Clariant recently announced the intention to acquire Plastichemix Industries, a masterbatch business in India, located in Vadodara with production facilities in Rania, Kalol and Nandesari in Gujarat (India). Plastichemix Industries is a ...
Bendable materials are changing how we think of and use substrates. R&D announcements are made nearly daily on new scientific research that will help enable flexible electronics (electronic products that are bendable or those that can be ...
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The Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on December 18 signed an agreement to transfer DSSC (dye-sensitized solar cell) manufacturing technology to Formosa Plastics. Formosa Plastics began DSSC R&D ...
Tags: Formosa Plastics, Lighting
BASF, the world's leading chemical company, will build a compounding plant for engineering plastics Ultramid® (polyamide) and Ultradur® (polybutylene terephthalate, PBT) compounds in Yesan, Chung Nam Province, Korea. The new plant ...
Tags: BASF, build a compounding plant, polyamide, polybutylene terephthalate
INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announces five new consumer products that have been selected as finalists for the 2014 Visionary Award. This prestigious Award will be presented during the annual VISION® Consumer ...
In its third edition of the latest study, Ceresana forecasts global revenues generated with pigments to increase to US$34.2 billion in 2020. Pigments are mainly used in the production of paints and varnishes as well as the coloring of ...
Tags: Pigments, Construction
There is no question Surfaces is the industry’s largest all-encompassing trade show in North America. And in 2014, it promises to be even bigger and better with the addition of a new trade show, TileExpo running in conjunction with ...
Tags: decoration, surface
The annual production capacity in the bioplastics market is expected to increase from about 1.4 million tonnes in 2012 to almost 6.2 million tonnes in 2017, finds a study conducted by European Bioplastics, in collaboration with the ...
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The Dodge Challenger SRT8 is a proper American muscle car, in that it’s allergic to corners but is still immensely fun to drive. With Chrysler hinting that the next generation Challenger may be made in right-hand drive and head to ...
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Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) will collaborate with American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Plastics division to work on issues like recycling and growth opportunities of rigid packaging. Under the partnership, the ACC's Rigid ...
Tags: SPI, plastics, ACC, rigid packaging, recycling
According to the latest market forecast, the actual land used for sourcing renewable feedstock for bioplastics will amount only to approximately 0.02% of the global agricultural area. This is the conclusion of the latest market forecast ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Bioplastics Market
Imagine that you have to build a diorama of a famous Civil War battle for a project at school, but instead of hand-made, you just go to a print shop, enter the measurements you want the model components to be, and print all the soldiers, ...
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Glass Packaging Market Report - Forecasts to 2019" report to their offering. Glass packaging has various advantages such as chemical stability, sterility and reusability. ...
Tags: Construction, glass
Carbon Sciences, Inc. (CABN), provider of a complete solution for transforming abundant and affordable natural gas into clean burning gasoline and other transportation fuels, today announced that it is actively considering several Texas ...
Tags: Carbon, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Velcro Industries has collaborated with garden products supplier Scotts Miracle-Gro to improve packaging for Scotts EZ Seed grass seed bags. Scotts has selected Velcro Brand PRESS-LOK hook-to-hook closure technology to offer greater ease ...
Tags: Velcro, Packaging Solution, Seed Bags