With e-mobility an ever-looming reality, it’s no surprise that automotive is set to play a massive role at K 2022. BP&R looks ahead at some of the drivers of innovation to expect in at this year’s K Show.
The monthly ICIS Petrochemical Index (IPEX) is recording a collapse in commodity petrochemical and polymer prices worldwide as economic and cost pressures for the sector mount.
The ROAF waste sorting plant, situated in Skedsmokorset, near Oslo, is a fully automated waste sorting plant featuring TOMRA’s optical sorters and ranks second in sorting municipal solid waste by volume in Norway.
Carl Reeve, MD, Premier Moulding Machinery Ltd, recently penned an opinion piece looking at the spiralling cost of energy, and what it may realistically mean for some UK manufacturers. Since then, he's been inundated with correspondence...
In the production of BM Injection's mould tools, all three production platforms used for manufacturing the moulds were built by Makino in Japan and supplied through sole UK agent NCMT.
During the online quality control of plastic pellets, SIKORA's Purity Scanner Advanced ensures that only pure material enters the further production process. Even the smallest contamination is detected and automatically sorted out.
As K 2022 looms ever nearer, BP&R gives a whistle-stop tour of just some of the new materials and additives destined for the next generation of plastic processing.
Tim Doggett, CEO of the Chemical Business Association (CBA), outlines some of the major challenges facing the chemical supply chain industry and how it affects the plastics sector.
Shimadzu’s AGX Series Universal Test Machines will help you to evaluate plastics and CFRPs according to several ASTM methods. Download their White Paper to discover how.
Wittmann Battenfeld UK Joint Managing Director Tracy Cadman says that ‘International Women in Engineering Day 2022 is a definite cause for celebration in our own field of plastics processing.’
