Monday, October 17th, 2011
It's the time of the year again. Fakuma, the international trade show for plastics processing in Friedrichshafen, Germany, is opening its doors again tomorrow. As medical technology has become a business field of growing importance for the plastics processing industry, this segment has been chosen by the show organiser as the main topic of this ...
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Because of a strong increase in demand for alternative plasticisers, BASF is planning to double production of its phthalate-free plasticiser Hexamoll DINCH from 100,000 metric tons to 200,000 metric tons per year by 2013. To acommodate the increase in production, the company is going to build a second production plant ...
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
This week the international packaging trade show Interpack will be returning to Messe Düsseldorf. Taking place from 12 to 18 May, about 2,700 exhibitors from roughly 60 countries are expected to show their latest innovations in packaging technology. Among the many companies exhibiting at the Düsseldorf exhibition centre is ...
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Friday, January 28th, 2011
Just in time for this year's Pharmapack trade show in Paris, BASF is adding three new products from two classes of material to its medical plastics portfolio. In the POM product line (POM: polyoxymethylene; polyacetal), the ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Since 2001, the market for plastics in the medical device sector has grown by 3% annually and, according to projections by experts, will account for four million metric tons by 2010. Engineering plastics with their high performance capabilities are even growing at an ...
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
From the wire: PolyOne Corp. and BASF Engineering Plastics announced today at the MD&M West show in Anaheim, CA, USA, that PolyOne Distribution will add BASF’s advanced polymers for healthcare to its product portfolio.
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