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Free registration opens for AMI plastics expos in Cleveland, USA
Free online registration has opened for the AMI Plastics World Expos, taking place in the US later this year. The event, held for the
fifth time in North America, brings together four focused exhibitions: Plastics Extrusion World Expo, the Plastics Recycling World Expo, Compounding World Expo and Polymer Testing World Expo. It takes place at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio on Novem- ber 13-14, 2024. Visitors who register in advance will receive free admission to all four exhibitions – featuring more than 300 suppliers – and four conference theatres hosting technical presenta- tions, educational seminars and business debates. Attendees and exhibitors will also have the option to buy tickets (US$60 each) for a networking party at the Punch Bowl Social on the
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Conference theatres will feature 100 expert speakers over the two days of the event
evening of 13 November. “It will provide visitors
with a great opportunity to meet and compare suppli- ers from around the world and learn from business leaders and technical experts in the conference theatres,” said Jenny Amaru, expos business manager at AMI. “When we ran these expos in Cleveland last year, they attracted more than 5,100 visitors, including senior buyers and specifiers from leading extruders,
recyclers, compounders, OEMs and brand owners.” The four expos will occupy the two largest halls at the convention centre in downtown Cleveland. They will feature multiple manu- facturers of extrusion, compounding, recycling and testing equipment, plus suppliers of polymers, additives and related services. The exhibitor line-up
already includes companies including: Advanced
Blending Solutions; Advan- Six; Ampacet; Amut; Aurora Plastics; Azo; Baerlocher; Barentz; Bausano; Bay Plastics Machinery; Birla Carbon; Brabender; Budenheim; Buss; BYK; C-Therm; Cabot; Chroma Color; Coperion; CPM; Dover Chemical; Dynisco; Entek; Erema; Farrel Pomini; Galata; Gneuss; Graham Engineering; Heritage Plastics; IMCD; Instron; Intertek; JSW; KraussMaffei; Leistritz; Maag; Milliken; Mixaco; Netzsch; NFM; NGR; Niche Polymers; Omya; Orion; Perkin Elmer; PMC; Sesotec; Steer; Steinert; Struktol; Syncro; TPEI; Thermo Fisher; US Extruders; Vecoplan; Wacker; Westlake; Wind- moeller & Hoelscher; Zeppelin; and Zoltek; and many others. A few booths are still available. To find out more about exhibiting at any of the expos, CLICK HERE.
For a free ticket for the expos and conferences, valid for both days of the event:
https://ami.ltd/Plastics-World-Expos-NA-Register
NatureWorks wins funding from Thai bank
NatureWorks has secured funding of US$350 million from a major bank in Thailand, for the PLA manufacturing plant that it plans to build in the country. The funding from Krungthai Bank will support the construction of the plant and its ongoing operations. “The funding will enable us to
expand our international customer access to fully biobased, low-carbon biomaterials,” said Erik Ripple, presi-
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dent and CEO of NatureWorks. The new facility is designed to be a fully integrated PLA complex, including production sites for lactic acid, lactide and polymer. It will produce the company’s full portfolio of Ingeo PLA grades, with an annual capacity of 75,000 tonnes. Suratun Kongton, chief wholesale banking officer of Krungthai Bank, added: “We’ve provided this financing
because NatureWorks is a leader in manufacturing biomaterials, and meets the requirements to drive our country’s BCG [Bio-Circular-Green] model forward.”
Biopolymers made at this site will be
made from sugarcane from farms within a 50km radius of the Nakhon Sawan Biocomplex. It is scheduled to reach full production in 2025. �
www.natureworksllc.com
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