news DSM targets new USBs
Engineering resins firm DSM said its Stanyl and Stanyl ForTii high performance polyamides have been approved for use in the next generation of USB Type-C connectors. USB is now the industry
standard bus for transferring data and power between electronic devices with some 5bn ports produced every year. The new Type-C connector will become obligatory in 2017 in Europe as part of a charging interface standardisation to help control electronic waste. The USB Type-C connector features a reversible design
allowing it to function perfectly whether it is plugged in right-side up or upside down (a drawback with current directional designs). Moreover, wall thickness of just 25% of that on previous generations saves space and material. DSM said Stanyl and Stanyl
ForTii can be used to produce connectors with wall thick- nesses as thin as 0.12 mm High flow in combination with
high weld-line strength ensure the required high pin pull-out strength while parts success- fully pass durability tests involving mating and unmating more than 10,000 times. The resins also offer CTI values of greater than 400V and provide UL94 V-0 performance without halogens. ❙
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news in brief
❙ Fakuma show organiser PE Schall said the 2015 event, which takes place in Friedrichshafen in German on 13-17 October, is now completely booked out. The company also said that the show, which is a major event for the European technical injection moulding sector, will revert to its traditional weekday opening hours of 09:00 to 17:00.
www.fakuma-messe.de
Schulman invests in PET products
Global plastic compounds manufacturer A Schulman has expanded its PET masterbatch compounding capacity with the addition of a new production line at its Bornem plant in Belgium. The first phase of the new
line will be dedicated primarily to the production of additive concentrates and white PET masterbatch. Schulman sells PET compounds under the brand name PolyPet, mainly for food packaging applications. l Separately, Schulman is
moving its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) shared service centre from Londer- zeel in Belgium to Poznan, Poland. The company said the move is expected to save around €5m per year. ❙
www.aschulman.com
People on the move
KraussMaffei Group an- nounced the appointment of Dr Frank Stieler as its new CEO with effect from 27 July.
Stieler takes over from Jan Olaf Siebert, who has held the position since 2012 and is leaving the company at his own request. Stieler has many years industrial engineering management experience gained with companies including Air Liquide Group, Siemens and Hochtief.
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Americhem has promoted Michael Frisch to the position of technical director for the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions.
INJECTION WORLD | June 2015
Frisch joined Amerishem in 2008 and has served as technical service manager for the company’s European synthetic fibres business, as well as development and design manager, EMEA. He is based in Germany.
Danish ancillaries manufac- turer Labotek has announced the appointment of Michael S Garde as its new CEO. Garde is an engineer with more than 25 years of sales and manage- ment experience. He takes
over the CEO position from Labotek owner Peter Jessen Jürgensen.
Reha Gür, commercial director of Turkish technical compounds producer Eurotec, has been appointed President of PAGDER, the country’s plastics manufacturers association. Established in 1969, PAGDER represents more than 400 companies. Gür takes over from Senmak General Manager Hüseyin Semerci.
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Euromap has published a new document that lists all of the plug suppliers complying with its latest recommendations for electrical interfaces on plastics and rubber process- ing machinery in one place –
http://bit.ly/EuromapDocs The organisation said it has also updated the data included for this new compiled listing. Manufacturers of compliant plugs that are not included in the document are invited to contact the association.
www.euromap.org
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