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STADLER Designs and Installs State-of-the-Art Light Packaging Sorting Plant for TBM in Yokosuka, Japan TBM is a Japanese unicorn company founded with the vision to “build on the past to create the future, with innovations to sustain a circular ecosystem lasting for centuries.” It aims...

Arburg K 2022 Raffle: Maximilian Vetter Wins iPad Prize presentation: "X wins" raffle at K Game-based: Gamification as a trade fair experience Spotlight on: Digital solutions from Arburg "K", the world's leading plastics trade fair, which took place in Düsseldorf in October 2022, was spectacular...

High-Efficiency Technologies For Manufacturing, Compounding, and Plastics Recycling Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim at Plastindia 2023 At Plastindia 2023 (February 1-5, 2023, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India), Coperion – technology leader in extrusion and compounding, bulk material handling and feeding systems – will present innovative solutions and...

First Boeing 777 With AeroSHARK Takes Off on Passenger Flights Boeing 777-300ER operated by Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) took off on a passenger flight with the AeroSHARK surface technology jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The fuselage and engine nacelles of the aircraft...

Bend it like PU – Plastics in Sport "Plastics have revolutionised sport!" Today, no one can imagine leather balls, wooden rackets, bamboo poles or cinder tracks in sporting competition. Natural materials have now been almost completely replaced by other materials: plastics. They are light, robust and...

Wonderfully Versatile: Plastics Shape the Car of the Future Interview with Alex Horisberger, Senior Specialist Product Design, BASF The versatility of plastic is one of its strongest characteristics, and it makes it particularly popular amongst designers. Once you have found the right plastic for a project,...