industry 4.0

Additives

BASF Receives ISCC Plus Certification to Expand its Valeras Plastic Additives Offerings

Initial certification includes antioxidants produced at BASF manufacturing sites in Switzerland and the U.S.

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Testing

Inline Inspection System for Wood Plastic Composites

Pixargus’ ProfilControl 7 DX WoodPlasticComposites measure all dimensions and geometrics, including deep grooves.

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PEI Used in Lightweight Augmented Reality Eyeglasses

SABIC’s Ultem 1000 molded by Beijing LLVision Technology for the temples of their AR eyeglasses which display voice translations in text on the lenses in real time.  

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Additives

BBIT Antimicrobial Receives EPA Registration

Sanitized AG can now offer local stock availability to support the domestic market.

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Make Your Mark: Free Benchmarking Survey Remains Open

You have until April 30 to fill out your 2023 Plastics Technology Top Shops Benchmarking Survey, with no cost to you and a free analysis of your operations’ performance upon completion.

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Commodity Resins

Teknor Apex Acquires Nu-Pro Polymers

The acquisition expands Teknor’s flexible vinyl compounds offerings with Nu-Pro’s Cycle-Tek reprocessed PVC compounds with up to 90% PIR content.

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Film Extrusion

VarDAR Moves to Bigger Facility in U.K.

Makers of novel air ring expands production capacity, adds new online vision system that detects gels and other flaws in film.  

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The Power of Self-Emptying Technology for Extrusion Lines

Advanced purging compounds can save you time, frustration, and cost.

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sustainability

UK Innovation Agency Awards Funding to Recycling Technology Consortium

Innovate UK awarded funding to support Stopford and Birmingham University’s collaboration, which uses supercritical water to break down plastic.

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Testing

How Inline Vision Inspection Can Minimize Scrap in Molding

Once viewed by injection and blow molders as a necessary evil, machine vision technology today can continuously monitor and improve production while reducing costs.

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