time by 70% needed for manual lubrication of the machine compared to the preceding model, and increases the machine's availability levels.

"Krones is thus not only setting up another world record for stretch blowmolding machines' output, but is also offering minimized operating costs," the company said. Krones said that four Contiform 3 SC machines are already delivering this output at a bottler in the U.S. and another bottler has ordered two more machines. All six high-speed stretch blowmolding machines produced so far have been integrated into the Krones ErgoBloc L wet-end monobloc With the wet-end monobloc

ErgoBloc L, Krones has integrated the technology of the Contiform 3 small cavity stretch blowmolding machine for small containers with Contiroll labeling technology featuring a Multireel automatic reel magazine, plus fillers from the new Modulfill series to create a purposefully synergized overall concept.

The individual machines had been optimized beforehand with carefully chosen innovations for deployment in a monobloc configuration, and mutually networked using an intelligent control system, according to the company. The total operating costs save a reportedly 10% than for conventional bottling lines. In addition, the monobloc's footprint is 30% smaller.

NatureWorks, announces availability of its new Ingeo™ M700 a t u r e Wo r k s , t h e l a r g e s t producer of biobased lactides, has announced world scale availability of its new Ingeo™ M700, a highpurity, polymer-grade lactide rich in meso-lactide. Ingeo M700 has been designed to package and deliver performance and functionality all in one unique molecule. This is different than previous industry approaches, which have attempted to deliver the functionality requested by the market with mixtures of two different materials, L-lactide and D-lactide.

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amorphous resins, grafted substrates, resin additives and modifiers, adhesives, coatings, elastomers, printing toners, surfactants, thermosets and solvents. Ingeo M700’s melting point is below 60°C, compared to racemic lactide’s melting point of nearly 130°C, and L- and D-lactide’s around 97°C. Providing a product with a lower melting point allows NatureWorks to supply processors with a more effective chemical intermediate on a number of different levels.

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and generally easier manufacturing processes to deliver ester functionality and, because it is effectively an anhydrous form of lactic acid, processors will not have to deal with water when using Ingeo M700.

Ingeo M700 is up to two times more susceptible to ring-opening reactions than L-, D- or racemic lactides, which can mean less catalyst usage, lower reaction temperatures, faster reaction time and improved throughput. It can be processed below 80°C, which under most circumstances eliminates the need to handle expensive solid particles and allows easier processing.

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Nordson Corporation introduces Polymer DSM launches Processing Systems EcoPaXX®, ordson Corporation’s Polymer Processing Systems group of products and solutions, a new worldwide offering provides a uniquely broad range of technologies for melting, conditioning, dispensing, and giving shape to plastics. As the result of a series of strategic acquisitions since the last K show, Nordson now manufactures precision melt stream components starting with the screws and barrels for extrusion and injection molding and proceeding downstream to the dies used to

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produce film, sheet, coatings, and pellets. In between are a diversity of critical components such as filtration systems, pumps, and valves.“All of the organizations that Nordson has acquired in the polymer processing space are leading suppliers of melt processing components that excel in precision engineering and place high value on meeting customers’ manufacturing needs and supporting them long after the sale,” said Peter Lambert, senior vice president of Nordson Corporation.

Energy saving benefits of Millad® NX™ 8000 validated with UL approved label he energy-saving benefits of Milliken's new generation clarifier Millad® NX™ 8000 for polypropylene (PP) have been validated by the independent organisation UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories). The validation qualifies Milliken and eventually its customers, from converters to brand owners, to use an Environmental Claim Validation (ECV) label to highlight the energy consumption reductions achieved with the use of Millad NX 8000 in a transparent PP product.

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clarity, high quality plastic packaging solutions for the food and household sectors. Importantly, use of the additive also allows conversion temperatures to be lowered, particularly in injection molding. This leads to less energy use and accompanying CO2 emission reductions. Numerous industrial test data indicates that use of Millad NX 8000 can lower required processing temperatures from 235°C to 190°C, resulting in energy savings between 8 and 12% and associated CO 2 emissions reductions.

