Extrusion 
Organisers of the Plast exhibition in Milan, Italy in May say more than 1,100 exhibitors from 40 countries have signed up for the event. This was the total up to 31 December 2011, and the final number is likely to be more as applications for stands have continued to be submitted in recent weeks. European Plastics News will publish an Italian plastics supplement to co-incide with the event.
2 February 2012
Russian oil giant Lukoil plans to invest more than €45m this year in the expansion of its Ukrainian petrochemical asset Karpatneftekhim, Ukraine’s largest producer of petrochemical products, according to Sergei Chmyhalov, head of Karpatneftekhim.
1 February 2012
Machinery maker Battenfeld-Cincinnati has launched the new uniEX single-screw extruder, specifically for pipe and profile manufacturers
25 January 2012
Wavin, the Dutch-headquartered plastic pipe manufacturer, has granted due diligence access to Mexichem after the Mexican-based chemicals giant increased its offer to €10 a share.
23 December 2011
Wavin, the plastic pipe manufacturer, has rejected an improved €9-a-share offer for the business from suitors Mexichem, the Mexico-based chemicals giant, saying it “materially undervalues the company and its prospects”.
7 December 2011
Linpac Packaging plans to invest €10m to increase film capacity at its plant in Noyal-Pontivy, France.
23 November 2011
German PVC window profile producer Rehau has entered into an agreement with a Hyderabad company, Active Green Windows Solutions, to set up a fabrication unit in Pashamylaram, India.
23 November 2011
Mexican PVC pipe and specialty chemicals maker Mexichem has made an unsolicited bid to acquire all outstanding shares of Netherlands pipe maker Wavin, the Dutch company said on 22 November. Wavin said its management and supervisory boards “will carefully consider the…proposal and explore the rationale, merits and risks for all Wavin’s stakeholders of a possible business combination of Wavin with Mexichem.”
22 November 2011
The internal pipe cooling system (IPC) from KraussMaffei Berstorff (KMB) is designed to save energy and enhance efficiency during pipe extrusion. It does this by augmenting conventional powered cooling of the outside of the pipe with ambient air cooling of the pipe interior
1 November 2011
Artenius PET Packaging Europe, Distrupol and Engel UK were among the winners at Friday’s glittering Plastics Industry Awards, which were held in the London Hilton on Park Lane.
17 October 2011
MAS of Austria introduced a co-rotating twin-screw extruder into the market in 2007 and followed this at the K2010 fair with a New Conical Technology (NCT) extruder, which combines the advantages of co-rotating parallel twin-screw extruders and conical screw extruders
19 September 2011
High Tech Extrusion (HTE), an Austria-headquartered machinery specialist, has introduced a new 5-model Omnia range of conical twin-screw pipe and profile extrusion lines
19 September 2011
A new report by AMI says the market for PE film extrusion in Europe recovered half of the volumes lost in 2010 and continues to make steady progress in 2011
14 September 2011
Flexible films and packaging manufacturer Nordenia is investing €3m in extending its site in Osterburken, Germany, with plans to construct a new building for extrusion.
17 June 2011
Medical product suppliers Südpack Medica and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) have joined forces to co-operate in manufacturing plastic film for the biopharmaceutical market.
17 June 2011
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