A publication of the European Plastics Distributors Association
Issue 12 | April 2006 | www.epda.com
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EPDA members are invited to submit news on their company and products for publication in EPDA’s E-Update newsletter. News may be submitted in any language, to be translated by EPDA staff, and may include photographs. Please e-mail news (in a Microsoft Word document or as text in an e-mail) to epda@epda.com. Please note that submissions may be edited for length and clarity. AGRU KUNSTSTOFFE AND QUERO HJ JOIN TOGETHER For more information, visit www.agruquero.com. WESTWARD PLASTICS APPOINTED AS NEW SUB-STOCKIS
Westward has an experienced team, who between them have over 100 years of trading experience, as well as warehouse facilities in Bristol and Cardiff, from which customers can expect a prompt and effective delivery service from a dedicated fleet of specialised vehicles. Perspex® customers who buy from Westward plastics can take advantage of Westward’s cut-to-size service, available from both branches, as well as the fabrication service offered from the company’s head office in Bristol. |
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products are prepared from information furnished by GIVE YOUR IDEAS A HIGH-QUALITY VELVET
TOUCH INNOVATIONS FOR THE FUTURE — NEW
MATERIALS FOR NEW CHALLENGES The ‘S’® Plus+ Family keeps growing. Consumers’ demands help the company’s specialists continue to develop additional members to this family. Another family member is ‘S’® Plus+ OIL, which has a minimum coefficient of sliding friction. The oil contained in the material virtually precludes the development of stick slip and thus of noise, e.g., squeaking. Despite its oil filling, ‘S’® Plus+ OIL can be used in direct contact with food.
For more information, please visit www.murtfeldt.de. PLASTIC THAT IS BETTER THAN GLASS This striking display forms the entrance to a top restaurant, where an eye-catching, contemporary design is made safer in a high traffic area by creating it from silicone glass. The versatility of this product means it can be fabricated to any shape and, when given a polished edge, it looks and feels like glass. Silicone Glass acrylic sheet is a lightweight alternative to glass. Available in a variety of sheet sizes and thicknesses, Plastics Plus can cut-to-size and diamond polish the edges to suit your particular specification. If you would like to know more about Silicone Glass, please visit www.plasticsplus.co.uk. TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!
Available in 3 mm and 5 mm thicknesses, Foamalux Infinity’s high density gives a harder surface than standard foam PVC, providing improved resistance to denting and good graphic reproduction. Foamalux Infinity can be processed in the same ways as standard foam PVC-vinyl application, screen and digital printing, cutting and routering. For more information, please visit www.brettmartin.com. |
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| NEW EUROMAP
RECOMMENDATION FOR EXTRUSION The new EUROMAP recommendation 31, “Extrusion — Melt Temperature Measurement” is now available on EUROMAP’s website at www.euromap.org. BEST-SELLING PLASTIC AND CHEMICAL REPORTS
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EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT IS KEY TO SALES
SUCCESS Indeed, if you treat your time as the valuable commodity it is, you are more likely to spend it conservatively and only on the things that hold the most value for you. Therefore, adopting and implementing an effective time management procedure should top any serious business person’s agenda. The reward for managing your time and consistently working toward your goals is the enrichment of not only your professional life, but your personal life. Focus on your highest priorities and consistently place them first in your life. The added benefit of a well-organized work schedule is the creation of time for family, friends and the leisure activities that rejuvenate and refresh you. This is the personal side of selling — finding time to relax and recharge. Salespeople often find it difficult to justify taking time off, knowing how much work must be done and how limited the time is to accomplish it. They can feel guilty being away from the job and as a result, personal interests, family and friends often take a back seat to business priorities. The creation of more leisure time, then, hinges on your ability to complete your assignments efficiently on or ahead of deadlines. If personal activities are sacrificed to business pursuits for too long, the result will be burnout, fatigue and the loss of quality in personal relationships. There is more to this article. To see it in its entirety, please go to www.maxsacks.com/articles/article0205.html. Roy Chitwood is an author and consultant on sales and customer service. He is the former president and chairman of the Board of Sales & Marketing Executives International and is president of Max Sacks International, www.maxsacks.com. If you would like to subscribe to his free Tip of the Week please e-mail contact@maxsacks.com. |
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For a list of all events, please visit www.epda.com/industry.cfm JOINING PLASTICS 2006 EPDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE MEDICAL POLYMERS 2006 Rapra Technology Limited is pleased to announce the Fifth International Conference on Medical Polymers, to be held in Cologne, Germany 6 to 7 June 2006. This event will bring together world experts in plastics and rubber to talk about the latest materials and to tackle issues affecting medical device manufacturers. For more information, please visit www.rapra.co.uk. |
QUERO in Spain and AGRU in Austria have further strengthened their
already close cooperation by a joint-venture. The company will operate
under the name of AGRUQUERO Thermoplastics. This new company combines
all the features of AGRU Kunststoffe and QUERO HJ, in regard to
offering a complete range of the highest quality products. The new
company’s wealth of experience in thermoplastics and customer
service will create a winning team.
Westward
Plastics will stock a range of Perspex® from Lucite® acrylic
sheet products as well as other plastics products and accessories
for the signs, building, engineering and general fabrication sectors.
A GEVACRIL® satin tube has been used for this designer lamp
in a fashion store chain in Milan, Paris, London and New York. GEVACRIL®
satin tubes allow extraordinary light transmission, coupled with
a smooth light diffusion. The smooth, velvety surface has been created
to meet the needs of architects, designers and the lighting industry.
Satin tubes are suitable for all types of lighting, P-O-P and P-O-S
displays, furnishings and design objects. Give your ideas a high-quality
velvet touch! For more information, visit 
Combinations
of food and lubricants tend to be either unappetizing or very expensive.
Even lubricants licensed for direct contact with food can form an
extremely unhygienic environment by attracting adhering substances
in powder form. By contrast, in Murtfeldt’s ‘S’®
Plus+ OIL, the lubricant is embedded, so no dust particles can adhere
to the surface. Nevertheless, the positive effect of this oil filling
— an improved friction coefficient — is significant.
All these properties combined make ‘S’® Plus+ OIL
an all-around material for use not only in the food industry, but
in other places as well, like slide profiles for modular link belts,
table top chains, chain guides, bearing bushes, valve boxes, etc.
It can also be used in applications where lubricants are harmful
to the environment, as in forestry and agriculture.
Silicone Glass sheet from Plastics Plus offers all the design benefits
of glass with the advantages of plastic.
Brett
Martin, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of plastic
substrates, has introduced Foamalux Infinity, a high density white
foam PVC with a coloured surface finish, which is applied in the
production process. The technology involved means any Pantone®
reference can be precisely reproduced on orders as small as 500
meters squared, while a range of special effects such as woodgrain
and metallic finishes are available on minimum orders of only 1500
meters squared.  |
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