Several different ECV labels displaying the energy savings facilitated

by Millad NX 8000 are available. For example, the product Millad NX 8000 will itself carry the claim: “Millad® NX™ 8000 enables an average of 86

Akulon® polyamide and Akulon® polyamide SM is launching a range of carbon fiber reinforced composites based on DSM’s EcoPaXX® polyamide 410, Akulon® polyamide 6 and Akulon® polyamide polyamide 46, to significantly reduce weight in body and chassis parts. Glass fiber reinforced composites will be targeted at reducing the weight of semi-structural components.

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“These initiatives are a perfect fit with DSM’s “Bright Science Brighter Living” strategy of developing innovative and sustainable solutions that create more value with less environmental impact along the supply chain, through to the final user,” says Danilo Fioravante, Global Business Director, Akulon and EcoPaXX. “Working closely with partners is essential to ensuring the successful and rapid implementation of these solutions.

10% energy savings for production of clarified PP parts.” The product claim for the whole product or factory line is: “Plastic part manufactured using 8 to 12% less energy due to clarifier technology.”

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NEXT GENERATION: NEW S GRAN

NGR vision had always been to provide “World-class technology with low operation and energy costs” while designing machines.

As a state-of-the-art company we develop flexible solutions to suit customer requirements for processing the most difficult materials. Customers worldwide are testimony to our approach. NGR‘s unique technology makes it one of the best recycling solution in the industry.

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Talking about in-house recycling, where in most cases an inevitable portion of 2% to 5% production waste occurs which can be considered as re-usable material in the production & again opens a major potential. This is good not only from the environmental point of view but also adds a huge saving potential in raw material purchasing for all in-house recyclers. This scenario can be widened over commercial recycling of industrial waste streams,to recycling of postconsumer materials.

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The dual diameter screw extruder technology as used with the E:GRAN has a larger extruder screw diameter in feeder intake area. It is applied for edge trims solutions such as flexible packaging films etc.

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NGR process engineering is characterized by low operation costs due to low manpower requirements and optimized energy balance.

Reifenhauser (India) Marketing Ltd. Ph.No.:-+91 22 26862711 Fax No.:+91 22 26862722 Email:- info@reifenhauserindia.com Website:- www.reifenhauserindia.com

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STEER’s Innovative Excellence through Vertical Integration.

TEER continues to develop proprietary “task specific” processing technology, where energy and functionality target specific attributes such as improving conveying efficiency for difficult-to-handle materials, or providing the precise nature of work/energy input for specific melting or mixing requirements.This allows for more efficient utilization of the process section of an extruder, which in turn results in lower process temperatures, higher throughput, and improved quality.It can also enable the extruder to operate at high screw speeds and higher throughput rates for heat and shear sensitive compounds than cannot be attained by using conventional conveying elements and kneading blocks.

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STEER’s technological progress has been very evident in the processing of bio-composites.This year STEER has provided production extruders for the compounding of Cellulosic Fibers, Feather Fiber and Jute Fiber supporting the growing bio-composites market. STEER low energy Dynamic Stir Element (DSE) and “Shovel” style side feeder conveying elements enable the achievement of high capacity with these materials.DSEs are also finding new uses for low energy melting of thermoplastics and improved devolatilization performance through enhanced surface renewal.

In the K 2013, STEER introduced a new line of extruders that would offer the best power utilization making it truly a mixing vessel that can operate at full power at different speeds.STEER

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displays a versatile 50mm MEGA SPECIAL PLUS extruder with new technology to utilize full motor power of 160 kW at screw speeds of 625 rpm, 750 rpm, 1000 rpm and 1200 rpm.

The “MEGA SPECIAL PLUS” shares the “General Purpose” Do/Di of 1.55 with earlier MEGA models, with the added features of a Continua® shaft for improved safety and reliability apart from the availability of STEER proprietary line of conveying and mixing elements.

STEER’s OMEGA line of extruders features a process section with a Do/ Di of 1.71 with the tightest and most optimized screw to screw gaps in the industry.This is made possible through the use of quality machining and assembly methods not utilized by other major extruder manufactures.The result is a lower shear signature during processing and enhanced product quality due to narrowed residence time distribution. Our successes in biocomposite processing are evidence of these characteristics.

