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When the coronavirus lockdown was announced, recycling machinery manufacturer Lindner had just delivered a new shredder to one of its customers, German waste management company Hündgen.
Arburg GmbH & Co. is injection moulding liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and polypropylene masks for its employees worldwide and medical facilities near its headquarters in Lossburg.
The impact of COVID-19 on daily life is huge, yet one of the main messages that has been hammered home during the crisis is a simple one: thorough hand washing is essential.
New polymerisation methods that allow the economical production of polylactic acid (PLA) with a higher molecular weight are opening the door for an increasingly broader range of applications for PLA, says Sulzer, a Swiss fluid engineering company with expertise in PLA and EPS polymerisation technology.
Two Austrian businesses, toolmaker Haidlmair and plastics machinery manufacturer Engel are working to supply the necessary equipment for face mask production at an unprecedented pace.
After a fire completely destroyed Aurora Kunststoffe’s production area in 2017, the company was re-outfitted with, among others, three Coperion ZSK 45 Mc18 twin screw extruders.
As planned, plastics machinery manufacturer Engel has reopened its machinery plants in Schwertberg and Valentin, and the robot factory in Dietach.
With face masks for healthcare workers in extremely short supply, companies from across the plastics industry, as well as from completely different sectors, have started initiatives to produce these products.
Italian manufacturer of injection moulding machinery Negri Bossi has joined the efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus.
ENGEL UK will provide free service support to customers serving the medical parts market, said managing director Nigel Baker.
Recycling multi-layer film, even production waste, has long posed a challenge. Such films require special treatment and the resulting residues remain an issue.
Milan, Italy-based compounding and extrusion machinery manufacturer Icma San Giorgio has designed, built and installed a new compounding line for the production of biodegradable, bio-based plastic materials used mainly to manufacture shopping bags or agricultural mulch films.