| 18/3/2009 | ENER-Plast: Reducing the energy consumption of the polymer industry |
| ENER-Plast, the EU-funded project to reduce the energy consumption of the European polymer supply chain, has developed a number of resources for companies wanting to reduce and manage their energy consumption.
ENER-Plast will provide the industry... |
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| 18/8/2008 | ENER-Plast: EU-funded project promoting the benefits of energy efficient moulds & tools |
| The European mould and tool industry is quickly losing ground in the manufacturing sector and companies are facing major challenges. Increased tool making capacity in the Far East has led to overcapacity and increased market pressure to cut prices. ... |
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| 31/7/2008 | ENER-Plast: EU-funded project to save energy and money |
| ENER-Plast, the European project to help the European polymer and its supply chain industries reduce their carbon footprint and environmental impact, is looking for companies to complete a quick and easy survey on attitudes towards the environmental ... |
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| 19/10/2007 | Energy Efficiency Advice at the K Show |
| Are you going to K2007 in Dusseldorf?
Are you looking for ways to improve your energy efficiency?
John Colbert, of Smithers Rapra, will be at K2007 on Friday 26th October giving a presentation on ‘Benchmarking and ... |
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| 1/10/2007 | Now Available … Tools for Energy Reduction |
| The RECIPE Energy Managers Toolkit is now available at www.eurecipe.com. It will guide you through a series of questions relating to the energy efficiency of your plant. It will enable you to compare your overall per... |
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| 1/8/2007 | New Krauss-Maffei Series EX |
| In response to the challenge to the challenge to increase quality and decrease cost parts, Krauss-Maffei has released the new series EX: injection moulding machines, a new concept of all electric-machine bringing toget... |
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| 2/7/2007 | Reducing Energy Consumption in the Plastics Processing Industry |
| SHROPSHIRE, UK (July 2, 2007) - Rapra Technology, a subsidiary of the US-based independent testing, consulting and contract research organisation, The Smithers Group, has developed a series of information resources and... |
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| 1/6/2007 | News from France: Lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| Achieving a fourfold reduction in greenhouse has emissions (GHGs) in France by 2050 is an ambitious and voluntary objective for the country that addresses a combination of many different aspects - technical, technologi... |
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| 3/4/2007 | Reducing Energy Costs: We are all concerned |
| Modern Plastics, The Global Plastics Magazine, has published 6 articles (May 2006 to June 2006) concerning the reduction of energy costs. The first article 'Reducing Energy Costs: First Steps' shows that there are two... |
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| 2/4/2007 | Design Fundamentals for Energy Efficiency |
| RECIPE, the EU-funded project to provide the European plastics processing industry with the tools, knowledge and justification to reduce energy consumption, has announced the publication of a series of fact sheets on d... |
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| 15/3/2007 | New software demonstrates the ‘total cost of ownership’ of plastics processing equipment |
| RECIPE, the European project to help the plastics processing industry reduce their energy consumption has developed a software application to enable processors make informed decisions on purchasing low energy equipment... |
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| 5/3/2007 | Rapra leads new plastic surface treatment project in Europe |
| SHROPSHIRE, UK - Rapra Technology, a subsidiary of the US-based independent testing, consulting and contract research organisation, The Smithers Group, Smithers Rapra Ltd, Europe's leading polymer research and test hou... |
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| 1/3/2007 | Innovative Polymer Flow Visualisation for Optimised Machine Design, Improved Mixing and Material Properties, Process Efficiency and Energy Reductions |
| The PEPT-Flow project started on the 1st September and enjoyed a successful ‘kick-off’ meeting on September the 28th at the University of Birmingham. During the initial stages of the project, the consortium will work t... |
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| 1/1/2007 | Energy Efficient Extrusion |
| Polymer extrusion is used to manufacture approximately 70% of all thermoplastic products. In recent years, the process has been put to the test by the vast range of high performance polymers that are shifting the indu... |
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| 30/11/2006 | New Guide advises best practice for low energy plastics processing |
| There are many reasons for wanting to improve your energy efficiency, however, the most compelling reason for the plastics processing industry is that wasting energy costs money. With rising energy costs, soaring raw m... |
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| 6/10/2006 | Is 20% reduction in cycle time set to revolutionise Aluminium moulding tools? |