Most people are not aware that STEER is perhaps the most vertically integrated manufacturing company in the extruder industry.

STEER has an inhouse crucible, forging shop and metallurgical l a b o r a t o r y, w h e r e proprietary alloys and manufacturing technologies are developed.This gives STEER advantages in the supply and cost

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of the highest performing tool steels / super alloys used in the equipment.

New technology has been developed to produce “nano-carbide structures” during process, which make the material stronger with enhanced wear properties.Drop forging technologies have also been developed for tool steels further enhancing part strength and performance.

STEER utilizes all of its capability to supply the largest number makes and models of extruders in the industry, with over 35 models to choose from.

Stop by the STEER Booth and see what makes STEER different as a major and growing supplier to the plastics industry – LEAD, INNOVATE, MAXIMIZE!!

Contact Details: STEER Engineering Private Limited #290, 4th Main, 4th Phase, Peenya Industrial Area Bangalore - 560 058, India.

Phone: +91 80 23723309, Fax: +91 8023723307 Email: info@steerworld.com www.steerworld.com

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The indian flag flies high, Rajoo abilities receive global acclaim at k-2013 isitors were in awe of the high quality of five layer blown film plant, the live production of the barrier film aided by an aggressive price approach that was unleashed at K. The large team of Rajoo manned the stand and addressed needs of the blown film industry with aplomb.

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Unprecedented response, Rajoo Engineers on a high after K-2013! With efforts lauded, products appreciated and approach well understood, visitors to the Rajoo stand took away much more than what they expected.

It all began when Peter Krieg, President, Hosokawa Alpine, Germany, the technical collaborators of Rajoo, inaugurated the stand. Visitors were in awe of the high quality of five layer blown film plant, the live production of the barrier film aided by an aggressive price approach that was unleashed at K. The large team of Rajoo manned the stand and addressed needs of the blown film industry with aplomb.

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aesthetics, very commonly drew a question from the visitors, ‘Is Rajoo a European company?’ … a recognition par excellence. The wide product range and the Rajoo dominance and leadership status in the Indian market had its impact. As regards Blown Film Lines, the three broad solution categories offered – Economical, Balanced and Advanced met every processor’s requirement, coupled with the luxury of choice.

The intensity to do business was evident when it was noticed that Rajoo was the only company at K 2013 constantly producing nylon based barrier films at the stand with its five-layer blown film line.

The unique positioning of a ‘One Stop Solution Provider’ turned out to be a processors’ delight, as they believed that this approach would well-address their current concerns.

Another aspect being high prices of European machines coupled with the appreciation of the Euro with respect to domestic currencies.

Rajoo, in its own way added another BRIC(K) to BRICS when the machine showcased at K 2013 was sold to Nylopack, Republic of South Africa. ‘We are really happy with the machine which we bought from the K platform and Rajoo will remain as a preferred supplier to Nylopack for future expansions as well’, says 89

Peter Rousouw, Director, Nylopack, RSA. ‘For Rajoo, it is a matter of honour to be supplying our line to a company as eminent as Nylopack and that too from the prestigious K platform which offers wide choices to processors ’, elaborates Khushboo Doshi , Executive Director , Rajoo Engineers Ltd. With a significant momentum gained at K 2013, Rajoo lost no time in aligning with a German partner M/s Maschinenbau Heilsbronn, one of the last small machine manufacturers in the German segment. This company, offers to German speaking Europe, an optimal and highly efficient range of machinery for blown film and sheet lines. With this relationship, spare parts and services for Rajoo machines will be provided by the local sales and service centres. The customer will have the advantage of an efficient ‘German-speaking Service’ now at an optimum price/performance ratio.

At a time when the footfall from the plastic processing industry at K 2013 was apparently lower when compared to last time, the Rajoo stand was larger with an increase in quality visitors by over 30% in a similar comparison.

