Raw Materials
Breakthrough in fiber spinning
In such a competitive field as textile fibers, innovation is nowadays at the center of all industrial debates: the market increasingly seeks more efficiency with novel functionalities, product differentiation, etc. One way to achieve these performances is though incremental research – taking small steps toward the definition of a new product. Technological breakthrough is another …
POLYMETRIX EcoSphereTM SSP for new mega scale PET plant
Polymetrix AG, the former Bühler Thermal Processes AG, has been awarded a contract for the delivery of two mega scale EcoSphereTM SSP lines for a bottle grade PET production facility in Jiangsu Province, P.R. China. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned in the second quarter of 2016. The integration of the Polymetrix EcoSphereTM PET …
Oerlikon Barmag continues to invest in research & development at the Chemnitz site
Following just ten months of construction, the new technology center of the Chemnitz-based machine and systems builder Oerlikon Barmag was opened on July 2, 2015. In the future, the 1,600 square meter new-building on Zwickauer Straße will be the venue for the development and testing primarily of extrusion systems for tapes and monofilaments along with …
Johns Manville to increase glass microfiber capacity in Waterville, Ohio
Johns Manville (JM), a global materials manufacturer and Berkshire Hathaway company, announced on June 30, 2015 that it will increase its glass microfiber capacity by early 2016 at its plant in Waterville, Ohio. “We have initiated several productivity projects and line modifications that will noticeably increase our microfiber capacity,” said Marketing & Portfolio Management Leader …
DIENES Apparatebau GmbH and Rauschert GmbH agree to a strategic alliance
The already successful business relation between DIENES and Rauschert is becoming more intimate in order to realize new challenges in the implementation of large-scale innovation projects, the companies said as they agreed to a strategic alliance. The objective of this alliance is a joint realization of future applications in engineering of special machinery and energy …