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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Plastics industry"”.
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The Australian plastics industry : an economic analysis of technical change
… thesis is a quantitative study of the Australian plastics industry in the period 1945/46 to 1967/68. A feature of the study is the construction of an econometric model of the industry. Particular attention is paid to the role of technical change in the industry's growth. An index of technology is …
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The Australian plastics industry : an economic analysis of technical change
… thesis is a quantitative study of the Australian plastics industry in the period 1945/46 to 1967/68. A feature of the study is the construction of an econometric model of the industry. Particular attention is paid to the role of technical change in the industry's growth. An index of technology is …
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Learning, continuous improvement, world class manufacturing and the South African plastics industry
… techniques used by companies in international industry are presented. Examples of implementations are focused on the plastics conversion industry. This industry has a record of poor performance in South Africa.
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National identity and economic development: the Workplace Challenge project in the South African plastics industry
… during 1997-1998 on a supply-side project in the plastics industry - the Workplace Challenge. The key empirical sections of the thesis are formed by in-depth case-studies of two factories which implemented the Workplace Challenge. This is linked to industry-level pressures and analysis of …
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An expert system for the development of a health and safety policy/risk assessment in the plastics industry
… policies have been found, in a large number of plastics processing companies (particularly small companies), to be poorly prepared, inadequately implemented and monitored. An important cause of these inadequacies is the lack of necessary health and safety knowledge and expertise to prepare, …
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Production management model based on Lean manufacturing and SLP to optimize unproductive times in SMES in the plastics industry
… been a considerable increase in demand from the plastics industry, so many SMEs have not been able to meet their demands due to production problems, since there is a high number of unproductive hours in unnecessary movements, machine stoppage, poor machinery maintenance planning, among others. …
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Improvement of service level through lean tools in a plastics manufacturing company
The plastic industry in household items has grown significantly in Peru in recent years, becoming a highly competitive sector. In this context, a strong service level is required. The company of this research showed a low service level due to high loss incidence of product by 120 per month and a …
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Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for renewable production of plastic precursor chemicals from plant biomass
Currently, plastics are almost exclusively produced from feedstocks derived from crude oil refining and natural gas processing. Despite the increasing awareness of the negative environmental and climate-related impacts associated with fossil fuel consumption, the relevance of fossil fuels has held …
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Integrated model based on TPM and SMED to increase the efficiency in a plastic SME in Peru
… and everyday objects. The great value of the plastics industry in Peru is reflected in its contribution to the industrial GDP of 4%, in addition to the 200,000 jobs that are generated annually. The objective of the research was to analyze and develop lean manufacturing tools to achieve a model …
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Micromechanics, macromechanics and constitutive modeling of the elasto-viscoplastic deformation of rubber-toughened glassy polymers
… 1940s, and has been of major importance to the plastics industry. The technology of rubber-toughening is qualitatively well understood, but quantitative tools to study the material response are still at an early stage of development. The purpose of this thesis is to develop numerical tools to …
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A holistic approach to injection moulding optimisation for product quality and cost through the characterisation of reprocessed polymeric materials and process monitoring. Experimental evaluations and statistical analysis of multiple reprocessing of unfilled and short glass fibre filled polypropylene materials. An optimised methodology to realise minimum product cost at an acceptable product quality.
The plastics industry is one of the fastest growing major industries in the world. There is an increase in the amount of plastic used for all types of products due to its light weight and ability to reprocess. For this reason, the reprocessing of thermoplastics and the usability of reprocessed …
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La industria del rotomoldeo en Argentina. Macetas
El presente Plan de Negocios desarrolla el análisis de la potencialidad del mercado para un emprendimiento industrial y comercial orientado a la fabricación de Macetas plásticas mediante el proceso de rotomoldeo, un proceso que permite la fabricación de macetas en formas, colores y tamaños …
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Inclusion of leakage into life cycle management of products involving plastic as a material choice
… employed by key value-chain actors in the plastics industry. In addition, the life cycle management of three key items identified as problematic (straws, cotton bud sticks and beverage bottle lids) is explored via a case study approach. Beach accumulation surveys are often used to estimate …
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Rototech: Fabricación de Macetas Plásticas Rotomoldeadas
En función del trabajo desarrollado por Leandro Ferraiuolo, que lleva por título ¨La industria del rotomoldeo en Argentina. Macetas¨ publicado en 2012 y que desarrolla la factibilidad u oportunidad de negocio en una industria de rotomoldeado aplicada a la fabricación de macetas. El presente trabajo …
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Trabajo de diagnóstico y mejora empresarial a Industrias Niko S.A.
The present research work has a purpose to improve the industrial structure of the production process of the company "Industrias Niko S.A." belonging to the plastic injection business, through evaluative tools or business diagnostic methods, the most important being the application of the Thibaut …
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Mejora del nivel de servicio del proceso productivo de Gamma Plast a través de la implementación de técnicas de Lean Manufacturing
In this research, the analysis of the plastic bag production process of the company Gamma Plast will be presented, which offers tailored products according to the client's needs with the characteristic of being more functional, profitable, and sustainable for the environment. The vision of this …