The Rajoo showcase at K 2016 is expected to be much larger than this ‘K’, a clear signal of the impact that Rajoo Engineers made at K 2013!

With the success of this prestigious show, Rajoo pays another tribute to its Mentor and Founder, Mr. Chandrakant N. Doshi.

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TECHNOPLASTIC PET STRAP LINES winding temporary phases and a linear winding process due to the uncoupling of the speed ramping in the packaging area.

ECHNO PLASTIC TIGHT STRAP WINDER is a full electronic winder machine for plastic strapping band designed to wrap all kinds of plastic strapping band made of PET and PP starting from 4mm up to 32mm in width. It allows a simply perfect quality in winding on spools of any size on the market, thanks to its capacity of absorbing the

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The head winder (#1) is equipped with a PLC for memorizing and managing the various “recipes” for winding. Via a 10” touch-screen, the programming and management of the production can be carried out for various parameters: meters of strapping band to wrap, inversion angle, stop angle, kind of winding (2pts, 3pts and 4pts), winding step, gap, and traverse up to 300mm (12”), setting to point zero (traverse starting point), width and thickness of strapping band, progressive tensioning on the spool.

The winders appointed to the one ahead (#2, 3...) can be programmed

by using the control panel in a singular way or in a multiple way.

Furthermore, all models are equipped with a knot-detection system, pneumatic equalizer input for fast winding in case of new tube, motorized pulley, electronic equalizer, adjustable strapping band guide, complete with roll input, air chuck with radial expansion rack inserts, fast recovery pedal and digital counter.

For More Details please contact: Satellite Plastic Industries 2A2, Court Chambers 35, New Marine Lines Mumbai 400 020 Phone: 022-22006477, 66346816 Fax: 022-22006556 Email: rajiv.satellite@gmail.com Website: www.technoplastic.it

Zambello Group in India ---- ZAMINDIA Zambello Group has been running the market of India for a long time, and this market is more and more important to Zambello Group without any doubts. In order to supply a prompt service and coordinating with local customers. We therefore are pleased to announce you that on Oct, 8th, 2013, we have set up the new Sales Office located in Ahmedabad as ZAMINDIA. You may free to contact ZAMINDIA for your inquiries.

ZAMINDIA MANISH SANANDIYA / CEO M: +91 9925835500 E-mail: msanandiya@zambelloindia.com C/602, Riddhi Tower, Nr. Lotus School, Jodhpur Gam Road, Jodhpur, Satellite, Ahmedabad –380015 Gujarat. India ZAMINIDA will present to the coming exhibition Plastivision 2013, with a booth located at HALL # 3, booth # B1/2.

You are warmly welcome to visit us at Plastivision.

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GAMMA CLEAN CLEANING SYSTEM FOR THE REMOVAL OF PRINTED INK FROM FLEXIBLE PLASTIC FILMS IN ROLL FORM Gamma Clean removes the ink deposited by the printing machines on the plastic films for packaging, bringing the processed material back to a virgin film which makes recycling of these films more profitable.

HOW DOES IT WORKS GAMMA CLEAN Gamma Clean removes the deposited ink from the film, with the use of appropriate Mechanical brushes and other ink removal equipments.

A specially formulated detergent is used to facilitate the removal of the ink.

This detergent is not dangerous, it is renewable, recyclable and reusable in the same process.

The rolls of flexible material are uploaded with a shaft unwinder.

The top surface of the material is coated with the detergent during the process, then it is mechanically cleaned and finally the ink is removed from the surface by appropriate tools.

This equipment has a section for the final re-washing and for the drying.

The material is now rewinded, to be sent to the recycling division where next to virgin pellets can be obtained from highly printed film waste rolls.

The contaminated detergent, used during the process, is continuosly transferred from the Gamma Clean system to a regeneration plant, in which it is renewed, replenised and then reused again in the Gamma Clean process.

A fully restored film, transparent, which can provide necessary very light coloured halos.

REGENERATION OR RECYCLING OF THE CLEANING FLUID The detergent recycling system takes the polluted liquid with printing ink mix, Extracts from the polluted liquid the cleaned part of the detergent This clean detergent which is then reused in the cleaning cycle of the Gamma Clean Process.

