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SMS Announces Sale of BGE

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November 13, 2007, In a deal officially announced at K, SMS has sold off the last vestige of its plastics unit, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering (BGE) to a group of senior managers plus two private investors who counted ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2007, ... DC | The next NPE, the international plastics show, will add the brand new McCormick Place West, Chicago, to its floor plan, replacing the older east building. The show, which will be held in the south ...

The place

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October 31, 2007, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Troubleshooting Extrusion Processes With Hands-On Computational Proceduresby Natti S. Rao, Plastics Solutions International Consulting EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Troubleshooting Extrusion Processes ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2007, ...  Mesirow also served as financial advisor to Salerno Plastics Corp., with plants in Plattsburgh, NY, and Châteauguay, QC, Canada. Salerno was sold by Pegasus Capital Advisors to a five-partner management ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

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July 31, 2007, ... will be bustling with K 2007, the 17th Intl. Trade Fair for Plastics + Rubber. Organized by PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V. and Messe Düsseldorf, the event’s topics will include high-tech materials, ...

Up to the Task

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June 30, 2007, ... a foil layer, seals to a variety of plastics. Two-ply, 2.5-mil lamination is made from PVDC-coated PET and a peelable sealant layer. Transparent structure offers marketing opportunities in cosmetics, health ...

What's Ne

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May 31, 2007, ... Film Takes Print Well Toray Plastics (America), North Kingston, RI; 401/294-4511; www.torayfilms.com Lumirror FA5 matte polyester film, featuring company's proprietary nanotechnology, reportedly allows ...

Converter Clips

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May 31, 2007, ... billion performance business for Dow,” says Romeo Kreinberg, Dow's executive VP for the Performance Plastics and Chemicals portfolio. “We will accelerate growth, ensure long-term supply, and offer a broad ...

People in the News

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May 31, 2007, ... joins CardPak, Solon, OH, as president and chief operating officer. The Society of the Plastics Industry, Washington, DC, reports Randy Pearson, Xaloy, will head the organization of NPE 2009, with John ...

Q: What's New at CMM? A: Lots

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April 30, 2007, ... industry. Burns is a 25-year veteran of the converting industry, having spent 22 years at one company. His biography lists a brief stint at BXL Plastics in South Yorkshire, UK, followed by a move to ...

A Scrappy Competitor

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March 31, 2007, Rich Shaw, general production manager of Mohawk Northern Plastics, says the 35-year-old company has enjoyed sustained success by operating state-of-the-art Rich Shaw, general production manager of Mohawk ...

What's Ne

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March 31, 2007, ... with its operating range of 16-120 mm. Data output feeds directly to a PLC, so sensors can replace analog distance sensors, company says. PFFC-ASAP 405 Barrier with Metallized PP Films Toray Plastics ...

Booth Listings & Product Highlights

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March 31, 2007, ... See ad on pCMM-IFC. Ashland Specialty Chemical; Booth 2508 Automatic Handling Intl.; Booth 1532 AV Flexologiv; Booth 2219 Available Plastics; Booth 1750 AVC Industries; Booth 1502 Azco Corp.; Booth ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2007, News from: Davis-Standard, Heidelberg, DuPont, CMM, Teel Plastics, GASC, EFI, xpedx, Applications in Intelligent Chromatics, Yupo, BMO Capital Markets, DataLase, HP, F&K, Loparex, Bobst Group, QuadTech, ...

Converting Industry News

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December 13, 2006, ... and plastics machinery to international markets in Asia. In 2006 the company began exporting to Europe and North America. At a recent open house to celebrate the expansion, SAM introduced the high-speed ...

the PLACE

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November 30, 2006, ... in coextruded films. The American Plastics Council states that 1.6 billion pounds of HMW-HDPE was sold in North America in 2005. Approximately 63% or slightly more than one billion pounds of this was ...

Two's Better than On

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November 07, 2006, Atlantis Plastic adds second W&H extrusion line to continue its growth strategy in films. Web Exclusive Atlantis Plastics has purchased a seven-layer VAREX blown film extrusion line by Windmoeller ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

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October 30, 2006, ... Marshall and Williams Plastics-Parkinson Technologies 100 Goldstein Dr., Woonsocket, RI 02895; 401/762-2100; Fax: 401/762-2295; mwlab@parkinsontechnologies.com; parkinsontechnologies.com Markets: beverages, ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2006, ...  Biocide Use Grows Globally DUBLIN, IRELAND — A study on biocides in plastics indicates global consumption was $145 million at active manufacture level in 2005, representing 40% growth since 1995. The ...

Barrier Packaging Seminar

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September 19, 2006, ... on permeability concepts in plastics, fabrication systems and troubleshooting (coextrusion, extrusion coating, lamination, metallization, etc.), design of multilayer structures for food packaging, and ...