The Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association is challenging the effectiveness of a recently-developed class of plastics containing additives described as "natural", "enzymatic" or "microbiodegradable". These additives, which are not ...
Polyethylene and polypropylene packaging provider in the US, Crawford Industries has announced plans to expand its operations in Montgomery County, Indiana with an investment of $5.2m. At its existing 100,000ft2 facility located at 1414 ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Polyethylene, polypropylene
European ethylene and propylene supply has tightened amid a spate of production issues, though the impact of this on spot prices is being moderated by poor derivatives demand, according to industry sources. Availability to the market had ...
Tags: NWE Ethylene, Propylene, LyondellBasell
Saudi PetroRabigh's polyethylene and polypropylene plants are still only partially running even though they were started up last month following maintenance work, sources close to operations said. The plants were closed so that necessary ...
SIBUR International GmbH trading company has registered subsidiaries in Turkey and Ukraine. SIBUR International Trading Istanbul and SIBUR International Trading Kiev, with offices in the respective capitals, will trade in basic polymers. ...
Tags: Sibur, Polymer Trading Offices, Turkey, Ukraine
RKW is all set to introduce the new member of its expanding global family of companies in film extrusion, RKW Danafilms, at Idea 2013 to be held from 23-25 April 2013 in Miami Beach, Florida. According to the polyethylene and ...
Tags: RKW, Film Extrusion Member, company news
Spain-based mid-market private equity firm Mercapital has acquired 80% stake in Group Betapack, a Spanish maker of plastic caps and closures for euro 40m. The company is aiming to consolidate Betapack's position as a supplier of closures ...
Tags: Spain, Mercapital, Group Betapack
Posted by Rick Lingle,Technical Editor--Packaging Digest,12/19/2012 4:26:01 PM Canadian Plastics Industry Association(CPIA)released a new report that the amount of post-consumer plastic recycled in Canada has increased in 2011.An ...
Tags: CPIA, plastic recycled, packaging, polystyrene
Spot polyethylene and polypropylene prices in Turkey were firmer this week as buying appetite picked up ahead of the increased duties that will take effect next month, sources said. From January 1, import duties for high density ...
Demand for protective coatings in the European Union has been weakened by the downturn in EU manufacturing due to the euro crisis. But there is a protective coatings segment—coatings for oil and gas pipeline—further east in ...
Tags: protective coatings, EU, euro crisis, coatings for oil and gas pipeline
Midwest Exchange Enterprises has announced that it will set up a new plant for recycling of food-grade post-consumer PET. Likely to be situated beside its existing recycling plant, the new facility spreads over an area of 120,000ft2 with ...
Tags: Recycle Food, recycling of food-grade, post-consumer PET
The production of ethylene and propylene has been fully resumed at Stavrolen petrochemical complex (a LUKOIL subsidiary) in Budennovsk. Both these substances were then forwarded to units producing polyethylene and polypropylene. Thus, ...
Tags: ethylene production, propylene production, ethylene, propylene
Specialty chemical company in Switzerland, Clariant Masterbatches has developed the new liquid vehicle technology (LVT) to eliminate problems that have prevented wider use of liquid color and additive concentrates in extrusion blow molding ...
Global demand for biodegradable and bio-based plastics will more than triple to more than 1 million metric tons in 2015, valued at $2.9 billion, according to a new market study. Gains will be fueled by rising petroleum prices, consumer ...
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