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Articles in June, 2009 issue of Plastics Engineering

• Dynamic Conveyor Corporation
• Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC , Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin USA, reports it has made an innovation in flat extrusion-die systems that makes it possible to multiply key functional layers in cast film and sheet, "substantially improving properties witho
• Plastic Technologies, Inc. , of Holland, Ohio USA, will be at Booth $26081 at NPE2009
• Toshiba Machine
• The Dow Chemical Company completed its acquisition of Rohm and Haas in April
• In March, the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA, Timothy M. Kaine, announced that Sparta Composite Products, a division of Sparta, Inc., will invest US$13.2 million to open a manufacturing facility in the City of Suffolk
• SolVin, a joint venture of Solvay and BASF , has announced the successful startup of new production capacity for Diofan® polyvinylidene chloride latex, a specialty barrier material, at its plant in Tavaux, France
• IDI Composites International has announced that it is the first recipient of NSF International's Standard 51 certification in the food industry for bulk molding compound and sheet molding compound materials
• NSF International has announced that IPEX Inc. is the first manufacturer of molecularly oriented polyvinyl chloride pressure pipe to receive certification to ASTM F1483 and AWWA C909 standards for pressure pipes
• Anticipating rising global demand for alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, NatureWorks LLC, maker of Ingeo natural plastic resin, is assessing locations for a second manufacturing plant
• NatureWorks LLC has also announced a new strategic partnership with Ashland Distribution
• In what it calls "a move to drive greater growth in its U.S., Canadian, and Mexican markets," SABIC Innovative Plastics has selected Ashland Distribution as an authorized distributor to select customers in those countries
• ENGEL North America
• Maguire Products Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore, reports it has relocated to a new facility nearly double the size of the building it previously occupied
• Taylor Chemical Company, a formulator and manufacturer of silicone-based technology, has announced "a comprehensive rebranding" and name change to Siovation
• Applied Robotics Inc., headquartered in Glenville, New York USA, a provider of automation end-of-arm tooling and connectivity technology, has signed Innovation Matrix, Inc., as a distributor "and system integrator of automation applications."
• Wilmington Machinery
• Graham Engineering Corporation
• Eurotherm
• American Kuhne
• ENGEL North America
• Scottish Government
• Solvay Advanced Polymers, LLC
• RTP Company
• Chameleon International has partnered with custom-film-manufacturer Wiman Corporation, part of RTP Company's Sheet & Film Division, for help in developing its ChroMyx brand line of patented thermochromatic materials
• RTP Company
• Performance Fibers
• Illinois Tool Works has purchased CEAST, located in Pianezza, Italy
• Sukano
• Huber Engineered Materials
• Bayer MaterialScience
• Bayer MaterialScience has added M. Holland Company as an authorized distributor of its polycarbonate products in the United States
• Bayer MaterialScience
• Dubai-based film-manufacturer Taghleef Industries and Bruckner Maschinenbau, Siegsdorf, Germany, report that they have reached "another remarkable milestone within the BOPP film industry": In Sohar, Oman, Ti's 8.7-meter-wide BOPP line is runnin
• Teknor Color Company announced in March that it has sold the PVC segment of its colorants business to Breen Color Concentrates, Lambertville, New Jersey USA
• In March, Dow Europe announced the startup of a plant producing solution styrene butadiene rubber in Schkopau, Germany
• The Dow Chemical Company
• Norplex-Micarta
• Davis-Standard, LLC
• MECO Shaft Seals, a Division of Woodex Bearing Company, Inc
• Dynisco Instruments
• Mattec Corporation
• CMD Corporation
• SABIC
• PolyOne Corporation
• IDES Inc
• SISE
• Holliday Pigments says it will be showcasing new developments in its ultramarine pigments for plastics, exhibiting with its U.S. distributor Brenntag Specialties Inc. at Booth 66063 in the North Hall
• LyondellBasell
• Plasticolors, Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio USA, has expanded the sales territory for Specialty Chemical Sales, which will handle Plasticolors' coatings-colorant sales for most customers in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Wisconsin
• Cinpres Gas Injection, Middlewich, Cheshire, UK, has appointed Slovakia-based SIMAP as a representative
• PURAC, a CSM company with headquarters in The Netherlands, and TOYOBO, Osaka, Japan, have announced that they have formed a strategic partnership for the production of renewable materials
• Octal Petrochemicals
• Arkema, Colombes, France, has announced a distribution agreement with Zyvex Performance Materials
• Wittmann Battenfeld
• Polymer Diagnostics Inc
• The supermarket chain Aldi Sud of Germany is now offering its customers shopping bags made of BASF's biodegradable plastic Ecovio
• Eastman Chemical Company
• ENER-Plast
• Applied Market Information
• RocTool and Performance Materials Corporation have announced that they have partnered to produce "a composite innovation for the Laptop computer market" … a complete laptop cover manufactured using composites
• The University of Florida
• BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, announced in April that it signed a definitive agreement to sell its catalyst-manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China, to Sud-Chemie AG, a specialty-chemical company for catalysts and adsorbents headquartered in Munich, Germa
• Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
• Ball Corporation
• Schenck AccuRate
• Clariant Masterbatches
• Guill Tool & Engineering, West Warwick, Rhode Island USA, has appointed 360 Control Technologies as its representative for the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina in the USA
• Energy-saving tip of the month #2
  by Robin Kent
• Ken Braney's monthly look at SPE's activities in Europe
  by Ken Braney
• Industry events
• Industry events
• A new 25% glass fiber-reinforced nylon 6 compound provides injection molders with an alternative to halogenated flame retardant formulations while meeting stringent requirements for flame retardance, according to Chem Polymer, a unit of Teknor Apex Compa
• The Conair Group, Inc
• Westland Corporation
• NFM
• LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
• Mold-Masters
• List Ag
• NDC Infrared Engineering

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