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21.06.2010 - The COSMETICBUSINESS 2010 - quality meets quality
“Once again this trade fair has distinguished itself as a contact and presentation platform for the German cosmetics industry”, said Mr. Ulf Trabert from Gabriel-Chemie Germany after the fair. more...
After lengthy consultations and coordination processes a draft of a guideline for waste and recycled substances has been created that was open for comments until May 10th 2010. In the meantime the final version was published and can be found on the ECHA homepage. more...
31.05.2010 - Plastpol 2010 – a total success
The 14th Plastpol in Kielce came to an end on Friday, 28th May 2010. Mr. Uwe Schmidt and his team from Gabriel-Chemie Bohemia recorded a higher level of visitor interest at their trade fair booth than in the previous year. more...
25.05.2010 - A review of the Vienna biopolymer days
The final event of the international CORNET research project, ‘biopacking’, took place on 19th and 20th May at the Palais Niederösterreich in 1010 Vienna under the title ‘Vienna biopolymer days 2010’. more...
07.05.2010 - Gabriel-Chemie at the 3rd Austrian Cluster Conference
Mr. Peter Maczeyka, from Gabriel-Chemie Austria, incorporated in the lecture of Cluster Manager Ing. Harald Bleier (ecoplus Lower Austria) presented the benefits from international association research for cluster companies and research and development institutions, based on a progress report from the CORNET Biopacking project. Mr. Maczeyka was present, representing all companies involved in this project. more...
28.04.2010 - New Centre for Plastics Technology
After a 13-month rebuilding period, the Leoben University of Mining invited to the official opening ceremony for the new Centre for Plastics Technology on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010. The Association of Austrian Plastics Processors - VÖK initiated a sponsoring campaign for the design of the Plastics Centre. This found a considerable echo in the Austrian plastics industry. Gabriel-Chemie also took part in this campaign. more...
23.04.2010 - Gabriel-Chemie and WPC
The 7th WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES Conference (staged by AMI) took place in Vienna from April 20th to April 22nd, 2010. Amongst about 200 guests, Mr. Gerhard Steiger (Unit Manager for Building und Agriculture) took part for Gabriel-Chemie. more...
04.03.2010 - Gabriel-Chemie opens laboratory in Lodz (Poland) and expands partner network
With the opening of a laboratory in Lodz / Poland, the Gabriel-Chemie Group continues its growth on the European market. In doing so the company not only strengthens its position as an internationally oriented masterbatch manufacturer; its presence on the Polish market also brings significant advantages for existing customers of colour matchings. more...
Update and report on continued implementation. Ten months have now elapsed Since Part 9 in April last year, which have seen at times hectic activity at EU and association level and produced a new, highly important regulation – the CLP (Regulation 1272/2008/EC on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures). more…
Gabriel-Chemie Ges.m.b.H. in Gumpoldskirchen (Austria) has now, after conclusion of all formalities, officially taken over retroactively as of January 1, 2010 the 50% share of W. Bühler Vermögensverwaltung GmbH in Gabriel-Chemie Deutschland GmbH, and is now the sole shareholder. more…
29.01.2010 - Gabriel-Chemie exhibits at the Interplastica 2010
The 13th Interplastica took place from 26th to 29th January 2010 at the Trade Fair premises in Moscow. Gabriel-Chemie took part in the Austrian group exhibition of the Chamber of Economy. more…
08.01.2010 - Gabriel-Chemie Austria in its Jubilee Year
Gabriel-Chemie Ges.m.b.H. is celebrating two anniversaries at once this year:
60 years of company existence and 40 years of masterbatch production. more…
23.11.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie Group continues to grow
Following the investments in machinery and additional staff at the headquarters in Gumpoldskirchen/Austria and the production sites in Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, Gabriel-Chemie is now expanding its sites in Poland and Italy. more…
23.11.2009 - MAXITHEN® POM standard range by Gabriel-Chemie
Colour masterbatches on a POM (polyoxymethylene) basis. more…
13. - 17.10.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie exhibits at the Fakuma trade fair in Friedrichshafen
Gabriel-Chemie was able to increase the number of visitors by 20% in comparison to last year. more…
14. - 19.09.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie exhibits at the Drinktec/PETPoint trade fair in Munich
Gabriel-Chemie was able to make many interesting contacts from 14th to 19th September at its trade fair booth. more…
10.09.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie Group defies the crisis
Additional machines have been installed and staffing levels increased for the production of colour and additive masterbatches at the Gabriel-Chemie Group’s European sites. more…
07.09.2009 - MAXITHEN® BIOL Standard Range
Gabriel-Chemie’s new MAXITHEN® BIOL range includes colour- and additive masterbatches based on Polylactide (PLA), a bio degradable, thermoplastic polyester made of renewable raw materials (e.g. corn, potatoes, etc.). more…
07.09.2009 - COLOUR VISION® 2010/2011
COLOUR VISION® is a colour concept in keeping with the spirit of the times.