The left over contaminated liquid (normally called “sludge”) has to then be sent / sold to appropriate re-digestion plants.

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Gamma Clean process is suitable for all types of flexible printed materials rolls which are printed or contaminated on the top surface.

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The minimum thickness of the film must allow the material traction without creating surface distrortions or lacerations, during mechanical treatments on the surface.

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BENEFITS Gamma Clean process is suitable for all types of flexible printed materials rolls which are printed or contaminated on the top surface.

Gamma Clean equipment can de-print or clean the film at a speed of 40 metres per minute.

Gamma Clean equipment is fully automatic and hence rarely requires labour to load and unload the rolls which are to be treated.

The recycling system of the detergent is included in the Gamma Clean Equipment package.

The detergent cost is very low and the additional benefit is that the detergent can be reused after recycling.

Gamma Clean removes 100% printing which allows the final film to be recycled back to virgin alike pellets using Gamma Meccanica’s Recycling Lines.

All Gamma Meccanica Equipment’s are Energy Efficient which includes “Gamma Clean” a well.

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Scientists take "4D printing" a step further sing a 3D printer, people can already determine the length, width and depth of an object that they create. Now it’s possible to print objects that change their shape at a given time as the research was conducted at the University of Colorado, Boulder

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The scientists, led by Prof. H. Jerry Qi, have developed a "4D printing" process in which shape-memory polymer fibers are deposited in key areas of a composite material item as it's being printed. By carefully controlling factors such as the location and orientation of the fibers, those

areas of the item will fold, stretch, curl or twist in a predictable fashion when exposed to a stimulus such as water, heat or mechanical pressure The concept was proposed earlier this year by MIT's Skylar Tibbits, who used his own 4D printing process to create a variety of small selfassembling objects. "We advanced this concept by creating composite materials that can morph into several different, complicated shapes based on a different physical mechanism,” said Martin L. Dunn of the Singapore University of Technology and Design,

who collaborated with Qi on the latest research.

This means that one 4D-printed object could change shape in different ways, depending on the type of stimulus to which it was exposed. That functionality could make it possible (for example) to print a photovoltaic panel in a flat shape, expose it to water to cause it to fold up for shipping, and then expose it to heat to make it fold out to yet another shape that's optimal for catching sunlight.

Lecturer introduces a technology for Cheaper, more efficient solar panels ven though photovoltaic devices tapping solar energy, offers a green and potentially unlimited, alternative to fossil fuel, their high costs make this technology adoption difficult. Ji-Seon Kim, a senior lecturer in experimental solid-state physics at Imperial College London and her colleagues have introduced a technology that might help lower prices.

The new approach to making cheaper, more efficient solar panels is described in The Journal of Chemical Physics produced by AIP Publishing.

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traditional panels must be made from high purity crystals that require high temperatures and vacuum conditions to manufacture. A cheaper solution is to construct the photovoltaic devices out of organic compounds—building what are essentially plastic solar cells.

Organic semiconducting materials, and especially polymers, can be dissolved to make an ink and then simply "printed" in a very thin layer, some 100 billionths of a meter thick, over a large area.

"Covering a large area in plastic is much cheaper than covering it in silicon, and as a result the cost per Watt of electricity-generating capacity has the potential to be much lower.”

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layer. In their paper, Kim and colleagues describe a new method for exerting such control. "We have developed an advanced structural probe technique to determine the molecular packing of two different polymers when they are mixed together," she says. By manipulating how the molecules of the two different polymers pack together, Kim and her colleagues created ordered pathways -- or "nanowires" -- along which electrical charges can more easily travel. This enables the solar cell to produce more electrical current.

Our work highlights the importance of the precise arrangement of polymer molecules in a polymer solar cell for it to work efficiently," says Kim, who expects polymer solar cells to reach the commercial market within 5 to 10 years.

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Disney Develops Energy-Harvesting Finger-Touch Tech esearchers at Disney have developed a technology that can generate enough energy from the movement of a fingertip to light a string of LEDs or to control lights or other electrical components on e-paper or printed materials.

