Styron introduces eight new products

Materials maker Styron pulled back the curtain on eight new products at K 2010, with officials describing the new offerings as “game-changing technologies and new grades.”The new products included:• a high heat/high flow PC/ABS blend, a high flow/high module PC/PET/ABS blend and a high flow transparent polycarbonate, all for the TV enclosure market.• the Inspire-brand at-press TPO system for auto parts.• a next-generation environmental stress crack resistant grade of high-impact polystyrne for refrigerator liners.• a customizable grade of Calibre-brand PC for LED lighting.• a branched Calibre grade for clear sheet.• CO2RE foaming technology for PS packaging.“To do innovation well, you have to be attached to the market, so you can match it up with your technical ability,” President and...

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What should I do when using plastics?

Plastic is a part of our lives and will not be leaving anytime soon. Professor Fredrick S. vom Saal, a professor of biology at the University of Missouri, recommends using plastic items made with number 2 (high-density polyethylene) or 5 (polypropylene). When using the other plastics, follow these guidelines:Recycle, do not reuse: Use the product only for what it was intended for. Do not reuse bottles or microwave trays if they were not made to be reused.Keep the heat away from BPA: Do not warm bottles made with BPA in the stove or microwave, don\'t put boiling water in them, and do not place them in the dishwasher.The key to using plastic...

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Nuga: CentriCut granulators for plastics and rubber

NUGA AG plastic granulators, Balgach / Switzerland, ® its completely revamped product line of low-wear CentriCut cutting mills for grinding plastics and rubber, which are available as stand-alone as well as in-line systems. The wide range of plastics recycling plants start at the type 33r for small-and medium-sized parts, sprues and hollow body with a maximum throughput of 500 kg / h and ranges up to type 44slr kg with a maximum throughput of 2.500 / h.One focal point at NUGA AG plastic granulators, the wear protection. To improve this, the company has taken its own wear-test facility in operation. The reaction to the findings in the...

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Surgeon Discovers Perfection...Maybe

A South Korean plastic surgeon believes he may have created the perfect face. By using composite photos of popular celebrities from around the world, Dr. Rhee Seung-chul has created an ideal face for various ethnicities. His work was published in the medical journal Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. You can view his composite faces here. While the "perfect" faces certainly are beautiful, "popular" beauty may change, just as fashion has changed over the eras. Everyone should have their own idea of beauty and not allow others to tell them otherwi...

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Six companies present themselves at the country pavilion

At K 2010, also announced more than 250 exhibitors from Mainland China as well as 44 exhibitors from Hong Kong (2007: 155 from China and 31 from Hong Kong). Six Hong Kong companies present themselves in the context of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) organized national pavilions in Hall 1, Stand A25.Hong Rita Mold Ltd.. supplies across industries, the automotive industry, medical and electronics industry with plastic molds, plastic parts and assemblies. The company covers the entire process from product design, manufacturing, dyeing and printing and quality control from up to. The mold maker Ultratech Mold Design &...

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Bayer Material Science: Robot Suit With High-Tech Plastic

Bayer Material Science produces high-quality material for an innovative robot suit to assist the human motor and power increased. The HAL exoskeleton ® developed and manufactured by the Japanese company CYBERDYNE, is now seen at Bayer Material Science at the K 2010 as an example of the mega-trend "Health".The glossy white plastic housing of the robot suit is based on a recently thermoplastic polymer mixture of the product class Bayblend ®. "Our material combines toughness required for the HAL ® with an attractive design," said Dr. Lawrence Kramer, who is responsible at Bayer MaterialScience for the area of Robotics. "By working with ...

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Reisner: Energy-efficient cooling systems for the extrusion

"Whether a film, a profile or a tube is made, the cooling of the semifinished product plays a significant role." According to Reisner, the cooling provides a high output of the entire system and guarantee an optimal final product quality. The refrigeration system manufacturer, be it with his new development "Epsilon (ε) is now able to design a cooling system that is flexible in every situation, the requested service and at the same time consumes a minimum of energy.The heart of the ε-system is a magnetic bearing compressor, which works on the turbine principle - it sucks the refrigerant gas in axial and radial forces it out again. Thanks...