Through the use of special plastic lens plates, innovative colours, effects and surfaces are prepared in selected polymers. more…
07.09.2009 - Additives for PET processing
In response to customer and market demands a number of new additive masterbatches for use in PET have been developed to benefit the plastics processor. more…
07.09.2009 - Heavy-weight Compounds
Gabriel-Chemie has now created a heavy-weight compound that combines many advantages in one single product. more…
06.07.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie UK Ltd. is shortlisted for the Plastics Industry Awards 2009
The annual awards are divided between awards judged by expert industry panels, and awards in which processors vote for the best suppliers. more…
18.–19.06.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie Germany attended the CosmeticBusiness 2009
Guests from more than 40 countries visited the CosmeticBusiness on 18th–19th June 2009 in Munich. more…
26.–29.05.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie exhibit at the Plastpol
The 13th Plastpol international trade fair for plastics processors took place from 26/5 – 29/5 in Kielce, Poland. Participation in the Plastpol has been a fixture in the Gabriel-Chemie Group's calendar for years; it is represented there by its Czech and Polish subsidiaries. more…
19.-21.05.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie UK at PDM (Plastic Design + Moulding exhibition)
PDM 2009 is specifically aimed at the design and moulding sectors of the UK’s
plastics industry. It attracts visitors from a full range of end-use markets. more...
13.05.2009 - Stadium seats MAXITHEN® PPSYS / PPSYSM:
Colour, flame retardant and UV stabiliser combination masterbatches for outdoor seating areas. more...
05.05.2009 - Plastics transforming Medical Devices
Gabriel-Chemie featured in a one-off supplement in the Guardian newspaper presenting a positive view of plastics, called ‘The World of Plastics’. The article by Mr. Phil Watkins (Plant Manager Gabriel-Chemie UK) can be found on page 15. more...
29.04.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie received „Clusterland Award“
On the 29th April 2009 Gabriel-Chemie, as a member of CORNET, received the “Clusterland Award” in the “Raiffeisen Forum” in Vienna. more...
Since the end of the pre-registration four months have passed and there is a type of relaxed feeling among many of the plastics processors – usually just downstream users (DU), while manufacturers and importers or their authorised representatives, form hardworking consortia (SIEF = Substance Information Exchange Forum) and take care of the actual registration. more...
25.03.2009 - Manufacturing Digital March 2009:
UK Plant Manager Phil Watkins speaks of how the changes in the marketplace offer challenges and also opportunities. more...
Pre-registration ended on 1/12/2008 with a record-breaking 2.75 million pre-registrations and the handsome total of around 150,000 substances as opposed to the 30,000 estimated beforehand, this having already been clearly topped with 37,800 in October 2008. more...
Now that we are nearing the end of the pre registration period, two particularly interesting things can be noted: the first is the fact that the number of pre registrations has substantially exceeded expectation and the second is that ECHA has shown a pragmatic approach by publishing a provisional list of all the (37,769) substances which had been registered by October, without being legally required to do so. more...
18.10.2008-News from the Fakuma 2008
COLOUR VISION® 2009/2010 and Lasermarking mehr...
10.03.2008-REACH - Part 6
REACH (regulation EG 1907/2006) is quickly heading towards its first birthday on 1st June 2008. mehr...
15.10.2007-REACH - Part 5
REACH has now been in place for half a year. ECHA (The European Chemical Agency)’s homepage is readily accessible and highly informative for those who already have sufficient understanding of the main points of the new law. mehr...
06.06.2007-REACH - Part 4
REACH came into effect on Friday, 1st June 2007! mehr...
02.03.2007-REACH What does this mean for plastics processors?
REACH - an article by Ing. Leopold Katzmayer mehr...
23.01.2007-REACH - Part 3
Since the last article, the “struggle” around REACH has reached the decisive stage and an agreement was reached within the planned deadline. mehr...
25.10.2006-REACH - Part 2
We still hear from some plastics processing companies that „REACH does not affect us“. That is wrong! The question should rather be: “How does REACH affect us” and further “How can we prepare ourselves for it?” and “What can we do, when, in order to comply with the new law?” mehr...
29.05.2006-REACH - Part 1
REACH stands for Registration Evaluation Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. mehr...
01.03.2006-Marquages couleur au laser de matières plastiques
La technique de marquage au laser des matières plastiques bénéficie mehr...
12.02.2006-Nouveaux effets de couleurs par COLOUR VISION 2006 / 2007
Le Groupe GABRIEL-CHEMIE est constamment en quête des tendances mehr...