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Indian packaging sector: Packed to perfection

Driven by the recovering economy and falling inflation rate, which enables consumers to buy more products, packaging has been registering a positive volume performance in India in the last couple of years. Nonetheless, Indian consumers are considered to be price-conscious and continue to seek value for money. This has led to rising demand for bulk packs.Read more

Ricoh increases efficiency by using 3D printed thermoplastic tools

Ricoh Japan has replaced traditional metal tooling with Stratasys’ customised, lightweight 3D printed jigs and fixtures for its production technology center assembly line - improving manufacturing efficiency while minimising manual tooling errors. Read more

Lightweighting pushing demand for automotive plastics

The automotive manufacturers, looking to minimise manufacturing cost, are opting for plastics over steel due to its cost-effectiveness. Moreover, India is one of the major producers of automotive plastics, hence during last half a decade, demand for automotive plastics have reported an exponential growth.Read more

Indian plastics machinery industry needs ‘co-opetition’ to grow

Plastics Machinery Manufacturers Association of India (PMMAI) believes in ‘co-opetition’ - a term denoting cooperation between competitors. It is true cooperation between all types of machinery manufacturers regardless of size, scale or given product portfolio. PMMAI works for plastics industry as a whole: including raw material producers, machinery manufacturers and plastics processors. It is a novel approach in India where industry can work together supported on three pillars of Read more

New industrial profiles made of plastic from igus

In order to enable even more efficient production, the motion plastics specialist igus has expanded its range of bar stocks. This enables the ordering of industrial profiles designed to individual specifications made from the proven iglidur materials. When extruding the final form, the user saves costs for machining and material.Read more

INEOS Styrolution to expand its compounding capacity in India

INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announced its plans to increase compounding capacity for engineering plastics by an additional 34,000 metric tonnes per annum at its Moxi plant located in Gujarat, India.Read more

Showa Denko (SDK) supplies hydrogen made from used plastics

Showa Denko ("SDK"; TSE:4004) started to supply "low-carbon" hydrogen gas made from used plastics (low-carbon hydrogen) at its Kawasaki plant to TOMOE SHOKAI Co., Ltd.'s Shinsuna hydrogen station located in Koto-ku, Tokyo last month. TOMOE SHOKAI is a retailer of high-pressure gases, headquartered in Ota-ku, Tokyo.Read more

Smart plastics intelligence

Monitoring the operating state of all e-chains with just one module for greater plant availability. Predictive maintenance is part of Industry 4.0 and the factory of tomorrow. For this future, igus has developed a family of products under the heading of ‘isense’, where different sensors and monitoring modules make the plastic solutions intelligent.Read more

New plastic angle adapters from igus

June 2017 – The motion plastics specialist igus has developed the ibow for a quick and easy angling of plug connectors. The angle adapter can be installed either during assembly or retrospectively on existing cables. To ensure operational reliability, the connector need not be removed from the cable. The ibow reduces your planning and delivery times as much as the assembly and storage costs.Read more

Leak-free thermoplastic piping system

Bharath Rao, Regional Director, McElroy Sales and Service India Pvt Ltd, elaborates the concept of butt fusion in piping systems. A thermoplastic leak-free system is attributed to the way it is joined through the science of heat or butt fusion. The principle of heat fusion is to heat two pipe ends to a designated temperature and then fuse them together by application of force. This pressure causes flow of the melted materials, which causes mixing and thus fusion. Read more

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