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Revisiting NeNe

For those of you who are devoted readers of our blog you might recall a posting I put up a few months ago about NeNe Leakes. At the time it was confirmed that she has a nose job, mainly because when such a significant change is on your face it is hard to deny. There was speculation at the time that NeNe either had additional procedures or was considering them. In my previous posting I referred to footage that had recently been taped for The Real Housewives of Atlanta where NeNe was at her plastic surgeon's office for a breast and liposuction consult. Well that episode recently aired and NeNe is now taking the guessing out of the game and...

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NY Daily News: Instant Anti-aging Beauty Tape Still Keeps Bags and Droops at Bay

Did you catch Dr. Walden's commentary in the NY Daily News about instant anti-aging beauty tape that still keeps bags and droops at bay? Be sure to check it out at www.NYDailyNews.c...

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Optimism builds on eve of K2010, says Messe Dusseldorf

In the final pre-event briefing before the K2010 doors open on Wednesday, organizer Messe Dusseldorf said that the number of exhibitors will be down by just 12 compared to the last show in 2007 event – 3,102 exhibitors this year from 3,114 – representing a total exhibitor area of 164,125 square meters.As at past K fairs, machinery and equipment producers account for the majority of exhibitors - 1,911 - followed by 635 raw materials producers, 271 producers of semi-finished products and technical parts and 185 service providers.The number of German exhibitors is down slightly from 1,076 at K2007 to 1,131 at K 2010. But domestic companies...

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RTP opens second engineering compounding plant in Europe

Engineered thermoplastics compounder RTP Co. has opened a new manufacturing plant in Ladenburg, Germany, the company’s second in Europe. Operating as RTP Deutschland GmbH, the 61,500-square-foot operation will make products including very long fiber composites and conductive compounds.  “In addition to expanding manufacturing capacity, the Ladenburg plant also houses on-site product development engineers as well as a quality assurance laboratory,” said John Van Wijk, the company’s European director of sales, in a news release. RTP now has 11 manufacturing sites. Other locations include Beaune, France; Suzhou, China; Singapore;...

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Greys Anatomy Features Gynecomastia

Last week on ABC's Grey's Anatomy the episode highlighted a plastic surgery procedure that isn't talked about as heavily as say breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, etc. A lot of people don't understand the condition Gynecomastia so here is a little more information about the topic:One of the most common misconception is that Gynecomastia can easily be "solved" by weight loss, which is not factual.Gynecomastia is a result of the development of abnormally large mammary glands in men resulting in what appears to be male breasts. Specifically it is characterized by excess glandular tissue development and localized fat or a combination of both.According...

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The French CIFRA launches two new products from recycled PVC range

The French CIFRA announced at K 2010 the launch of two new products from recycled PVC range. The expanded product range allows you to information provider profile, pipe extruders, injection or more options and greater flexibility. Both recycled rigid PVC composites are characterized thus by a very low density (0.7 and 0.9) as well as by mechanical and UV-resistant properties of the foamed or not foamed PVC recycling are characteristic. Here, the grain size determination be customized.The cellular and recycled rigid PVC compound RecyPVC PEX07 is considered a low temperature, easy to apply formulation presented very low density (0.7) and...

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Starlinger combine FMS technology and woven fabric

Starlinger combine FMS technology and woven fabric .To combine these two successful concepts - on the one hand, the FFS-filling technology for bulk solids, the other packing materials from woven fabric - this challenge Dow, Starlinger and Haver & Boecker have taken on together.Woven fabric is a packaging material stretched plastic tape. Woven fabric bags are insensitive to pressure, fracture and buckling. Even if they are moved by hook or damaged by nails, they break not occur and the valuable content is in the bag. In addition, woven fabric, in comparison to conventional films very thin, making it easy, but is still robust and durable...

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LDPE manufacturer is expanding production to 2013

The Russian petrochemical group Salavatnefteorgsintez will increase the production of LDPE. The company is therefore currently working on a new plant to be completed by the end of 2013. This is the current annual production capacity increased by 66 percent to 200,000 tons, reports the international plastics portal eplastics."We have the necessary financial resources and credit for this investment," said the Director-General Damir Szawalejew. The total cost for this investment, which extends over five years amount, reported to 100 billion rubles (2.4 billion euros).To the Group's products include styrene, which is used in the manufacture...

