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British Plastics & Rubber News - September 3rd 2010 -

Recycling up and bag use down, says WRAP

August 28, 2010 A fall in the use of disposable plastic carrier bags and a rise in demand for recycled plastics have been reported ...read more

Photo-voltaics fuel DuPont PVF expansion

August 28, 2010 As part of its continuing expansion into the photo-voltaic market DuPont is to start making polyvinyl fluoride at i...read more

LyondellBasell adds higher performance HDPE capacity

August 27, 2010 A 320,000 tonnes HDPE plant has gone into production at LyondellBasell's Münchsmünster site in Germa...read more

Coal-to-polypropylene plant starts up in China

August 27, 2010 Dow's Unipol technology has gone into production in China as a means of making polypropylene from coal. The plant, ...read more

COC controls warping in LGF PP

August 27, 2010 Cyclic olefin copolymer is being used as a component of long glass fibre-reinforced polypropylene mouldings to prev...read more

Container corner design now protected by patent

August 27, 2010 A design for saving weight and increasing nesting density for rigid plastic containers has been patented in the USA...read more

DuPont in Chinese fluoroelastomers link

August 27, 2010 DuPont is to join with a Chinese company to make fluoroelastomer gums and pre-compounds in China. The 50/50 joint v...read more

British construction industry recovers enough to help improvements at Wavin

August 27, 2010 Despite the hard knock taken by the construction industry in Britain it is recovering and gave a welcome boost to p...read more

TCT Live 2010 Additive Manufacturing Conference Programme Announced

August 26, 2010 The organiser of TCT Live — the leading event for Software and Technology for Product Development and Manufacturing —...read more

US tooling tie-up for K-M polyurethane division

August 16, 2010 KraussMaffei has linked with an American mouldmaker in a move which sees KM moving its US polyurethane tooling busi...read more

Acquisitive So.F.teR aims for further expansion in Italy

August 12, 2010 Italian compounder So.F.teR has taken a step towards the acquisition of another Italian compounder, P Group. P Grou...read more

Wells gets UAE endorsement for oxo-bio additive

August 12, 2010 Quality certification in the United Arab Emirates has been won by Wells Plastics for its Reverte brand of oxo-biode...read more

PPS production to be increased by Fortron

August 12, 2010 Production of polyphenylene sulphide is to be increased by an undisclosed amount at the Fortron Industries joint ve...read more

Baerlocher invests to meet Indian pipe demand

August 12, 2010 Production of PVC heat stabilisers is to be doubled by Baerlocher at its Indian plant in Dewas to meet local demand...read more

More PO elastomers to be made by Dow

August 12, 2010 A capacity expansion of more than 25 per cent is being planned by Dow Chemical for its polyolefin elastomers. ...read more

VDMA sets up composites machinery group

August 12, 2010 The German Engineering Federation – the VDMA – has formed a section dedicated to machinery manufacturers involved i...read more