The purchase of MME Group Inc., announced Oct. 26, comes just four months after Seaway itself was acquired by the New York-based North American Direct Private Equity unit of Intermediate Capital Group plc of London.
Knoxville, Tenn.-based Hardcoat Technologies LLC is investing $6.6 million to expand manufacturing operations with the acquisition an additional building and construction of a 23,500-square-foot facility.
Engineering plastics such as polyamide (PA) 6 offer numerous benefits for the design of battery enclosures for electric vehicles in terms of sustainability, manufacturing costs, weight savings, and economical functional integration. However, there were lingering doubts about whether these large and complex components are also able to meet the very demanding requirements in relation to mechanical strength and flame-retardant properties. Kautex Textron and Lanxess have now carried out a comprehensive…
Initially developed as a custom laser welder for a customer, the Branson GL-300 performed so well that Emerson adapted the device for its portfolio. It was shown for the first time to the public at K 2022. One of the striking features of the welder is its lightning speed, as Emerson’s Filip Gajdos showed me at the stand. The weld is formed in the blink of an eye. Moreover, the…
Advanced Design & Manufacturing (ADM) Montréal, Québec’s premier manufacturing event encompassing Automation Technology (ATX), Design & Manufacturing (D&M), Expoplast, Pack Ex, and Powder & Bulk Solids under one roof, has announced two keynote speakers. Stewart Cramer, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada. Stewart Cramer, Chief Manufacturing Officer of Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen), and Charles Milliard, President and CEO of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ), are confirmed to…
It would be awesome if all those wrappers for all those bite-sized candies were easy to recycle, but we don’t live in that world right now. We also don’t live in a world where parents or kids want to see houses handing out unwrapped treats.
We’re less than one week from the Molding Conference (Nov. 8-10; Charlotte Convention Center; Charlotte, N.C.), and as the number of registrants climbs by the day, with the special Polymers Center Tour and Melt Preparation Workshop nearly sold out, many of your molding peers are opting to travel to Charlotte in packs, with a special group discount available to those who do. Since the Molding conference agenda touches on all…
Have you checked out Plastics Technology’s upcoming Extrusion 2022 Conference? It’s going to be held Dec. 6-8 in Charlotte, N.C. at the Omni Charlotte Hotel in the downtown section of the city. This two-and-a-half day event is packed with presentations from more than 60 technical experts covering a wide range of subject areas. The morning sessions on each day will include presentations on “general” extrusion topics. During each afternoon there will be three…
Borealis announced at K 2022 the launch of its proprietary Borstar Nextension technology, a step change for polypropylene (PP) performance. The combination of Borstar and the proprietary Borstar Nextension catalysts reportedly produces a wider range of tailored polyolefins than were previously available. In multilayer packaging applications, this technology enables the replacement of multiple materials with only one material, thus enabling easier recycling and encouraging design with recycling in mind. The…
Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH showcased no equipment at its booth at K 2022. Instead it focused on what its machines can do, such as converting scrapped fishing nets into watering cans.