24 Oct 2002
SONOCO PURCHASES WOOD REEL OPERATIONS
Hartsville, SC -- Sonoco (NYSE:SON) today announced the purchase of Texas Reel Company’s plywood reel operations, Sherman, Texas, and Coonrod Reel Company’s nailed wood reel operation in Bohman, Texas, it was announced today by Charles W. Reid, division vice president and general manager, Sonoco Baker® Reels. Annual sales from these acquisitions in 2002 are expected to be approximately $10 million. The purchase price was not revealed.
24 Oct 2002
Royal Ten Cate appoints new Group Managing Director
As per June 2002, the Executive Board of Royal Ten Cate has appointed
24 Oct 2002
Rapid Granulator AB opens Italian sales office
Since 1 October 2002 Rapid Granulator AB has strengthened its presence in the Italian market with opening of Rapid S.r.l. in the Venice area. This new subsidiary is run by Mr. Fabio Bello, who has a long experience in the plastics machinery market. The Italian office is Rapids fifth subsidiary. In addition to its Swedish headquarters the company has sales offices in Osaka, Japan; Rockford, Illinois, USA; Paris, France; and Kleinostheim, Germany.
23 Oct 2002
GATE THE SMALLEST PARTS WITH NEW NOZZLE FROM HUSKY
Bolton, Ontario, Canada -- Husky Injection Molding Systems has introduced the newest member of its Ultra hot runner nozzle family, the Ultra 250. With a bore diameter of only 11 millimeters and a minimum nozzle spacing of 18 millimeters, the Ultra 250 is ideally suited for inside gating or small pitch mold layouts. The Ultra 250 is Husky’s smallest nozzle and is guaranteed leakproof for three years. “The Ultra 250 nozzle is an upgrade from the existing 250 Series,” says Martin Baumann, Marketing Manager, Husky Hot Runners. “The new nozzle has an optimized thermal profile and reduced heat losses. Plus, a new material for the nozzle housing has allowed us to open the melt channel up to four millimeters while maintaining the maximum allowable injection pressure of 22,000 psi (1517 bar).”
22 Oct 2002
Edlan Elekem develops new process for Manufacturing tubes in Victrex® PEEK™ polymer
Edlan Elekem Ltd, the UK-based specialist in the fabrication of PTFE components, is developing a novel process for the manufacturing of tubes in Victrex® PEEK™ polymer. The process, which is proprietary to Edlan Elekem, is particularly suited to the range of high temperature performance Victrex® PEEK™ polymer materials in combination with a broad cross section of reinforcements and fillers.
22 Oct 2002
Robix Develops New Technique for Circular Extrusions in Victrex® PEEK™Polymer
Robix Ltd, the specialist engineering plastics processor, has developed a manufacturing technique to enable them to produce Victrex® PEEK™ polymer circular extrusions, of between 600mm and 1200mm diameter with wall thickness up to 25mm x 19 mm, from existing tooling.
22 Oct 2002
Victrex® PEEK™ polymer for New Water Hydraulic Systems
New hydraulic systems, which use water as a pressure medium, have been available since the mid 1990’s. More recently, their diversity and breadth of application have grown significantly. At the forefront of the water hydraulics field is Danfoss from Nordburg, Denmark, with its Nessie® Water Hydraulics Systems.
22 Oct 2002
Composite Flow Moulding with Victrex® PEEK™ polymer gives ultra-high specific strength
Composite Flow Moulding, CFM, is an innovative process for manufacturing endless fibre reinforced components with superior strength. The fully automated technology was developed by Icotec AG, headquartered in Altstätten, Switzerland. The company’s innovative use of endless carbon fibres in a thermoplastic matrix of Victrex® PEEK™ polymer results in ultra-high specific strength of up to 600 MPa/g/cm3, exceeding that of aluminium (≈50 MPa/g/cm3) and titanium (≈300 MPa/g/cm3). Proven applications such as fasteners are produced in high volumes in one single step, without the need for post-treatment, and of consistent high quality.
