The August US paraxylene contract price settled at 73.5 cents/lb ($1,620.38/mt), an increase of 2.5 cents from July's contract price, sources said Tuesday. The settlement is in line with most market expectations for an increase, because ...
Tags: paraxylene, spot PX
DAK Americas plans to raise September prices for all grades of polyethylene terephthalate by 3 cents/lb, according to a letter sent to customers on Friday. "The announcement is necessary due to upward pressure on the price of raw ...
Container manufacturer Petainer is set to introduce its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic kegs at Drinktec taking place from 16 to 20 September 2013 in Munich, Germany. Available in 15, 20 and 30l capacities, the lightweight kegs ...
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be the largest market in the world for Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) by 2020, thanks to the region’s improving living standards, cross-industry usage of PTA products and expanding ...
Tags: PTA Demand, textile
Alpha Packaging, a manufacturer of bottles and jars, has selected InfinityQS ProFicient to automate data collection, take control of quality, and achieve visibility across its manufacturing operations. The company, which deployed the ...
Alpha Packaging, a maker of bottles and jars for nutritional and pharma products, has implemented InfinityQS ProFicient to automate its data collection, quality control, and achieve full visibility across its manufacturing process. The ...
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July contract prices for US polyethylene terephthalate are likely to fall, a producer sources said Wednesday, predicting that lower feedstock prices could lead to a 1 cent/lb drop from June levels. US PET June contracts were assessed at ...
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July contract prices for US polyethylene terephthalate are likely to fall, a producer sources said Wednesday, predicting that lower feedstock prices could lead to a 1 cent/lb drop from June levels. US PET June contracts were assessed at ...
Tags: Feedstocks, Pet Contract Prices
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on the development of the chemical and petrochemical industries. The attendees of the meeting included Deputy Prime Minister, Arkady Dvorkovich, Alexander Novak, the Minister of ...
Tags: Petrochemicals
LANXESS, a leading specialty chemicals company, has developed a new polyester material based on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Pocan TP 555-001, which is perfectly suitable for manufacturing housings, sockets and other components for ...
Tags: LED Housings, chemicals, Lights, Lighting
Kennedy, a US-based labeling, packaging, and identification solutions provider, has developed a new line of bottle-to-bottle labels which complement its pressure sensitive labels range. The bottle-to-bottle labels are designed for ...
Tags: Sustainable Labels, Kennedy
Amcor Rigid Plastics has developed an 18oz tea leaf sculpted polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for the US-based Crystal Geyser Water’s Tejava Premium Iced Tea. The container will allow Crystal Geyser to penetrate the on-the-go ...
Tags: Amcor Rigid Plastics, Pet Bottle
Greensboro, N.C.-based textured yarn manufacturer Unifi Inc. announces its REPREVE products have earned Responsible Source certification from Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) Global Services, Emeryville, Calif. Unifi is the first ...
Tags: Unifi's Repreve, SCS, Source Certification
Avantium, a renewable chemicals company, and plastic converter specialist Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner have announced a joint development agreement for the development of PEF (polyethylene furanoate) bottles After The Coca-Cola Company and ...
Tags: PEF Bottles, Plastic Converter, Coca-Cola
Avantium, a renewable chemicals company, and ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH, one of the world's leading plastic converters, have announced their Joint Development Agreement for the development of PEF bottles. After The Coca-Cola Co. and ...
Tags: PEF Bottle, Packaging, Coca-Cola