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BASF engineering plastics for solar technology

Engineering plastics from Ultramid ® Family (PA), BASF offers solutions for plugs and sockets of photovoltaic systems.Photovoltaic systems, also called solar systems to be treated as electrical systems and must therefore also with respect to the approval of their connection technology to meet high requirements. For the plugs and sockets of these plants, BASF can now offer special versions of the Ultramid ®, which not only flame retardant and highly resistant, but also very cold impact are: A property that is important for the life of the plants from wind and weather. In contactors, circuit breakers or bobbins, classical E & E applications,...

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InterTrade Industries Acquires Plastic Concept Inc.

InterTrade Industries, a full-service ISO-certified thermoforming company, has acquired the assets of Plastic Concept Inc., expanding InterTrade’s thin-gauge thermoforming capabilities and doubling its manufacturing square footage.Financial terms of the transaction between both Huntington Beach-based companies were not disclosed.InterTrade Industries has specialized in vacuum and pressure forming of heavy-gauge plastics as well as polyurethane foam products for a variety of industries, including aerospace, military, automotive, electronics, medical and consumer products. With the acquisition of Plastic Concept Inc., InterTrade Industries...

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The London Metal Exchange (LME) Announces Delist Plastics Contracts

The London Metal Exchange (LME) announces that it will delist its plastics contracts and that the last prompt date for all existing contracts will be Friday 29th April 2011. The formal decision to delist was taken by the Board of the London Metal Exchange following a recommendation by the Executive Committee. This announcement follows the establishment of delisting procedures.The Exchange has decided that the costs of withdrawing outstanding warrants from the LMEsword depository will be waived. Current open interest for all plastics contracts is 228 lots, out to March 2011.Plastics futures trading was introduced on the LME on 27th May...

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This is what my top half looked like today. And this is what the Comme des Garcons website looked like today (and for quite some time prior to today actually). Gorgeous stuff. Includes collaborations with the Brothers Quay, a set magnificent stop motion animators (also illustrators) whose work is enchantingly grim. I always like contradictions in art, for example how something morose can evoke beauty in a perverted sort of way. The Quays achieve that perfectly with their films. Ai Weiwei is also another collaborator; he is a Beijing-based artist whose work typically involves a social commentary of some kind, and thankfully it isn't distasteful...

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Notice Any Similarities?

Many blogs, magazines, and tabloids publicize plastic surgery gone wrong, but what about plastic surgery gone...the same? Celebrities often elect to undergo face lifts, brow lifts and/or injectable procedures such as those with Botox or Juvederm in an effort to look youthful. However, rather than look youthful, numerous procedures, or incorrect procedures can make their faces look artificial. Take a look at the following before and after photos of well-known celebrities who have similar facial features after speculated plastic surgery procedures:Joan RiversDaryl HannahLil KimJocelyn Wildenst...

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Dr. Reinold Hagen Stiftung: Smallest blow mould machine in the world

The Dr. Reinold Hagen Foundation and the Hagen Engineering GmbH will be showing their extensive know-how in the entire development process for plastic products and their production, with the help of a chain of blow mould articles at Stand D76 in Hall 6: beginning with brainstorming, computer-aided feasibility studies, CAD and layout as well as material and tool sampling in their own technical centre.A highlight of the fair is the smallest blow mould machine in the world, being presented to the public for the first time, simulated by the manufacturing procedure for plastic hollowware.The Hagen Foundation has been committed for many years,...

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Die plate with an external diameter of 1.5 m

Pelletizers and Melt Pumps for High Capacity PlantsRight on time for this year´s K show Coperion GmbH, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, will be presenting new machine sizes in their UG underwater pelletizer and MP melt pump series for high capacity polyolefin compounding plants.Underwater Pelletizers: Breaking the 100 t/h barrierAn eye catcher on the Coperion booth B33 in Hall 14 will be the die plate from a UG 1.250, the largest underwater pelletizer in the world. It boasts a range of superlatives: The average cutting diameter is 1250 mm and it can have up to 11,000 die holes. Manufacturing the die plate, its wear protection as well...

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Botox Injections Approved for Your Worst Headache

The United States FDA last week approved Botox, the anti-wrinkle shot from Allergan, as a treatment to prevent chronic migraines.  This came after the company agreed last month to pay $600 million to settle allegations that it had marketed the drug for off-label uses for years.The FDA’s decision endorses doctors’ use of Botox to treat patients who suffer from a severe form of migraine involving headaches at least 15 days a month. Botox is already approved by the FDA to treat blepharospasm, strabismus, hyperhydrosis, cervical dystonia, and muscle spasticity in the upper extremities. It is widely known as the most popular wrinkle...

