PolyOne has begun construction on a new state-of-the-art facility in Pune, India, that will manufacture specialty materials, including solid masterbatch, liquid colorant and additives. The facility will operate development labs and the ...
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US-based specialized polymer materials manufacturer PolyOne is all set to expand its business operations in India. According to the company, construction of the new plant has already been started at Pune in Indian state of Maharashtra for ...
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based Americhem Inc. — a provider of custom color and additive solutions for man-made fibers and plastics — has debuted its mBRACE? softening additive for nonwovens applications including apparel, health and ...
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Bespoke colour masterbatch supplier Silvergate Plastics is set to unveil official plans for major expansion at K!, an international trade fair, which will held between 16 to 23 October, in Dusseldorf, Germany. The company plans to reveal ...
Beyond color and additive masterbatches, Americhem Inc. takes a value engineering approach to product design, finding the best mix of properties and services to boost speed-to-market, product quality, process efficiency and overall customer ...
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Specialty chemicals producer Clariant and Tasnee & Sahara Olefins have signed an agreement to establish a masterbatches joint venture (JV) in Saudi Arabia. Tasnee will acquire a 40% stake in Clariant's masterbatches operations in the ...
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Global chemicals company BASF has developed an antistatic thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) granulate under the Elastostat brand name in the TPU portfolio Available as a masterbatch, Elastostat is part of the Elastollan product range and ...
Global buyer and seller of surplus manufacturing facilities, International Process Plants (IPP) has announced the purchase and acquisition of a European low-density polyethylene (LDPE) production plant. The plant, which is available ...
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Plastic compounds and resins supplier in the US, A Schulman has opened its new plastics masterbatch manufacturing facility in Vadodara, India, which will manufacture products for flexible packaging market. The annual capacity of the plant ...
Energy efficient membranes, silicone-coated textile fibres, a new master batch for tintable polypropylene or technologies for integrating systems into apparel – these are just some of the inventions of the ten winners of the ...
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It's a staggering figure – around 2.9m tonnes of food and drink is wasted each year, according to Wrap. It's a number that's been troubling politicians and environmentalists but it is a problem that packaging can help tackle. And ...
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Packaging is increasingly recognised as a vital weapon in the fight against food waste. Philip Chadwick reports on how the flexible plastics sector is innovating to play its part in packaging's biggest challenge It's a staggering figure ...
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Clariant has been developing color and additive products for plastics like polylactic acid (PLA) made from corn, sugar, starch and other natural raw materials, in order to help customers meet their sustainability goals. Clariant supplies ...
Tags: Plastics Packaging, Packaging Sustainability, raw materials
Chemical and plastics solutions provider in Austria, Borealis has launched new polypropylene (PP) grade BorPure RF490MO for transparent and non-opaque colored closures. The grade offers a stiffness/impact balance with transparency and ...
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Vietnam’s economic slowdown is proving a tough hurdle to overcome for mainland Chinese and Taiwanese plastics industry exporters, although some of them say they continue to see long-term potential there. Chinese and Taiwanese firms ...