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The Paper Generator -- developed primarily by Disney Research scientists in Pittsburgh -- relies on the placement of a sheet of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), more commonly known as Teflon, between two thin reactive layers of material like metalized polyester that act as electrodes. Researchers Mustafa Emre Karagozler, Ivan Poupyrev, Gary Fedder, and Yuri Suzuki describe the new technology in this paper. It seems like an energy-harvesting version of touch technologies used in mobile devices. The user rubs, taps, or slides

a finger over the materials to generate electricity.

A key component of the technology is the leveraging of electrets (materials with electrical properties) already used in microphones and MEMS devices.

When the reactive paper layer rubs against the Teflon sheet, an electrical charge accumulates. If the electrons move relative to one another against the Teflon -- the action caused by the rubbing or sliding -- it generates a small current that can power a number of devices, the researchers wrote in their paper. The operation of the Paper Generators relies on the movement of the two conductive sheets relative to each other and the electric field source, i.e., PTFE. As the relative positions of the sheets change, the distribution of the induced charges, the electric field, and the total capacitance

between the sheets change, resulting in an electric potential difference between the conductors... Hence, the mechanical movements of the sheets and the field source are converted into electrical potential energy that can do work.

P o u p y r e v, d i r e c t o r o f t h e Pittsburgh interaction group said that the Paper Generator can eliminate the need for power sources for some small devices, such as infrared communication devices or LED displays. This would make it easier for designers to add visual and audio technology to printed and e-paper materials. "We can imagine any number of ways to use this to add sights, sounds, and other interactivity to books and other printed materials inexpensively and without having to worry about power sources."

Non-migratory antistatic polymers for medical application static dissipative polymer blends specifically designed for medical devices and equipment has been introduced by Foster Ltd. These blends use a non-migratory, polyether block amide (PEBA) polymer additive that retains continuous antistatic properties and cannot be wiped off with medical cleaning agents.

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highly sensitive electronics for enhanced diagnosis and treatment.

Dissipation of static electricity that can build up on surrounding surfaces is critical to avoid damage to sensitive electronic circuitry in these devices.

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in quantities between 10% and 20% by weight into other polymers it provides immediate and permanent antistatic properties of 1010-12 ohm/sq, depending on the loading and the base polymer. These antistatic properties are maintained in the polymer blend even at low humidity levels. This unique polymer additive can be compounded into other polymers with compatible melting temperatures, including thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and PVC.

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ACC honors plastics recycling innovations iversiTech Corp., Entropex and Preserve have been named winners of the Innovation in Plastics Recycling awards handed out by the American Chemistry Council.

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"This year's award recipientshave brought about successful innovations that are helping to significantly increase the recycling of rigid plastics like yogurt cups, deli and dairy containers, and caps and lids," said Steve Russell, vice president of plastics for the American Chemistry Council, in a statement.

"Rigid plastics represent one of the fastest growing segments of plastics recycling, which has nearly tripled since just 2007."

Duluth, Ga.-based DiversiTech was honored for its use of post-industrial polypropylene in air conditioning unit condenser pads, ACC said. The company moved away from virgin PP and began using 100 percent recycled PP scrap."The integration of recycled polypropylene has enabled DiversiTech to continue leading in our product line segment, while innovating in tangential channels," said Mark Minor, vice president, eastern operations at DiversiTech in a statement. "We have been able to use post-industrial polypropylene material streams that are difficult for other processors. This flexibility has driven our engineering teams to innovate with a number of internally developed processes."

Entropex was honored for developing a technology to recover various plastic containers that often get lost along the way. Approximately 70 percent of the materials collected

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through the RigidReclaim system would not have been recycled by typical systems, the ACC said.

The technology sorts, cleans and processes the mixed plastics. The Ontario-based company said the system recovers 55,000 tons of plastic that normally would have gone to the landfill. Keith Bechard, president of the company, said in a statement that they are proud to receive the award."Plastic containers and lids are too valuable to waste and should be recycled after use," he said.

