NEWS Fakuma shifts to 2021
Fakuma organiser PE Schall has called off its 2020 show, which was due to take place in October in Friedrichshafen in Germany. The next event will take place on 12-16 October 2021. “Together with all involved
parties, we struggled for a long time to amend the general conditions demand- ed by the corona pandemic in such a way that Fakuma 2020 could have been promoted successfully,” said Bettina Schall, Managing Director of PE Schall. The 2018 event attracted 47,560 visitors. Schall said a hygiene and security concept that met all the prerequisites was devel-
The next Fakuma fair will take place at the Friedrichshafen fairground in 2021
BASF to invest in pigments
BASF Colors & Effects is to set up a new global distribution centre at Ladenburg in Germany. Work is already underway on the 20,000m2
building,
with completion expected in the first half of 2021. “This site, about 20km
oped for the show but “current uncertainties amongst exhibitors and visitors…with regard to travel and sending employ- ees to events” had con- vinced it not to go ahead with a 2020 event.
Over the past few weeks
a number of major long- time Fakuma exhibitors had indicated they would not “actively participate” in the 2020 show, which was generally interpreted to mean no machinery exhibits and few, if any, staff. �
www.fakuma-messe.de
Archman picks Domo PA6
Italian horticultural tool manufacturer Archman selected Domo’s Econamid Air carbon fibre reinforced
PA6 compound for the cutting body of its new Helium electric tree pruner. Domo worked with
Archman and its Italian distribution partner Guberti throughout the design phase for the Helium tool, which weighs just 1.6kg. Econamid Air, which uses
recycled carbon fibre, was chosen for its combination of light weight, strength, electrical conductivity and sustainability (its carbon footprint is said to be 90% lower than virgin equiva- lents). It also offers improved tribological properties. �
www.domochemicals.com
away from our largest production site in Ludwig- shafen and in an ideal location to our other European production sites, allows us to combine our centralised distribution structure in Europe with a distribution network geared to small quantities,” said Dr Florian Hofer, globally responsible for customer service and logistics management. The new facility will
mean shorter delivery times and improved certainty of delivery schedules, the company said. n BASF announced the planned sale of its pig- ments business to Japan’s DIC in August last year. The company said the €1.15bn deal, which requires regulatory approval, is still moving ahead and is expected to complete towards the end of this year. �
www.colors-effects.eu
Twin screw simulation software update
Sciences Computers Consultants (SCC) has launched Ludovic v7.0, the latest version of its simulation software for co-rotating twin screw extruders. The new version incorporates a number of improvements to address
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user-friendliness, extruder design capability and material issues, the company said. These include a refreshed interface, new dashboard for greater readability, and changes to the simulation batch mode.
Other additions to Ludovic v7.0 include: integration of new turbine mixing elements and blister/ring elements and an expanded standard database of simulations. �
www.scconsultants.com
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