EU first-quarter polystyrene imports jumped 119% year on year, according to recent Eurostat data. Market sources attributed the sharp increase in imports largely to reductions in domestic production capacity. The EU imported 38,920 mt of ...
Tags: Polystyrene, polystyrene imports
Northwest European styrene monomer prices fell $91.50/mt or 5.5% from the start of May to close Thursday at a one-year low of $1,553.50/mt FOB ARA, Platts data showed. The last time it was lower was April 23, 2013 at $1,544.50/mt FOB ARA. ...
Tags: Styrene, polystyrene
Airey houses in West Norfolk are being restructured and clad with External Wall Insulation (EWI) by Saint-Gobain Weber to improve their thermal performance and aesthetics.? The properties are owned by Freebridge Community Housing who own ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Styrolution has nominated an increase of Eur30/mt ($42/mt) for its polystyrene contracts in May, the company said on its website Tuesday. The premium of its high impact polystyrene grade over general purpose grade was unchanged Eur105/mt. ...
Tags: Polystyrene, Styrolution
As consumers we see hundreds, if not thousands of packages every single day. With so many products in the marketplace today companies are constantly trying to differentiate themselves from their competition counterparts. New companies ...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced seven winning student teams of EPA's People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) phase II awards for innovative and sustainable designs to help solve today's complex environmental ...
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The Northwest European styrene monomer/benzene spread rallied to a month-high Tuesday of $203/mt on stronger styrene, rebounding from a one-year low of $148/mt established April 4 but still representing deeply negative production margins, ...
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The Adidas Group published its 2013 Sustainability Progress Report, an annual overview of achievements and challenges as well as a progress update on its 2015 sustainability targets. As part of the report, the Adidas Group announced that ...
Tags: Adidas, Sporting Goods, Recreation
Total Petrochemicals and IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) have launched via Atol, a joint partnership, technology to produce bio-ethylene via the dehydration of renewable ethanol, the companies announced Wednesday. The technology will ...
Canadian packaging products manufacturer Cascades has designed EVOK brand polystyrene foam food tray for poultry processing firm Exceldor. Designed for packaging meats, poultry, fish and seafood, as well as fresh fruit and vegetables, ...
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Quebec-headquartered Exceldor has selected EVOK packaging, a polystyrene foam food tray (XPS), from Cascades for its meat products range. EVOK, claimed to be made from 25% recycled material, is designed for packing meats, poultry, fish ...
Tags: Meat Packaging, EVOK, packaging
Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
Tags: PVC, Polystyrene, vinyl chloride
In 2012 Printpack responded to the market with a competitive polystyrene pod. In 2013 Printpack took it a step further and launched a polypropylene alternative. Printpack’s proprietary and innovative packaging uses a polypropylene pod ...
Tags: Coffee Pods, Printpack
US-based custom packaging solutions provider Cannaline has introduced new glass concentrate container for the MMJ industry. The company designed the new straight walled glass concentrate container for use in dispensaries. Said to be ...
Two teams, both in Singapore have created two different types of thermal cloaking devices. In their papers, both published in Physical Review Letters, the teams describe how they went about creating their devices and offer suggestions as to ...
Tags: Heat Cloaking Device, Physical Review Letter, heat diffusion