At the start of the K year it becomes evident once again that the plastics and rubber experts all agree: K in Düsseldorf is the most relevant meeting point for the entire industry worldwide. Exhibitors from throughout the world come to Düsseldorf to demonstrate the operational excellence of the industry and actively...
In August 2021, specialty chemicals company Lanxess completed the acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical. The U.S.-based company is a world-leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals. All required regulatory approvals have been received. The company financed the purchase price of around EUR 870 million from liquid...
The plastic flake analysis system "Flake Scan" from Sesotec has been nominated for the prestigious award of “Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year” in this year’s Plastics Recycling Awards Europe. The material analysis system makes it possible to determine the precise quality of plastic flakes and regrind within...
Now the deadline for registrations for K 2022 has been reached, it is clear that the interest taken by exhibitors in the world’s most important trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, to be held in Düsseldorf from 19 to 26 October 2022, continues unabated. “K 2022 will again occupy the entire fairgrounds,”...
The time is ripe: with immediate effect the registration documents for K 2022, the world’s most relevant trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, will be available. The deadline for registration for all the companies wishing to participate in K 2022 is 31 May 2021. The ranges on show at K 2022 include the...
Why complicate things when you can make them simple? Colorants and flavors for beverages are often not directly mixed with water and prefabricated, ready-to-use syrup concentrates are used instead. In the production of plastics, too, so-called masterbatches - granules with a high concentration of colorants, other...
Domo Chemicals is already well established in Europe and is growing fast in the US and Asia. At Plastivision 2020 (Mumbai, January 16-20), Domo will showcase its innovative solutions in Hall 4 (Booth No. G1-3), including the new Domamid and Thermec ranges. Domo offers its global customers a full range of technical...
Gone are the days when products made of recycled plastics were a well-intentioned but marginal phenomenon. Markets, and in particular big brands, have to react to the sustainability trend and are demanding ever-higher quality recyclates in ever-increasing quantities. To deliver this high quality, complex processing...
Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, announces that Shruti Singhal is appointed President DSM Engineering Plastics effective 1 October 2019. Shruti, a US national, joined DSM in July 2018 as Managing Director Global Powder, Can and Coil and CMO at DSM Resins and...
K 2019, known as “The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber” and scheduled to take place in Düsseldorf from 16 to 23 October 2019, is fully booked. Over 3000 exhibitors from more than 60 countries have registered to participate. K will occupy the entire Düsseldorf exhibition grounds with some 175,000 m2 of...