| Project ALAMO, a 2-year European Union funded research programme coordinated by Rapra Technology, is drawing to a close with some spectacular results. The project was initiated to investigate innovative uses of anodise... |
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| 1/10/2006 | Energieeinsparung in der Kunststoffverarbeitung – FAKUMA FORUM 2006 |
| Ankündigung
Energieeinsparung in der Kunststoffverarbeitung – FAKUMA FORUM 2006
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
die Stimulation und Durchführung von Workshops, Seminaren und Konferenzen zur Energieeinsparung in ... |
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| 29/9/2006 | Design Fundamentals for Energy Efficiency |
| RECIPE, the EU-funded project to provide the European plastics processing industry with the tools, knowledge and justification to reduce energy consumption, has announced the publication of a series of fact sheets on d... |
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| 1/7/2006 | EOCPAC: Helping cut power consumption in extrustion |
| The cost of electricity for industrial consumers in Europe has surged in recent years. In the plastics industry, energy-efficient manufacturing systems are being used as a tool for controlling manufacturing costs. In... |
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| 5/11/2005 | EL PROYECTO RECIPE, INDISPENSABLE PARA HACER FRENTE A LAS PREOCUPACIONES SOBRE ENERGÍA |
| Una reciente encuesta del consumo de energía en la industria europea del procesado de plásticos, revela que el 60% de las empresas encuestadas están preocupadas por el futuro de este sector, a menos que se tomen medida... |
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| 4/11/2005 | Urgent Recipe needed to address energy anxieties |
| A groundbreaking survey of plastics processing energy consumption in Europe reports that 60% of responding companies fear for the future of the European plastics processing industry unless significant short-term action... |
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| 4/11/2005 | Energy Savings: Injection and Blow Moulding Machines |
| Norbert Becker
Norbert Becker Ingenieurbüro und Vertrieb
Gartenstr. 10
D-35418 Buseck
Energy saving will be one of the main problems in 21st century societies as resources will run short and new additional so... |
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| 4/11/2005 | In the News - November 2005 |
| Work Starts on Plastic M6 Bridge
Work to build a plastic bridge over the M6 in Lancashire started on 24th October 2005. The Highways Agency said the bridge replaces a ’40-years old under strength and def... |
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| 4/11/2005 | Saving Energy at Interplas |
| The British Plastics Federation (BPF) held daily energy seminars at the Interplas exhibition, Birmingham NEC, 4th to 6th October. The seminars were attended by more than 45 delegates, and included plastics processors, ... |
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| 3/11/2005 | Plastics, Energy and the Environment |
| The 14th International Plastics and Rubber Industries’ Exhibition, is the second largest European exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries, after ‘K’ in Düsseldorf. The event takes place at the new Rho-Pero ex... |
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| 15/8/2005 | Spiralling Energy Costs – Help Is At Hand! |
| For the past 3 years Faraday Plastics has had process energy in its sights, a decision that is now seen as visionary in terms of the pressures on our industry.
During that period Faraday has developed a focus to en... |
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| 15/8/2005 | Energieeinsparung in der Kunststoffindustrie: Fragebogen zum RECIPE Projekt jetzt online verfügbar |
| (ICT Pfinztal) Kunststoffverarbeiter können jetzt kostenlos ihren Energieverbrauch und die daraus resultierenden Kosten bei der Herstellung von Kunststoffprodukten mit anderen Unternehmen vergleichen. Basis ist eine europaweite Mark... |
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| 20/6/2005 | Get the RECIPE online |
| Plastics processors throughout Europe now have a free opportunity to collaborate on and benchmark their energy usage and costs against their peers in plastics manufacture.
The market survey of energy usage in Europ... |
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| 24/5/2005 | Energy saving finds a RECIPE and solution |
| A radical new programme for saving energy and associated cost in plastics processing is now underway in Europe. Launched at Rapra Technology last Friday, March 11, and entitled RECIPE (standing for Reduced Energy Consu... |
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| 24/5/2005 | Kunststoffindustrie kann langfristig 3 Millionen Tonnen CO2 vermeiden Fraunhofer ICT startet Europäisches Verbundprojekt „RECIPE“ zur Energieeinsparung in der Kunststoffverarbeitung / 27 000 Unternehmen sollen europaweit beteiligt werden |
| Ziel des Vorhabens ist die bessere Nutzung von Möglichkeiten zur Energieeinsparung in der Kunststoffverarbeitung auf europäischer Ebene. RECIPE steht für “Reduced Energy Consumption in Plastics Engineering”. Zusammen m... |
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| 24/5/2005 | AIMPLAS participa en un proyecto que busca soluciones para el ahorro energético, en la industria de transformación de materiales plásticos |
| En el proyecto Europeo RECIPE, acrónimo que corresponde a las siglas inglesas de “Consumo de Energía Reducida en la Industria del Plástico”, participan junto a AIMPLAS otros 5 centros de distintos países europeos: Ingl... |
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