Year: 2015

Preform Production

Finke at Fakuma 2015: Finke presents a broad range of products for coloring of plastics

Fibaplast masterbatches, pigment mixtures in thermoplastic polymer carrier material, are suitable for all areas of thermoplastic processing, particularly for injection moulding and extrusion applications. These masterbatches are developed to the color and material specifications of the customers. Numerous possible additives such as UV protective agents, anti-oxidants, antistatic agents, lubricants or additives

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Companies

Capacity increase at Airopack

In 2014, a total of 17.9 million pieces of Airopack dispensers used in PET containers were shipped to customers, compared to 1.4 million pieces in 2013. The majority of the volume was shipped to the globally leading personal care company Procter and Gamble for their shave care brand Gillette Fusion Proglide.

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Companies

Successful certification for KIC Krones

The certification body TÜV SOUTH Management Service GmbH has successfully certified KIC Krones, a subsidiary of Krones AG. The TÜV SOUTH technical inspectorate has thus attested that the company KIC Krones Internationale Cooperationsgesellschaft mbH, Neutraubling, Germany, has introduced and is using a quality-management and an eco-management system. Audits have verified that

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People

PlasticsEurope appoints director of Public Affairs

PlasticsEurope, the pan-European association representing European plastics manufacturers, is announcing the appointment of Leonor Garcia as Director Public Affairs. She will take up her new position at PlasticsEurope as of September 1, 2015. Presently, she is Director Corporate Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at The Coca-Cola Company, responsible for providing thought leadership,

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Packaging / Palletising

R+D Leverage’s New Opti-Sim Virtual Prototyping Tool

R&D Leverage’s new Opti-Sim Virtual Prototyping process, which lets PET packagers anticipate a bottle concept’s impact on engineering, operations and marketing, is now available. According to the company’s Vice President of Engineering, Dave Brunson, Opti-Sim performs a complete range of diagnostic, real-world simulations addressing myriad variables, speeds time-to-market, cuts tooling and

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