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BASF has successfully started up its new world-scale plant for hexamethylenediamine (HMD) in Chalampé, France. The facility, which has been under construction since 2022, increases the company's annual HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons and marks a key step in expanding its polyamide 6.6 business in Europe. The investment reflects BASF’s strategic focus on strengthening its European...
At the start of the K year it becomes evident once again that the plastics and rubber experts all agree: K in Düsseldorf is the most relevant meeting point for the entire industry worldwide. Exhibitors from throughout the world come to Düsseldorf to demonstrate the operational excellence of the industry and actively chart the course for the future together with visitors. And this course clearly...
In August 2021, specialty chemicals company Lanxess completed the acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical. The U.S.-based company is a world-leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals. All required regulatory approvals have been received. The company financed the purchase price of around EUR 870 million from liquid funds. In 2020, Emerald Kalama Chemical generated global sales of around EUR 375...
The plastic flake analysis system "Flake Scan" from Sesotec has been nominated for the prestigious award of “Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year” in this year’s Plastics Recycling Awards Europe. The material analysis system makes it possible to determine the precise quality of plastic flakes and regrind within minutes. The quality of plastic flakes and regrind is crucial in determining...
Now the deadline for registrations for K 2022 has been reached, it is clear that the interest taken by exhibitors in the world’s most important trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, to be held in Düsseldorf from 19 to 26 October 2022, continues unabated. “K 2022 will again occupy the entire fairgrounds,” rejoices Erhard Wienkamp, Managing Director at Messe Düsseldorf, and goes on to say...
The time is ripe: with immediate effect the registration documents for K 2022, the world’s most relevant trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, will be available. The deadline for registration for all the companies wishing to participate in K 2022 is 31 May 2021. The ranges on show at K 2022 include the segments machinery and equipment, raw materials and auxiliaries as well as semi...
Why complicate things when you can make them simple? Colorants and flavors for beverages are often not directly mixed with water and prefabricated, ready-to-use syrup concentrates are used instead. In the production of plastics, too, so-called masterbatches - granules with a high concentration of colorants, other additives, or fillers - are preferred to powders, pastes, or liquid additives...
Domo Chemicals is already well established in Europe and is growing fast in the US and Asia. At Plastivision 2020 (Mumbai, January 16-20), Domo will showcase its innovative solutions in Hall 4 (Booth No. G1-3), including the new Domamid and Thermec ranges. Domo offers its global customers a full range of technical polymers that are primarily based on PA6, PA66, PPA and PPS. The company serves the...
Gone are the days when products made of recycled plastics were a well-intentioned but marginal phenomenon. Markets, and in particular big brands, have to react to the sustainability trend and are demanding ever-higher quality recyclates in ever-increasing quantities. To deliver this high quality, complex processing systems – and here, in particular, washing technology – are needed. One specific...
Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, announces that Shruti Singhal is appointed President DSM Engineering Plastics effective 1 October 2019. Shruti, a US national, joined DSM in July 2018 as Managing Director Global Powder, Can and Coil and CMO at DSM Resins and Functional Materials. In these roles he successfully turned around the global powder...
