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Byline: just-auto plus Kiyosu, Japan, April 12, 2021: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. will exhibit at Auto Shanghai 2021, to be held in Shanghai, China on April 19-28. The Toyoda Gosei [...]

Huntsman Textile Effects exhibited its wide range of HIGH IQ Intelligent Effects along with its range of non fluorinated durable water repellent technology at the Functional Fabric Fair powered by [...]

SBC 240 Thermoformable Film is designed for applications such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and probiotics. The product is formed by applying high-barrier variant PVdC to layers of polyethylene film structures. SBC [...]

Italian plastics products machinery manufacturers will introduce their latest products at the Plast 2000 and the National Plastics Exposition 2000. Sandretto, Bodini Presse and Sipa plan to introduce new products.

Brasilplast99 was a trade show held in March, 1999 in Sao Paolo, Brazil. It showcased new technologies in plastics molding from different countries all over the world. Although the plastics market in Brazil is quite small, the demand is significantly large enough for long-term business. Foreign companies are enjoying the recent liberalization of Brazilian trade. As a result, several companies have set up shop in the country, ready to tap into available market opportunities.

The National Plastics Exposition was held in Chicago, Il, last Jun 1997. New alliances, new products and new names came up from the gathering. Some news breakers were the development in applications and markets for nylon-based 'soft touch' products by AlliedSignal Plastics, Morris Township, N.J., and Advanced Elastomer Systems, and the naming of Tekra Corp, New Berlin, WI, as the exclusive agent for Bayer Corp's Makrofol polycarbonate and Bayfol polycarbonate-blend films in North America., New alliances, new products, and a new name all made news at NPE '97 in June in Chicago. Here's a look at some of the breakthroughs that came out of [...]

Look for new families of LLDPE and PP, lots of new TPOs and TPEs, and a full spectrum of new engineering resins and compounds. Brand-new families of octene LLDPEs made [...]

Interplas '96, a plastics show in Birmingham, England, displayed two-platen advances in injection molding machine design. Engel showed cycle-cutting innovations in its designs. The first featured four cylinders attached to the platen, while the second used robot movements. Krauss-Maffei uses a two-platen clamping system in making injection molding machines. Husky's 28 E Series features stationary platens in the fixed rather than moving platen.

The SPI Composites Institute's International Composites Expo from Jan. 27-29, 1997, in Nashville, TN, will showcase developments in the key processes and sectors of the composites industry. The conference will cover compression and injection molding, SRIM, RTM and pultrusion with emphasis on processing materials, design, testing and computer modeling. The reduction of pinholes in molded SMC are among the developments discussed in technical sessions.

A number of plastics packaging manufacturers showcased their new products at the Interpack packaging fair in Dusseldorf, Germany. The new packaging products emphasized environmental friendliness, ease-of-use, and prolongs the shelf life of products. Dupont has released new packaging technologies for the snack food sector which may soon eliminate the need for food preservers, due to Dupont's new odor and taste control technology. The improved recyclability of polyethylene terepthalate bottles was also unveiled by machine maker Sidel which allows the bottle to be recycled and reused for other beverages.

The Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC), which is held in Indianapolis, IN from May 5-10, 1996, centered mostly on products that promote inexpensive and easy processing. Sponsored by the Society of Plastics Engineers, the exhibit featured various products that are new and revealing, ranging from vitamin antioxidants to injection molding technologies. Among the products unveiled were Hoffmann-LaRoche's Vitamin E antioxidant Ronotec Dry 17, GE Specialty Chemicals' impact modifier Blendex 415, and Berstorff's extrusion compounding machine ZE Ultra Torque, among others.

Almost all the North American suppliers of blown-films displayed gauge-reining systems at the K '95 Fair held on Oct. 5-12, 1995 in Dusseldorf, Germany. New products displayed at the fair included Windmoeller and Hoelscher's Optifil P-2 thickness control system and Davis-Standard's hands-off sheet extrusion system.

This year sees the thirteenth international plastics and robber meeting, K '95, in Dusseldorf, from 5 to 12 October. During the seven day show over 2300 exhibitors from 46 countries [...]

Cost performance, processability and productivity, not technological sophistication, will be the focus of material developments at the 1994 National Plastics Exposition to be held in Chicago, IL. This shift in focus is aimed at helping product designers and processors maximize their expenditures. Specifically, many exhibits will highlight superior performance, weight savings, manufacturing economies, lead time and a more saleable product.

Downstream components for film and sheet such as dies, air rings, internal bubble cooling and haul-off technology will comprise the new technology that will be on display at the 1994 National Plastics Exposition scheduled to be held in Chicago, IL. Profile systems will showcase higher throughputs while new suppliers of compounding machinery will emerge. System versatility, on the other hand, will be the worldwide trend.

The international plastics exhibition, Interplas '93, takes place in Birmingham, England, between November 7-11. The 38,400 sq mt of exhibition space will be occupied by 1,125 companies from over 25 countries. Highlights will include the Applications Business Centre and the Processing Busines Centre. A selection of new products to be seen at the show is presented.

New tooling materials, mold components, and design software that promise to trim lead times were a key theme at the second Mold Expo, held in September in Detroit. Among the [...]

Injection molding made most of the news at the Philadelphia Plastics Fair in May. And plenty of news there was--in machines, controls, robots, hot-runner systems, and CIM. The few new [...]

The SPE's Annual Technical Conference, held recently in New Orleans, offered both an exhibition and a technical program that required an unprecedented three volumes to bind the 3500-page proceedings. Presented [...]

Reporting on the triennial plastics fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, with its 2227 exhibitors from 40 countries, covering 33 football fields worth of booth space, requires some attempt to be selective. [...]

Despite long-depressed sales of pleasure boats, exhibitors of new resins, additives and equipment for FRP processing focused on marine applications at the recent Fabrication '92 show in Reno, Nev., sponsored [...]

Lanxess will be exhibiting wide range of potential body panel applications at Fakuma from 13 - 17 October, Messe Friedrichshafen. Lanxess has built up a wide variety of polyamides and [...]

The 1992 K show, the world's largest plastics exhibition, drew record numbers of exhibitors and attendees. The show's theme was recycling, and most exhibits included something related to recycling. Products and technologies displayed at the show, including molding, extrusion and compounding machines, resins, compounds and semifinished goods, are described.

Even though we received advance word on their displays from only a fraction of the 2087 exhibitors that will display at K'92 in Dusseldorf, Germany, later this month, the eight [...]

May's Plast-Ex '92 exhibit in Toronto featured a fair number of new products in several major processing categories, including equipment and resins for injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, and laboratory [...]