Pet Container Recycling Europe:new Director General for PETCORE

PET Container Recycling Europe: new Director General for PETCORE PET Container Recycling Europe (PETCORE) has announced the appointment of Frank Koelewijn to the post of Director General. He succeeds Henk Hansler, who will continue to act as advisor to Mr. Koelewijn until 1 October 2001.

Greater Victrex presence at K 2001 reflects strong demand for PEEK™ polymer

PEEK™ polymer was selected by SCANCOIN for the wheels inside its state-of-the-art SC 4000 coin counting and sorting machine. Victrex plc is looking forward to welcoming visitors to its stand number 5A14 in Hall number 5 at the K 2001. Since the last K exhibition, the company has moved from strength to strength in the development of both new applications and new processing methods for PEEK™ polymer. With a larger exhibition presence, the company will showcase its strengths in leading edge application development across all key industries, including automotive, aerospace, telectronics, industrial, medical and food processing.

Big, overseas companies are signing up for Interplas

Reed ExhibitionsInterplas 2002 is maintaining the tradition of its recent predecessors in the Interplas series of events as a truly international exhibition.

Omnexus to bring plastics eProcurement centre stage at K 2001

OmnexuseProcurement takes the centre stage at K 2001 in Düsseldorf this October with Omnexus, the global neutral eMarketplace for the plastics industry, showcasing its total resin procurement process, involving multiple products and multiple suppliers, through a single point of connectivity. It will also demonstrate technology that allows processors to perform search and equivalency comparison on a range of up to 4,500 resins, as well as comparisons of plastics processing machinery across a wide range of parameters such as clamping force, tie-bar spacing, shot size, etc.

Omnexus eProcurement goes ‘live’ for European Plastics processors

OmnexusOn 1 August Omnexus™ (http://www.omnexus.com), the global, neutral eMarketplace for the plastics industry, goes live with full transaction capability for European plastics processors. Beginning in August, Omnexus members will be able to consolidate their total resin procurement process, involving multiple products and multiple suppliers, through a single point of connectivity. They will also have access to technology that allows them to perform search and equivalency comparison of plastics processing machinery across a wide range of parameters such as clamping force, tie-bar spacing, shot size, etc. and the ability to issue a “request for quotation” to multiple equipment suppliers. Membership in Omnexus is available at no charge to the worldwide plastics industry.

Interplas promotion at K exhibition

Reed ExhibitionsThis year’s largest, worldwide, plastics and rubber exhibition is being used as the marketing platform for the equivalent show next year as representatives from the global sales offices of Reed Exhibitions will be present at K2001 in Düsseldorf to promote Interplas 2002.

13 plastic parts for the new one-touch gearshift

PöppelmannLohne, April 2001 – For the one-touch gearshift in the new C-Class models from DaimlerChrysler, the Pöppelmann Kunststoff-Technik GmbH & Co. KG, Lohne, is supplying all 13 plastic parts. With this comfort automatic transmission system, the driver can select the gear he wants for a particular driving situation simply by lightly touching the shift lever. The compact shift block weighs only 0.5 kg, and the automatic transmission is currently regarded as the smallest of its kind. At the Hanover Industrial Trade Fair (23rd to 28th April 2001), Pöppelmann will be presenting the transmission as a transparent model on its stand C 34 in Hall 4.

Polypropylene und Masterbatche für besondere Anforderungen

Alsbach, im Januar 2001 – In der 11. Ausgabe ihrer Kundenzeitschrift “Durchblick” legt die RESINEX Deutschland GmbH den Schwerpunkt auf Polypropylen und Masterbatche.