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G r a d uat i o n D ay C e r e m o ny The Graduation for the first, second and third batches of HIPF was held on 21st of March, 2010 at the HIPF Campus. His Excellency Dr.Ali bin Nasser Al-Ghafees, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of HIPF and Governor of the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) along with His Excellency Dr. Abdul Wahid Bin Khalid Al-Humaid, the Deputy Minister for Saudization, Ministry of Labour, had graced the occasion and awarded the Diploma Certificates to the graduating trainees. The representatives of our sponsor companies were proud of their trainees as they had scored exceptionally well in their “On Job Training” at their respective companies. A total of 225 trainees graduated on that day in the presence of their 24 sponsoring companies. Our Board members and representatives from 43 companies were our special guests on this occasion. The first Graduation Ceremony for HIPF
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PET bottles are much stronger and last longer than HDPE bottles but it is not easy to have PET bottles with handles and offset necks. Northumbria Blow Mouldings and Beaubury Precision Moulds of United Kingdom have become the first in Europe to produce 4 and 5 liter handled containers using extrusion blown PET. The bottles are useful for food and beverage application as it has high clarity and gloss with the ease of using handles. It also enables bottle designs with angled necks and other design features beyond what is possible with stretch blow PET bottles. There is potential for use in chemical containers replacing HDPE as it offers aesthetic improvements and cost reductions. HDPE needs expensive fluorination which adds to its cost. For molds, HDPE needs a bead-blasted surface but PET can be molded in a polished tool. They have developed molds which can be used for both PET and HDPE. This will also allow existing PVC or HDPE tooling to be adapted to run with PET. QUARTERLY ISSUED BY THE HIGHER INSTITUTE FOR PLASTICS FABRICATION
S pecial P oints of I nterest: •HIPF Graduation Day Ceremony •Recent Path Breaking Innovations in the field of Plastics. •Selected International Plastics centered events and exhibitions.
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PET bottles made by extrusion blow molding
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• Graduation Day Ceremony • Transparent PP films from Upward Blown Film machines • Self Lubricating Molds • Hot filling of MuCell PET Bottles • Polycarbonate Grades from SABIC • International Plastics Events