Biesterfeld Plastic and SK Chemicals are extending their long-term strategic partnership. With effect from 1 August 2020, a new distribution agreement is in force between the partners, which now also includes the distribution of copolyesters from SK Chemicals within the cosmetic packaging market segment. This new agreement means that Biesterfeld now holds the distributions rights for all segments of SK Chemicals’ copolyester business in Europe, Brazil and North Africa.

Biesterfeld and advanced materials manufacturer Solvay are expanding their long-term partnership. With immediate effect, Biesterfeld will take over distribution of the products Ixef® HC, Omnix® and Kalix® (all of which are polyarylamide-based). The new agreement applies to large parts of Europe including the Nordic region and the UK, as well as some neighbouring countries in Africa and the Middle East.

The ALBIS quality management system for the development, production and sale of plastic compounds in the ALCOM® MED+ product group meets the requirements of DIN EN ISO 13485:2016. This was documented in an audit carried out by DQS Medizinprodukte GmbH and subsequently certified.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony by Nordson Corporation today marked the startup of an extensively equipped process laboratory to serve the Americas market for pelletizing systems and melt delivery equipment.

With a selection of dosing and conveying devices, motan-colortronic shows examples of system solutions for the cable and pipe extrusion. The focus is on the loss-in-weight dosing device SPECTROPLUS and the gravimetric material loader METROFLOW.