news injection worldlaunches on the iPad
injection world magazine is now available on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch using a dedicated app which is sponsored by Plastribution. Users can subscribe for free and new editions, which will automatically appear in the newsstand magazine folder that was recently launched by Apple. “AMi has led the way in using digital magazine technology to deliver high-quality information to the global plastics industry, so making our magazines available on the
iPad and iPhone was the next logical step,” said Andy Beevers, head of business publishing at AMi. “we have witnessed the growing use of these devices in our industry, and readers around the world have been asking for apps that will allow them to access our magazines on the latest mobile plat- forms.” the injection world app is one of five
Readers can now get Injection World and its sister magazines for free in the iPad and iPhone Newsstand
dedicated apps that have been launched by AMi. they also include the company’s three other magazines – compound-
euPc drives energy savings
eight european plastics processing associations have signed up to a voluntary agreement on improving energy efficiency as part of a scheme managed by the european Plastics converters association (euPc) within the european commission’s euPlastVoltage project. the associations that have signed up to the project aim to
achieve savings of 20% in plastics processing energy by 2020 and include: AnAiP in Spain, AHPi in Hungary, APiP in Portugal, BPF in the UK, nrK in the netherlands, la Plasturgie in France, iK in Germany and Federplast in Belgium. Under the agreement, each
association will submit a four- year plan to euPc detailing how the voluntary agreement
will be implemented in each country. this will include current position, monitoring and reporting procedures. the plastics converting
industry across all 27 euro- pean countries turns over around E280m a year and comprises around 50,000 SMes and some 1.6m employ- ees, according to euPc. ❙
www.euplastvoltage.eu
MwV corp snaps up Polytop
Packaging specialist Mead- westVaco corporation (MwV) acquired US-based plastics dispensing closure maker Polytop corporation at the end of last year for an undisclosed sum. Polytop designs and
manufactures dispensing closures for the food, house-
hold and personal care markets. its business is focused in north America, but MwV plans to target new geographical markets. “the acquisition of Polytop
extends our participation in attractive packaging end markets that we have targeted for profitable growth around
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the world,” said MwV chair- man and ceo john A luke. Polytop’s current ceo
willam Masser is retiring from the company but all remaining management and its 180 staff will be retained, MwV said in a statement. ❙
www.mwv.com ❙
www.polytop.com
ing world, Pipe and Profile extrusion and Film and Sheet extrusion. in addition, there is an app for AMi conferences which features brochures for forthcoming events. Further apps for Android-
based tablet computers and phones are currently under development and will be launched later this year. to download the free iPad/
iPhone/iPod apps, simply search for AMi Plastics in Apple’s App Store on your mobile device, or in itunes on your computer. ❙
www.amimagazines.com ❙
www.plastribution.co.uk
Huf adds to its gas know-how
German automotive lock manufacturer Huf Hülsbeck & Furst has extended its gas injection moulding license portfolio to include a package of technologies marketed by cinpres and Maximator. the licenses cover
cinpres’s PeP overspill moulding technique, which is particularly useful in the manufacture of automotive door handles, as well as a package of other cinpres and Maximator technologies. Velbert-based Huf had
been a long-term holder of Melea’s gas moulding licenses; cinpres acquired ownership of these in 2010. ❙
www.cinpres.com ❙
www.huf-group.com
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