Manufacturing Myanmar 2014: Asia's newest rising star

Singapore Exhibition Services (SES), Asia’s leading trade event organiser, has made a move to pave the way for international companies looking to harness the vast opportunities of Myanmar’s budding economy, with the launch of a brand new event for the manufacturing sector.

Hydraulic expansion power from SCHUNK now for ? 16mm

TENDO E compact: this powerful hydraulic expansion toolholder is available for high-precision direct clamping now for the economic shank diameter 16 mm

New Eriez? vibratory feder is largest in company’s line

The new 76 Series Vibratory Feeder from Eriez?, the largest unit in the company’s expansive line-up of compact vibratory feeders, offers all of the same features and benefits of existing models in a supersize design to meet larger application requirements.

ITT expands pump manufacturing capabilities in Korea

ITT Corp. has officially opened its latest pump manufacturing facility, located in the central county of Chungcheongbuk-do in South Korea. The $34 million facility will produce, package and test highly engineered pumps under the Goulds Pumps brand.

K 2013: New stretch film winder from Dolci Extrusion

The new Multiwind Winder from Dolci Extrusion has been designed to achieve a speed of 800 m/minute

K 2013: Bielloni brings converting technology

The Telia MAXI FSC is capable of making in less than 5 minutes a complete job change with less than 10 metres of waste material.

MWCS 2013: Gateway to a booming metalworking market

China’s economy is showing no signs of slowing down, which is good news for the country’s foreign suppliers of machine tools.

K 2013: Ascend shares customer-driven innovations

At K 2013, Ascend Performance Materials Inc., a leading producer of PA66 resin and chemical intermediates, will present its portfolio of Vydyne? PA66 products poised for launch into the automotive, cable tie, electrical and electronics, consumer and industrial, and compounding markets.

Asia-Pacific’s share of global butadiene market at more than 50%

Asia-Pacific has for some time now been the major consumer of butadiene and increased its share of the global market to more than 50%.

Baerlocher to produce PVC stabilizers in Turkey

The plant, which is targeted to start production end of 2014, will have a capacity in excess of 40,000 tons and will produce both calcium based and lead stabilizer additive one-packs

INVISTA and Ingenza jointly develops bio-derived chemicals

INVISTA is collaborating with Ingenza for the development of new technologies to enable bio-derived processes for the production of industrial chemicals.

PepsiCo names CEO for AMEA

President of Pepsi - Middle East & Africa, Sanjeev Chadha, moves up to new role as CEO for Asia, the Middle East and Africa