Extrusion International 5-2018

18 Extrusion International 5/2018 INDUSTRY NEWS Extrusion Russia 2019 Invites Extrusion Experts „ Extrusion Russia 2019 conference held in Moscow’s Expo- center as part of Interplastica 2019 trade show will serve as the main information platform for the communication of extrusion experts. Extrusion Russia will pick up the baton from 3R-plast forum, known since over a decade and a half. Preserving continuity but renewing its focus, the conference suggests the polymer com- munity to discuss topical issues of a thriving sector of the pro- cessing industry that is plastic extrusion. The 2019 issue of the technology conference will already be the 17th. Some 150 top managers, production heads and process engineers of processing companies are expected. The following issues will be discussed: — Equipment for various extrusion segments: film, tube, sheet, cable, as well as geosynthetics — Key components of an extrusion line (filters, melt pumps, de- gassers, etc.) — Tooling (dies, heads, calibrators, corrugators), quick change and cleaning solutions — Peripherals for material preparation, transport and dosing — Downstream equipment (orientation systems, withdrawal and cutting devices, winders, laminators, markers, packers) — Automation tools for extrusion lines — Special material grades, additives and fillers for extrusion — Compounding and pelletizing of composites and master- batches — Special aspects of twin-screw extrusion —Quality control of rawmaterials and final product parameters — Flat-die extrusion, extrusion blow molding, thermoforming — Extrusion in recycling of industrial and household plastic waste — Engineering and optimization of extrusion processes. The event will traditionally be organized by Russian trade jour- nal Plastics with the help of Messe Dusseldorf Moscow. The re- newed conference will get another co-organizer, the German publishing house VM Verlag GmbH that distributes the special- ist Extrusion magazine in German, English, Chinese and Russian. The conference will be held in a roomwith all the necessary mul- timedia equipment. Every participant will receive a package of conference materials. Audio recordings will be made, and pre- sentations given by speakers will be published following the event. Extrusion Russia extrus.plastics.ru Acquisition „ Borealis announced that it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Ecoplast Kunststof- frecycling GmbH (“Ecoplast”), an Austrian plastics recycler. Ecoplast processes around 35 000 tonnes of post-consumer plastic waste from households and industrial consumers every year, turning them into high-quality LDPE and HDPE recyclates, primarily but not exclusively for the plastic film market. “It is a logical next step for us to expand our mechanical re- cycling capabilities, which are key to our sustainability and circular economy efforts. Borealis wants to be a provider for circular economy plastic solutions and we see Ecoplast as an important complement to mtm in Germany. mtm’s fo- cus is on rigid, injection moulding solutions. Ecoplast’s core competence is recycling flexibles from highly contaminated household and commercial waste into a product that is suit- able for thin film production,” says Borealis Chief Executive Alfred Stern. Borealis AG www.borealisgroup.com