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Confession of a Surgeaholic

I have a confession. In the past, mayyybe on more than one occasion, I have thought about blogging about how I thought Lea Michele would benefit from a nose job. I'm sorry! I know! We are supposed to encourage people to accept their God given traits but I happen to work for a plastic surgeon who does a really good rhinoplasty, and the results that I have seen have led me to think a little outside the genetic pool. Well in the November issue of GQ our beloved Glee star has told myself, along with everyone else who suggested or implied the same over the years, what she thought of us. She is quoted as saying, "f-word those people who told me...

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BASF plans new blending facility for antioxidants in Bahrain

BASF has announced plans to build a production facility for customer specific antioxidant blends (CSB) in Bahrain. The new CSB plant will come in addition to the existing tolling agreement for CSB with Astra Polymer in the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia, which is mainly supplying local customers.“With the new production facility in Bahrain, we will be able to support the fast growth of our customers in the Middle East region while providing the flexibility in supply and service speed that our customers require”, explains Hans W. Reiners, President Performance Chemicals Division of BASF.John Frijns, Senior Vice President Plastic Additives Europe/EAWA,...

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PolyOne touting new products, upbeat attitude, at K 2010

As it sets sail for Germany and K 2010, PolyOne Corp. is hoping that its recent run of good fortune can continue. The Avon Lake-based compounding and distribution firm is on track to post its second straight profitable year in 2010. And while that may seem like faint praise, it is music to the ears of Chairman and CEO Stephen Newlin. “We’ve done a whole culture transformation,” Newlin said in a recent interview in Avon Lake. “We’re now focused squarely on our customers and have higher expectations and accountability.Our focus is on new customers and prospects, and we’re driven around customer needs.” Those changes also have produced...

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Cellect Plastics announces name change, license

Cellect Plastics LLC has changed its name to Cellect Technologies LLC and has licensed its I-Cell EVA and polyethylene roll business to XL Foam LLC, a private investor group.Cape Cod-based Cellect Technologies now will concentrate solely on low-carbon-impact specialty foams, including Opflex-brand materials for oil spill cleanup and Microflex LCI for yoga mats and other consumer applications.Scott Smith, president and owner of Cellect, said in a news release that the deal strengthens his firm’s capital position. He added that the company plans to establish a new headquarters in Florida, Alabama or Massachusetts.Source: plasticsnews....

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Rapid Granulator: series 'open-hearted' granulators now complete

The number of the largest ever built so far frank mills cutting the 600-series Rapid is now complete: From now on, the 600 series in the three Mahlkammerbreiten of 900, 1,200 and 1,500 mm offered. Due to the extensive range of modular rotors and different types of grinding chamber is the 600 series in 45 different basic designs available and can be adapted to many tasks in the plastics recycling, the Swedish manufacturer.New series of large mills with good viedoBengt Rimark, marketing manager of the Rapid Group, explains: "The 600 series uses the same patented technology that has already proven successful in the 300, 400 and 500 series,...

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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Face Not So Real

So I was reading Us Weekly and stumbled upon an article about the new Bravo series, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. It said one of the wives Taylor Armstrong was going to undergo dermal filler procedures in the first episode so I obviously had to tune in! Turns out Armstrong was injected by fellow housewife Arienne Maloof's husband who is a Plastic Surgeon in California. Armstrong also said she got the procedure done because she felt pressure to stay beautiful and young looking. Did you all see the episode? Do you think Armstrong needed any more filler in her fa...

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Some favourites from Spring/Summer 2011: Part 1(I saved this post weeks ago and just remembered it exists now. Woops!) Ann Demeulemeester.Typical Demeulemeester aesthetic: dark, asymmetrical, completely achromatic. I've been feeling more whimsical and clean cut this season but I can't deny how good Ann is at her craft. The shoes with the sculptural quality, the missing sleeves, the metal veil (top notch), and the black vertical eyebrows which was the cherry on top of it all. Balenciaga.The prints, the collars, the slits in the blouses where the leather belt protrudes, not to mention everything about Freja's outfit (sheer skirts, layers, the top...

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