Rubber & Plastics

Arburg is gearing up to launch its Freeformer additive manufacturing (AM) machine in Ireland early next month..

SEKISUI is constructing a new production plant for thermal interface materials aim at eco-friendly Vehicles such as EVs in the Netherlands..

Annual EEF/Santander snapshot of industry highlights manufacturing contributes more than just the sum of its parts..

ULMA Packaging UK has appointed James Couldwell as Business Manager for the South of England..

EEF launches dedicated Brexit hotline to help manufacturers debunk the Government’s technical notices..

Stäubli Group has acquired RS Roman Seliger Armaturenfabrik GmbH, a specialist in the development of standard and safety dry-disconnect couplings, for an undisclosed sum..

An annual fair focusing on design is to showcase plastic as the ‘Material of the Year’ for 2018..

Lucideon, the materials development and commercialisation organisation, has announced a new commercial engineer for healthcare..

Northamptonshire-based plastics tooling and moulding company, Great Central Plastics, is celebrating the success of the Paddington Bear films after receiving a large order for promotional products..

Borealis has fully acquired Austrian plastics recycler, Ecoplast, as part of overall strategy to support growth and sustainability in the polyolefins market..

Precision sensor manufacturer, Micro-Epsilon, has launched a unique new sensor system that combines an eddy current sensor with a capacitive displacement sensor in a single housing..

The Managing Associate of the BOY Group of injection moulding machinery says he sees a “successful future” for its business in the UK, regardless of what happens with Brexit..

Vision Petlon Polymers (VPP) has successfully completed the world’s first global occupational health and safety management system, ISO 45001:2018, migration audit, after undergoing a rigorous assessment programme..

The summer months saw a “lacklustre” performance of the UK’s manufacturing sector, with output and new orders slowing and the first contraction in export business in over two years..

Counterplas has concluded a deal to purchase the trade and assets of Showpla Plastics..

The Pentagon Plastics Group has announced that Phoenix Engineering has made a significant £150k investment..

Wittmann Battenfeld (WIBA) UK Managing Director Barry Hill will review the company’s technology from the past ten years at Bradford University..

Coral Products are investing in an in-house recycling plant within their UK based factory in Haydock Merseyside..

INEOS Styrolution announces agreement to acquire two polystyrene production sites in China from Total..

Global capacity to increase to more than 70,000 metric tons per year..