Ensinger Publishes “Engineering Plastics” Manual

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Nufringen, Germany, February 21, 2013Engineering Plastics manual

Engineering and high-temperature plastics provide an impressive and varied array of properties and great scope for application. However, the use of these modern materials calls for an ever wider fund of expertise. With its “Engineering Plastics” manual, Ensinger has now published a reference work collating specialist knowledge from every aspect of plastics processing. Encompassing 100 pages, the new manual contains many times the information of its predecessor and looks at the latest new developments.

“Engineering Plastics – The Manual” is available immediately in printed and digital form in German and English. The PDF is available as a download on the Ensinger website.

Read the full press release here.

German and French Economies Contract Sharply

Written by on 20 March, 2013 in News & Events - No Comments

German and French economies contract sharply BERLIN/PARIS – Europe’s two largest economies, Germany and France, both shrank markedly in the last three months of 2012, suggesting the eurozone has slipped deeper into recession and throwing a first quarter recovery for the bloc into doubt.

The German economy contracted by 0.6 per cent on the quarter, official data showed on Thursday, its worst performance since the global financial crisis was raging in 2009. France’s 0.3 per cent fall was also slightly worse than expectations.

Worryingly for Berlin, it was export performance – the motor of its economy – that did most of the damage. “In the final quarter of 2012 exports of goods declined significantly more than imports of goods,” the German statistics office said in a statement.

Back revisions to the French figures showed its output fell by 0.1 per cent in each of the first and second quarters of 2012, meaning the country has already experienced one bout of recession in the past 12 months.

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Eurozone Economy Shrinks 0.6 per cent in Q4 2012

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Eurozone economy shrinks 0.6 per cent in Q4 2012 The eurozone’s economy shrank by 0.6 per cent in the fourth quarter from the previous three months, according to EU statistics released on Thursday morning, deepening the bloc’s recession and posting its worst performance in almost four years.

The fall was led by Germany and France, whose gross domestic product shrank more than expected in the fourth quarter, highlighting the fragility of forecasts for a eurozone recovery this year.

German GDP shrank 0.6 per cent in the period while France contracted 0.3 per cent compared to the previous three months. Both were marginally worse than the consensus forecasts of 0.5 and 0.2 respectively.

Italy’s economy shrank 0.9 per cent, also more than expected and a sixth straight fall. The figure for the wider EU – all 27 member states – was a fall of 0.5 per cent.

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Merrem International Plastics Group BV Aquires Majority Share in Tööstusplast OU and Industriplasts SIA

Written by on 20 March, 2013 in News & Events - No Comments

At March 1st 2013, Merrem International Plastics Group BV, based with its Headquarters in the Netherlands, Zaltbommel, NL-5301 KM, Veilingweg 2, aquired a majority share in both Tööstusplast OU in Tartu, Estonia and Industriplasts SIA in Riga, Latvia.

With this takeover Merrem expands its activities outside the Benelux countries. Merrem Plastics Group with a turnover of € 12 mio is one of the leading distributors and machinists of engineering plastics in Europe. Its ongoing growth strategy will bare its focus to machined parts and Merrem believes in investing in machining to increase added value to its product portfolio. With obtaining the majority shares in both Baltic based companies, Merrem immediatly turns into one of the leading companies in the Baltic States in its field.

Former share holder Alar Kunnapuu will act as Commercial Director for  Tööstusplast Ltd and lead its expanding activities as where Airita Ergle-Sulzanoka will do the same in Industriplast Ltd. Both companies come under management of Merrem IPG’s CEO Mr. Lennaert de Bokx. In close cooperation they will see to it that growth strategies and necessary investments will take place in the near future. With this takeover, both companies now belong to a solid and well known company with a more than 100 year history.

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AMI Masterbatch 2013 Conference 3-5 June 2013

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AMI, Bristol, 5th February 2012 – The programme has been announced for the AMI’s Masterbatch 2013 conference, which will take place from 3-5 June 2013. The event has become well established as the regular international forum for the global masterbatch industry attracting over 200 attendees every year.

The conference is being held at the prestigious Marriott Hotel in Frankfurt, Germany with headline sponsorship being provided by BASF. Other sponsors include Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH, Clariant, 3M, Plasmec S.r.l. and Columbian Chemicals Europa GmbH. AMI’s Masterbatch conference has always been at the forefront of presenting new ideas for the industry and this year’s event will once again offer the masterbatch industry the opportunity to not only learn about some of the innovative, added-value products being developed, but also hear directly from customers about the trends in their industry with speakers from Coca-Cola, Danone, Nokia and Johnson & Johnson.

A series of presentations will look at the latest trends in colorants, special effect pigments and functional additives to give fresh insight into how to add value to products. The pigments session will include papers from Clariant, BASF Schweiz AG and Dupont de Nemours, while the materials session will look at developments in resins and functional additives with papers from BASF Schweiz AG, 3M and Great Lakes Solutions, a Chemtura Business. This session will also include a keynote presentation from Danone about additives as enhancer. The conference will also include updates on machinery with papers from Farrel Pomini Mixing Group, Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH and Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability.

