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Articles in May, 2007 issue of British Plastics & Rubber

• From prototype to high volume production.(Tooling, product design prototyping)
• Continuous processes now come under Mattec's monitoring wing.(Production management)
• Dow to make plastics in Libya.(materials marketplace)
• Software directory.(software)(Directory)
• Taking flame retardants out and recycling 'is better than dumping WEEE scrap'.(reclamation & recycling)
• PE 100 pipe material has greater crack resistance.(pipe & profile)
• Gas pipe needs long term process quality assurance.(pipe & profile)
• Nylon integrated structures save weight and improve safety in cars.(engineering materials)
• Blender handles higher levels of regrind.(materials handling)
• Additives for WPC compounds.(colorants and additives)
• Colours in plastics: the future's bright: James Wallace of Cornelius group takes a look at developments in colour effects.(colorants and additives)
  by Wallace, James
• New MAKA CNC trimmer runs faster than before.(Primary processing equipment)
• WS2 makes moulds more slippery.(Tooling, product design and prototyping)
• Welding generator takes out the skill variable.(Finishing)
• ... While Russia booms.(materials marketplace)
• ... And Mettler Toledo.(testing & inspection)
• Film/fabric laminates produced without adhesives.(film & sheet conversion)
• PP random copolymer gets German backing for pressure pipe.(pipe & profile)
• New German single screw extruders come to Britain.(pipe & profile)
• New roving designed for D-LFT.(injection moulding)
• Elopak's British bottle business in management buy out.(blow moulding)
• Biodegradable masterbatch is active only when composting.(colorants and additives)
• Shred big lumps in a single process.(Recycling)
• Off-line planning for thermoforming processes.(Primary processing equipment)
• Specialist in small, complex parts.(Processors)
• Vision combines optical and video measurement in one instrument.(Testing and inspection)
• Injection screws that do more.(Primary processing equipment)
• Radici makes nylons in China.(materials marketplace)
• Web site tells students about the energy efficiency of plastics.(what's new on the web)
  by Maier, Clive
• Vinyl 2010 doubles PVC recycling again.(reclamation & recycling)
• Amcor unveils plans for job cuts and plant closures in European flexibles.(film & sheet conversion)
• Development line for corrugated hose.(pipe & profile)
• BASF increases polystyrene ESCR.(engineering materials)
• BNL buys Cobb Slater.(injection moulding)
• Process aid improves EPDM moulding release.(colorants and additives)
• Gabriel-Chemie takes colouring expertise to where it's needed.(colorants and additives)
• Plastics Innovations is free and easy.(plastics innovations exhibition preview)(Calendar)
• Conferences & exhibitions.(Calendar)
• Innov8es puts the show on the road.(Tooling, product design prototyping)
• New welding systems from Rinco.(Finishing)
• Teknor Apex opens Chinese compounding plant.(materials marketplace)
• Getting the measure of materials: it may be old, but it's not out to grass yet. Clive Maier looks at the latest version of CAMPUS which has been updated with far more than just cosmetic and operational improvements.(software)
• Anti-microbial sheet is for cladding or thermoforming.(film & sheet conversion)
• Perrite extends FR PP into extrusion.(pipe & profile)
• D-S single screw redesigned.(pipe & profile)
• Mould sensor measures closing and clamping forces.(injection moulding)
• Esterform and Mauser sold to private equity firms.(blow moulding)
• Oxo-degradation breaks down foamed polystyrene in landfill.(colorants and additives)
• More than just training.(Industry services)
• Forming and trimming from one source.(Primary processing equipment)
• Ray-Ran automates density measurement.(Testing and inspection)
• High speed robot in action.(Primary processing equipment)
• Recent price increases.(materials marketplace)
• PTL to market PSD's plastics e-learning courses.(update)
• Alternating piston pumps overcome wear from abrasive materials.(reaction processing)
• Sainsbury's 'Bags for Life' day expected to cut 900 tonnes of film disposal.(film & sheet conversion)
• Extrusion dosing and loading systems are upgraded.(pipe & profile)
• TPO developed for fully-integrated front wing.(engineering materials)
• Major investment by German toolmaker.(injection moulding)
• Antistat is easier to handle.(colorants and additives)
• Additive masterbatch is the one to back as growth in colours declines.(colorants and additives)
• Pumps and screen changers for extrusion systems.(Primary processing equipment)
• Colour masterbatch is about more than just colour.(Materials and additives)
• Thermoforming for prototyping or production.(Processors)
• Macro and microscale imaging with the same microscope.(Testing and inspection)
• Solutia and Honeywell expand nylons.(materials marketplace)
• Nikon Instruments.(what's new on the web)
  by Maier, Clive
• PVC recycler processes waste others won't touch.(reclamation & recycling)
• Practice proves prediction for PE-X pipes.(pipe & profile)
• Adhesion process makes seal production accessible to more companies.(pipe & profile)
• HDPE beats ESC in fuel tank components.(engineering materials)
• Caps and plugs moulder to add Chinese plant.(injection moulding)
• Sheffield research to improve biopolymer packaging.(colorants and additives)
• PMB beats pearl problems for Addis.(colorants and additives)
• Router cutters for all types of plastics.(Primary processing equipment)
• Tool coating without heat distortion.(Tooling, product design and prototyping)
• New pad printers.(Finishing)
• Slow growth predicted for plastics in Britain ...(materials marketplace)
• Seminars and webinars from Malvern Instruments ...(testing & inspection)
• Quick-fit slot die system saves hours in coating line set-up.(film & sheet conversion)

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