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Songwon adds to FR lines
Songwon has launched Songflame WB 201, a new addition to the portfolio of halogen-free, flame retardant synergists for plastics that the South Korean company intro- duced last year. Songflame WB 201 is described as a solvent- free, aqueous, flame retardant dispersion designed primarily for the coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers market. �
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German plastic machine orders nosedived in H1
The German plastics machinery sector “nose- dived” in the first half of this year, with a 20% fall in orders compared to the same period in 2019. VDMA, the trade organi-
VDMA Managing Director Thorsten Kühmann
sation that represents German machinery manufac- turers, said that this decline in orders continues the poor result of 2019 when exports declined by nearly 7%. “The pandemic was the stab in the back for custom- er industries that had already been performing
Ampacet set to make a mark
Ampacet has developed LaserMarkFlex, a new portfolio of masterbatches designed for high definition Nd:YAG laser marking on flexible films. The antimony-free range includes LaserMarkFlex
1081 for black/dark grey marking and LaserMarkFlex 1135 for lighter grey marking with broader food approval status in both EC and FDA regimes. The company said the masterbatches are suitable
for use in monolayer as well as coextruded film struc- tures and can print logos, barcodes, expiration or best-before dates and serial numbers on labels and packaging. �
www.ampacet.com
badly,” said Thorsten Kühmann, Managing Director of the VDMA. “However, we also notice
that many machines are being supplied – particularly to the medical engineering and packaging sectors,” he added. The majority of VDMA members expect a turnover decline of up to 30% in 2020, the association said, and do not expect turnover volumes to return to 2019 levels until 2022. �
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