Plastics and Packaging Portal South Africa Newsletter Issue 1

		September 26th, 2011 Plastixportal Newsletter Issue 1 BUSINESS FINANCE FEATURED ADVERTISERS LOGISTICS & WAREHOUSING EXHIBITIONS VISIT the International Trade Fair for Mouldmaking, Tooling, Design and Application Development Afrimold 2011 SEPTEMBER - 28 - 29 FEATURED MEDIA PARTNERS SUBMIT NEWS ARTICLES To Submit Company News for inclusion in the Newsletter Click here LIST YOUR BUSINESS ON THE PLASTIXPORTAL A portal listing is a cost effective online advertisement on an industry focused directory - focused on Plastics and Packaging. click here INDUSTRY PORTALS www.logisticsportal.co.za www.chemicalportal.co.za www.machinetoolsportal.co.za
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Plastics & Packaging News BASF Pilot project with compostable bags for bio waste successfully completed in Bad Dürkheim, Germany Effective immediately, the district of Bad Dürkheim has approved the permanent use of organic waste bags made of BASF’s compostable plastic Ecovio® FS. Residents and local waste management companies tested the bags over a period of three months. The residents of Bad Dürkheim are very satisfied with the new waste bags. View Article
PlastiColors - Celebrate 35 Years PlastiColors is one of the leading producers of colourants and additives in South Africa for plastics, and is located in its own factory in Sebenza, Johannesburg.PlastiColors specializes in colour masterbatch and has developed tens of thousands of colours over the last 35 years. In addition, we manufacture various grades of black and white masterbatch in all polymer carriers. View Listing
Take a load off your wrapping costs - Save up to 30% on your cost per load Litewrapper CL - ONE hand pallet wrapping system. Wrap a pallet with industry leading ergonomics in ONE minute. Eliminate wasteful and costly cores and boxes, with 100% recyclable film - use up to 70% less film in weight and reduce your transport costs. Global Packaging Products are now supplying this Hand Pallet Wrapping Sysytem. More Info Supertech Plastics - Blow Moulding Supertech Plastics (Ian Brown Engineering) based in Kya Sand, Randburg, has a fully equipped manufacturing facility, offering injection moulding, which now also includes blow moulding of In House products such as Supertech Plastic Bottles, cosmetic packaging products and plastic containers. Ian Brown also offer plastic toolmaking, product design and development, metal pressing and assembly. View Listing
Propak Cape 25 - 27 October 2011 Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town ProPROPAK CAPE is a must for all stakeholders in the Food Processing, Packaging, Printing, Labelling and Plastics Industries. Billed as a regional business event for the Western Cape area of South Africa, Propak Cape targets manufacturers and suppliers involved with food processing, packaging, printing, labelling and plastics, providing an exciting forum for trading, sourcing of products and education. More Info Plastics Training Plastics Training to meet your needs ! Productive Services is an Education and Training Institution in operation since 1996 that specializes in Plastics Training. We serve companies in the Plastics Industry Sectors and make a point of investigating and understanding their Organizational development requirements in order to supply plastics training courses to meet those requirements competitively, on time, first time. More Info Plastics Research News Creating Plastic from Beef Carcasses - University of Alberta, Canada By Bev Betkowski August 12, 2011 Using the throwaway parts of beef carcasses that were sidelined from the value-added production process after bov ine spongiform encephalopathy devastated the industry in 2003, Bressler, an associate professor in the University of Alberta’s Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science has collaborated with industry, government and other researchers to forge cattle proteins into heavy-duty plastics that could soon be used in everything from car parts to CD cases. Full Article
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DALETECH ENGINEERING Products Design - Custom Injection Moulds - Injection Moulding Daletech Engineering assists clients from the product idea through to the product design, product prototyping, design tweaking, tool design and manufacture right through to production of the finished product. View Company Listing	PERSPEX SOUTH AFRICA Perspex Cast Acrylic Sheet Perspex South Africa (Pty) Ltd have been the leading manufacturer and supplier of Perspex Cast Acrylic sheet in South Africa since 1966. Perspex Sheet is available in a wide range of colours, thickness, sizes and textures and can be customised to meet specific requirements. View Company Listing
Used Plastic Machinery for Sale Technimac (Pty)Ltd DE- BERNARDI – 3 Lane carrier bag machine (As new) DE- BERNARDI – 3 lane carrier bag machine complete with edge guide – roll lift – photo cell – automatic conveyor. Offer is subject to prior sale View Used Machine Page for More Details or contact direct Tel : (011) 882 6630 Fax (011) 882 8542 info@technimac.co.za