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Eastman to Produce Acetate Flake Made from Biobased and Recycled Content
Eastman’s Acetate Renew is a cellulose diacetate composed of 60% biobased and 40% certified recycled content.
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Betts Retires from Wittmann Battenfeld
Working in plastics for more than 40 years, Tom Betts announced his retirement from Wittmann Battenfeld.
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Nordson Opens Pelletizing, Melt-Delivery Lab in N.C.
Lab has pelletizing line that can operate at rates to 1000 lb/hr.
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RJG Opens New Training Lab in Germany
RJG Germany GmbH opened its new training lab on Jan. 1, 2020, including a classroom that seats up to 20 students and a fully-equipped lab for hands-on experience.
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Plastics Machinery Shipments Finish 2019 Down Compared to 2018
A surge in the final quarter of 2019 could not salvage a weaker overall performance for North American plastics machinery and equipment sales compared to 2018.
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Chinaplas 2020 Rescheduled
The show originally scheduled to take place from April 21-24 in Shanghai was indefinitely postponed at the start of February before being rescheduled for August 3-6 at the same venue.
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New Concepts in PET Wine & Vitamin Bottles
Amcor’s two new looks for PET wine bottles—one with PCR---and a first all-PCR PET multivitamin bottle.
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Arburg Acquires 3D Printing Provider German RepRap
German RepRap will remain a separate company.
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Germany’s IKV to Build ‘Smart Factory’ R&D Center
Germany’s leading plastics institute bids to be a world leader in Industry 4.0 technologies.
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Coronavirus and the U.S. Plastics Industry Supply Chain
While we cannot confirm today that the coronavirus has already impacted the U.S. plastics industry supply chain, it is reasonable to expect that if the coronavirus crisis in China continues and escalates, it will negatively impact the U.S. plastics industry. For 大象传媒 continuity reasons, U.S. plastics companies need to look at their current supply chain involving China and—as a precautionary measure—examine alternative supply sources.
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