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Pandemic pauses North American plastics machinery shipments during first quarter

But a new report by the Plastics Industry Association does show increases in some areas.


Federal government contracts GM Canada to provide 10 million face masks

With production beginning immediately, GM Canada will manufacture the face masks at cost at its Oshawa, Ont. plant for the Public Health Agency of Canada.


38% of Canada’s small businesses now fully open: CFIB

New Brunswick and PEI now have the largest share of local businesses fully open, a CFIB survey indicates, while Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador remain as the least open economies.
 
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SLIDE

Ejector pins snap cleanly and components glide smoothly with Super Grease NSF H-1 Lubricant

Super Grease is ideal for medical and food grade plastics parts. It will not bleed out and mark parts. It is a NLGI #2 high temperature range grease. Operating temps -45F to 650F; -42ºC – 343ºC. Super Grease is a clear, clean, non-yellowing grease with excellent dielectric strength. Contains PTFE, no silicones. » Request your free trial sample
 
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Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital turns to Javelin Technologies for 3D printers

Javelin supplied Jewish General with two Stratasys Fortus 450 mc 3D printers and one F170 printer, both dedicated to COVID-19-related production using fused deposition modeling materials. » Read More

Covestro and Neste partner for renewable raw materials for plastics production

The collaboration aims to replace several thousand tons of fossil raw materials in the production of polycarbonates with raw materials produced with Neste’s renewable hydrocarbons. » Read More
 
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Wittmann

The M7.3 - IPC network control

  From small productions to complex conveying systems with dozens of single units - any configuration can be centrally controlled via a WITTMANN control unit.
  Developed for the administration of medium to complex network configurations with up to 320 network participants. Every participant is connected via a bus module and can be configured for a specific task.
  The high-resolution touch-screen simplifies user control, as well as the adjustment of process parameters and allows the user a comprehensive view of all attached units.
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Will COVID-19 create a boom in factory automation?

One of the few bright spots to emerge during the COVID-19 pandemic is industrial automation, which is helping to maintain social distancing between plant floor workers. And it could trigger a lasting boom in factory robotics. » Read More
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Chemical recycling makes useful product from waste bioplastic

A faster, more efficient way of recycling plant-based bioplastics has been developed by a team of scientists from the Universities of Birmingham and Bath in the UK. » Read More
 
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