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Fiber-reinforced chassis for light commercial vehicles

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New HASCO presents new proximity switches for precise, contact-free position monitoring

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News 21.02.2018

Automotive industry’s door to lightweight & green

CHINAPLAS will be replete with high-tech, energy-saving and environmentally friendly solutions for automotive industry

News 21.02.2018

A choice material for the wind power market

Arkema showcases its offering of Elium^® – an advanced material for composites at JEC World 2018

News 21.02.2018

Evonik opens new polyamide 12 powder plant in Marl

Facility to meet high demand in attractive markets for 3-D printing and metal coatings

News 20.02.2018

Digital transformation in plastics processing

Arburg will present a practical example of Industry 4.0 at the Hannover Messe from 23 to 27 April 2018

News 20.02.2018

Teknor Apex to introduce the enhanced formulations

Low-gloss PVC compounds for automotive window encapsulation closely match surface finish of nearby EPDM components

News 20.02.2018

Concepts for e-mobility and autonomous driving

Covestro to present functional material solutions at the VDI Congress "Plastics in Automotive Engineering" in Mannheim

Videos

YIZUMI high speed pet preform injection machines

News 15.02.2018

Arkema to produce polyamide 12 in China

Arkema announces a 25% expansion in its global polyamide 12 polymers production capacities to support its customers’ strong demand in Asia

Fiber-reinforced chassis for light commercial vehicles

Wear-free process monitoring during production

Automotive industry’s door to lightweight & green

A choice material for the wind power market

Evonik opens new polyamide 12 powder plant in Marl

Digital transformation in plastics processing

Teknor Apex to introduce the enhanced formulations

Concepts for e-mobility and autonomous driving

YIZUMI high speed ​​pet preform injection machines

Arkema to produce polyamide 12 in China

YIZUMI high speed pet preform injection machines