The event will close with a business forum looking at design, colour trends in consumer products, enhancing brands with colour and what that will mean for the use of masterbatch.

The full programme can now be found on AMI’s website: www.amiconferences.com.

New PMMA Website

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A new informative website from the manufacturers of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) has been launched by CEFIC – the European Chemical Industry Council. The website is designed to provide information on all aspects of PMMA.

Located at www.pmma-online.eu the new online resource includes contributions from CEFIC members who manufacture PMMA – including of course Lucite International, which supplied information on the production process of acrylic, applications and key benefits of the material.

Something for everyone
The new website, which operates under the tagline, PMMA – acrylic sustainable solutions, contains a wide range of information to help industry professionals, manufacturers and consumers understand the range of possibilities offered by PMMA.

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MACtac UK Awards Gold!

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As Business needs and Markets change, then from time to time it is rightly necessary for all companies to take a step back and review its Position in the various Markets served to determine, where they are, where they are going, and how they get there. In this respect, during the second half of 2012 MACtac UK carried out a comprehensive review of its existing UK Distribution channels and as a result has consolidated the number of  MACtac brand Distributors in the UK from what was at one time as many as seven companies, to now four. In carrying out this evaluation all Distributors were strategically reviewed to determine by Product Range their knowledge, strengths and capabilities to serve different segments of the self-adhesive Graphics market and to measure their drive and commitment to the MACtac brand using a whole list of criteria.

Typical examples of the criteria used were

  • Has the Distributor been investing in people allocating time and money to better serve and therefore grow their self-adhesive business?
  • Does the Distributor concerned have the necessary pro-active internal and external Product Specialists to support the ever changing demands and needs of Graphics Customers buying self-adhesives?
  • How pro-active in 2011/12 has the Distributor been launching, promoting and distributing the NEW range of innovative MACtac products like Wall and Street Rap or Car Tuning Films?

Following that exercise, MACtac UK are pleased to both announce and formerly appoint, Amari Plastics as a qualified GOLD Distributor of the MACtac brand of materials throughout the UK. Apart from the obvious recognition that this brings, the benefits for this GOLD Distributor include the most Competitive MACtac Prices, ongoing and unlimited Staff and Customer Training, joint Sales and Technical visits with MACtac staff, as well as Marketing funds and combined Marketing actions.

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Semi‐Finished Plastics for Food Contact – Available from Stock at Ensinger

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Ensinger-TECAFORM-AH_MarelSemi‐finished plastic materials used in the food industry have to comply with the requirements of the latest European Regulation (EU) no. 10/2011.

This Regulation, also known as the Plastics Implementation Measure (PIM), is aimed at excluding any toxic effects which could arise as a result of interaction between food substances and plastics. Ensinger has restructured its portfolio of semi‐finished engineering plastic products for the food industry and performed migration testing on a multitude of its stock shapes range. In order to guarantee seamless traceability, customers are provided with an extensive data package along with their stock shapes. The focal element of this data package is an order‐specific declaration of compliance as outlined by 10/2011.

To reflect the complexity of possible application conditions, the Regulation defines different test simulants, times and temperatures. Developers can use the data to derive definitive conclusions about adherence to migration values under application conditions. This allows customers to determine at an early juncture whether a material is suitable for a specific field of application involving contact with food.

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AMI Announces New Pipe Conference in 2013

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AMI, Bristol, 22/01/13  AMI is pleased to announce that a new conference on Pipes in Infrastructure will take place from 9-11 April 2013 at the Hotel Nikko in Düsseldorf. The conference will focus on plastic pipe systems used within infrastructure applications, such as drinking water supply & distribution, gas transmission & distribution, underground drainage & sewerage, road & railway drainage, land drainage, underground cable protection, district heating.

The conference will provide an invaluable opportunity to highlight the latest innovations and discuss current and future challenges faced by the industry thanks to a panel of expert international speakers gathered by AMI.

The different sessions will cover topics such as installation techniques, developments in material technology and process technology, testing and sustainability. There will also be a market overview session with papers from AMI and Eandis.

PIPES IN INFRASTRUCTURES 2013 will be held at the Nikko Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany from 9-11 April 2013.

JEC Group Has a Full House for JEC Europe 2013

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The industry’s largest international technological showcase: “JEC Europe – Composites Show & Conferences”, will take place from March 12 – 14, 2013 at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. This year, the country of honor is Turkey!

With 50,000 m² of floor space, the JEC Show will represent the global composites industry and its most recent advances in heavily composite-consuming sectors such as aerospace, aeronautics, shipbuilding, railway, automotive, mass transportation, construction, equipment and sports & leisure.

Twelve key themes will be highlighted during the 3-days trade show: Design, Non-Destructive Testing, Robotics, Aeronautics, Automotive, E-car, Wind Power, Carbon, Biocomposites, Thermoplastics, Multifunctional Materials and Environment.

For more information on the composites market, please find herewith attached a press release on JEC Europe 2013.

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