For Braskem (stand 6D27), the Brazilian company with proprietary technology for converting sugarcane ethanol into useable feedstocks for biopolymers, life just keeps getting sweeter. The company today announced that it was launching a project to build a green propylene plant in order to move into industrial scale production of green polypropylene. The green polypropylene will have the same technical, processability, and performance properties as polypropylene made using traditional production routes. According to Rui Chammas, VP of the Braskem polymers unit, Braskem occupies a unique position in this segment.

A high-voltage generator lies at the core of an inmold labeling (IML) pinning system that employs the static principle to fix labels in the injection tool. Debuted at K by Meech International (Stand 11B60), the 994 IML high-voltage generator works in conjunction with the recently introduced Meech Hydra miniaturized inmold labeling pinning system specifically designed for molding of small products such as cream cheese containers.

Already offering processors bioplastics for injection molding, sheet extrusion, and film extrusion, Telles (Stand 5D/10-6) has expanded the range of conversion technologies covered by its Mirel polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) to thermoforming. Approved for food-contact applications, Daniel Gilliland, director of business development, and Debra Darby, director of marketing communications, told the K Show Daily that PHA’s high-temperature durability gives the new thermoforming material immediate entrée into applications like hot-drink lids, with a working temperature of 212°F and heat distortion of 240-250°F.

What better way to headline the expertise and know-how of Italian technology than by showing the tops in racing cars? Designed and built by motoring consultancy specialist Dellara (Varano de’ Melegari, Italy), the aerodynamic vehicle weighs only 650 kg thanks to its revolutionary design, says Francesco Ravanetti from the company’s commercial department.