Preserve was honored for collecting PP for recycling through its "Gimme 5," program. The company, which makes various items, including reusable food storage containers from 100 percent

recycled PP, says it collects 242,000 pounds of PP annually through the program. Burt's Bees lip balm, Stonyfield Farm yogurt and Brita water filters are among the companies and products signed onto the program.

"Preserve's products and Gimme 5 program are a testament to what is possible with recycling in the USA," said John Lively, director of environment and materials science at Preserve, in a statement. "With the help of the millions of consumers who recycle, we can transform everyday items like yogurt cups into new products." The winners were announced ahead of America Recycles Day, celebrated on November 15.

S. Korea recommends antidumping tariffs from China, Indonesia Thailand outh Korea's trade commission has recommended imposing antidumping tariffs on oriented polypropylene (OPP) films from China, Indonesia and Thailand over the next five years, as per Yonhap.

The decision follows an investigation launched in January.The Korea Trade Commission said it has recommended the government to impose antidumping duties ranging from 3.89-25.05% on Chinese products, tariffs of 4.43-5.98% on imports from Indonesia, and tariffs of 3.48-10.55% on Thai products over

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the next five years. The commission earlier said the combined market share of products from the three countries had more than doubled from 11.5% in 2009 to 24.2% in 2011. The local market for OPP film was at 327.2 billion won (US$307 million) in 2011.

In addition to fresh punitive duties on OPP film imports, the commission has also recommended the government to extend the country's antidumping tariffs on polyester yarn from China, Taiwan and Malaysia.

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Plastic bottle recycling by consumers in US increases by 6.2% in 2012 lastic bottle recycling by consumers increased 161 mln lbs in 2012, edging up 6.2%, to reach nearly 2.8 bln lbs for the year, according to figures released jointly today by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC).

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The recycling rate for all plastic bottles rose 1.6% to 30.5% for the year. During 2012, the collection of high-density polyethylene (HDPE, #2) bottles – a category that includes

milk jugs and bottles for household cleaners and detergents – rose 45.3 mln lbs to top 1 bln lbs for the first time, helping to boost the recycling rate for HDPE bottles from 29.9 to 31.6%.

This year's survey of plastic bottle recycling also found that the collection of polypropylene (PP, #5) bottles rose to nearly 47 mln lbs, an annual increase of 7.2%, with 73% of that material processed domestically as PP, rather than mixed with other resins.

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ONGC petrochemical complex in Dahej PCPIR scheduled for Q2-2014 he Rs 24,000 crore mega petrochemical complex being set up by ONGC Petro additions Ltd (OPaL) in the Dahej PCPIR (Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region) is on track and scheduled to start functioning in Q2-2014. Plant capacity comprises 1,100 KTPA (kilo tons per annum) of ethylene and

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OpaL, which is the anchor tenant at Dahej PCPIR, has already invested Rs 15,123 crore (as on July 15, 2013) in the petrochemical complex.

Goose gets plastic beak illy the goose, who lost part of his beak on barbed wire, has been fitted with a plastic prosthetic by a local dentist in his home town of Ilkley. The unfortunate bird was given a general anaesthetic before a

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PP bottles increased 14% to reach 43.5 mln lbs. Although PP caps and non-bottle containers are widely collected for recycling in the United States, these data are released in a separate report on recycling non-bottle rigid plastics.

South Korea mulls FTA partnership with Malaysia outh Korea is considering a free trade agreement (FTA) partnership with Malaysia in a bid to strengthen bilateral relations, as per Bernama.

Yo u n g - M o o K i m , D i r e c t o r General for FTA Negotiation of South Korean's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), said the initial objective of the consideration was for the South Korean government to further enhance the existing government-to-government bilateral relations between both countries.

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Events and Exhibitions Plast Eurasia

years. Plastic, Packaging & Print Asia would showcase emerging capabilities of Pakistan in the chemical and polythene industry and aims to focus on the immense potential of Pakistan and International markets.

