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IR Batch, more than just a perfect crystallizer.

At NPE 2012, KREYENBORG Plant Technology, Muenster, Germany will display its latest addition to their well known IRD technology, the IR Batch, which uses very efficient short wave Infrared radiation instead of hot air as a heat source.
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Axel Plastics Research Laboratories (Woodside, New York), reports the development of a new proprietary process aid additive targeted to those who process or mold PBT and PBT resin blends.

AXEL’s new additive was developed in response to increased use of high-performance polymer blends in the automotive, transportation and electronics markets. “AXEL’s goal has been to offer a process aid additive that will offer improved flow of PBT and PBT resin blends,” says Nancy Teufel, AXEL’s Product Manager. “We now have that with MoldWiz® INT-35PHT, which allows more flexibility in the incorporation of filler types and loading levels, as well as an easier cavity fill and release performance for those same resins.”
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No trade show comes close to NPE for sheer dynamism, with aisle after aisle of working plastics equipment filling the exhibit halls with clamor and action. While some of this was lost at NPE2009 as the Great Recession took its toll, the excitement will come back in full force this year. In the words of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, NPE2012 will mark “The Return of the Machines.”
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Foster Delivery Science, a business unit for Foster Corporation, has added comprehensive in-house laboratory services to expedite the screening of early stage formulations, process development, and post-extrusion studies of solid dose drug delivery forms using hot melt extrusion.  As a contract research and manufacturing company that specializes in hot melt extrusion, Foster Delivery Science analytical services includes thermal analysis, spectroscopy, and chromatography equipment specifically designed for solid oral doses produced from this processing method. 
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LANXESS is continuing to expand its Indian production site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state. The specialty chemicals group is underlining its commitment to the subcontinent by inaugurating three new plants this month to serve the growing India market. LANXESS has invested over EUR 70 million and created roughly 300 new jobs at the site.
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The range of high performance polymers available from DuPont for use in medical devices, including the new DuPont™ Delrin® SC699 acetal resin  forms the focal point of the company’s exhibit at Pharmapack 2012 in Paris (stand 561). Their use enables the design and manufacture of highly-accurate, reliable, durable and convenient products, as illustrated by the launch last year of the UnoPen™, a disposable, variable-dose injector pen for insulin and other therapies by the company Ypsomed AG (Burgdorf, Switzerland).
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The installation of a multi-detection Viscotek TDAmax gel permeation chromatography (GPC) system from Malvern Instruments is enabling Dow Corning Europe S.A. in Belgium to meet customer demand for increasingly comprehensive polymer structure data. In addition, Dow Corning experts are saving resources by applying rapid, cost-effective GPC methods to pre-select the most promising new polymer candidates, significantly reducing the number of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) investigations required wherever possible.
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Frommelt Safety has just introduced the industry’s most sophisticated automated barrier door, the Guardian Defender. Designed to guard machinery, contain processes and protect employees from robotic/machine movement zones, the new door boasts patent-pending upgrades to its non-contact safety switch configuration, control systems and interlocking capabilities. It also features a new, more resilient curtain material that resists a wider array of application driven hazards and offers optional variable frequency drive to control curtain speed.  In addition, it utilizes new quick-disconnect cables, which allow for easier installation and integration than comparable barrier doors.
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Westchester Plastics, a leading independent toll compounder of engineering resins, alloys, blends, reactive modifiers and other thermoplastic materials, has significantly expanded compounding capabilities at its Wapakoneta, OH facility. The new capacity provides Westchester Plastics with greater flexibility and processing capabilities and positions the plant to better meet the needs of its customers for high performance engineering resins in numerous markets.
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In response to the continuing positive order situation, and above all, strong demand for its new large machine model - the MacroPower, WITTMANN BATTENFELD has decided to increase its production capacity in 2012. The MacroPower, the company’s large machine model introduced for the first time in 2010 and now available with clamping forces ranging from 500 to 1,100 t, has met with an extremely positive response from the market.
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