05 - 08 December 2013 Venue: Tuyap Fair Convention & Congress Center

9th Plastivision India 2013

Location: Istanbul, Turkey Plast Eurasia Istanbul is a specialized trade fair show, focusing on the global plastics market. The steadiest growing industry of Turkish economy, Plastics Industry will meet up at Plast Eurasia Istanbul 2013 in December 5 – 8.

The most important event of similar nature in Turkey and Eurasia, the event attracts a wide rate of participation, from professional exhibitors, as well as visiting participants.

12 - 16 December 2013 Venue: Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC), N.S.E. Complex, Location: Goregaon (East), Mumbai, India Plastivision India organized by The All India Plastics Manufacturers' Association, (AIPMA), is one of the largest exhibitions of India that concentrates on the plastic industry. This international event will be held for a period of ďŹ ve consecutive days at the Bombay Exhibition Center in Mumbai, India.

The very fact that plastic ranks among the fastest-growing sectors in the Turkish and Eurasia markets makes sure of the scope of constant growth and expansion of this trade show. Companies at the event are encouraged to leverage their businesses into newer markets, thereby enhancing their potential proďŹ tability.

It aims to tap the potential of the India as an emerging market for plastics and machinery. It will bring together more than 1, 00,000 business visitors, entrepreneurs and industry fraternity under the same roof and helps them to discover the new and latest products, technologies and services that will be showcased by above 1500 exhibitors coming from different parts of the world.

The trade event is dynamic, and looks into research studies and results from the worldwide plastic industry, and helps participants devise effective strategies for their businesses. The best sophisticated technology solutions are offered to the attending companies as well.

7th Plastic, Packaging, Paper and Print Asia 2013 International exhibition

It will highlight the progress and the changes of the plastic industry and will also promote the development of the sector. It presents a unique platform for the exhibitors to enhance their brand image and widen the horizons of their company.

13 - 15 December 2013 Venue: Karachi Expo Centre, Pakistan

The 9th Plastivision India 2013 will also showcase theme pavilions like, India Mold (Molds & Dies); PlastiWorld (Plastic Finished Products); Plastics In Agriculture; Automation & Robotics in Plastics; Green Pavilion and Solar Energy Pavilion. and Job Fair Pavilion.

Location: Karachi, Pakistan The International Plastic, Packaging & Print Asia Exhibition, one of the most promising and enduring exhibitions will be held at Karachi Expo Center.Plastic, Packaging & Print Asia Exhibition is being organized at

This will also showcase country pavilions of countries like China, Europe, Germany, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, UK and USA.

the most opportune time when the government is looking forward to expand the chemical industry of the country, which has shown tremendous growth in the past few

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YUDO. ...........................................................................................................................................................cover Taitra ....................................................................................................................................................inside cover Madhu Machines & Systems ...............................................................................................................inside cover Anupam Heaters...................................................................................................................................................5 Polymechplast ......................................................................................................................................................6 Plastlink Technologies ..........................................................................................................................................8 Ferromatik Milacron. .............................................................................................................................................9 12 Steer Engineering.. .............................................................................................................................................14 Plastivision India 2013 ........................................................................................................................................21 Endoor Polymers. ...............................................................................................................................................30 Reifenhauser India Ltd. . ....................................................................................................................................31 HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited . .............................................................................................................................32 Organization of Plastics Processors of India ......................................................................................................33 Chuan Lih Fa Machinery Works Pvt. Ltd.. ..........................................................................................................63 Mehul Colours & Masterbatches Pvt. Ltd. .........................................................................................................64 Birla Carbons .....................................................................................................................................................65 Arihant HiTech Industries ...................................................................................................................................66 KABRA Extrusion Technik Ltd. . .........................................................................................................................67 Vora Packaging. .................................................................................................................................................68 Leister Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. . ..................................................................................................................69 Reliance Polymers..............................................................................................................................................70 Plastivision Arabia 2014 .....................................................................................................................................71 Merit Polyplast. ...................................................................................................................................................72 AIPMA Industrial Park.........................................................................................................................................73 Prakhyat Infraprojects ........................................................................................................................................74 TAGMA ...............................................................................................................................................................75 Rajamane Industries Pvt. 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