India-based flexible packaging firm Uflex has introduced new low opacity, good gloss white and anti-static twist wrap polyester film. The new Flexpet F-WTG-AS has been developed to be used for candy and confectionery brands, helping to ...
Tags: Polyester, flexible packaging
Chemical firm BASF has unveiled Ultramid Flex F38 L, a new polyamide developed for soft packaging applications. The new partly bio-based copolyamide exhibits enhanced tear and puncture resistance on softer films. Films made by using ...
As 2016 comes to an end, there were many exciting and surprising technology breakthroughs, based on statistics complied by LEDinside there were at least 10 major technology advancements this year. American researchers make droop free LEDs ...
Sugarmade announced it has begun receiving orders for its new CannaShroud cannabis transport packaging system specifically designed to allow for discrete and protected transportation of cannabis. Sugarmade has designed an odor barrier ...
Ascend Performance Materials will be giving a technical presentation on “Enhanced Hydrolysis & Thermal Resistant PA66 for Automotive Engine Cooling Applications” at the 11th Annual SPE Automotive Engineering Plastics Conference ...
Royal DSM released a new material Stanyl HGR1 which can reduce frictional torque in automobile engine timing systems and can help in reducing fuel consumption. Automobile makers are constantly trying to improve the torque they can obtain ...
Tags: Royal DSM, Stanyl HGR1, Fuel consumption, Automobile engine timing system
Technical Fibre Products (TFP) will be exhibiting several innovative new nonwoven developments, designed to increase composite functionality, on stand M38 in hall 5 at the JEC World exhibition in March. These new developments include a ...
The global market for functional and barrier coatings for paper and board packaging is expected to reach over $7.1 billion by 2020, according to a new report. Published by packaging industry researcher Smithers Pira, the report found that ...
Tags: barrier coatings, paper packaging, paper-based packaging
Royal DSM is expanding Akulon XS production capacity at its facility in Emmen, the Netherlands in a bid to cater to the increasing demand. Akulon XS is a new polyamide that has been developed specifically for blown films used in flexible ...
Solvay Specialty Polymers, a world leader in the research, development and manufacturing of high-performance materials designed to master the most challenging requirements in the semiconductor industry, will showcase at Semicon Taiwan 2015 ...
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The world's first front end carrier without metal reinforcement has now leapt across the platforms: The Volkswagen Group is using the front end carrier made from the BASF plastic Ultramid in the new Passat and Sharan models – after ...
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BASF is presenting numerous new solutions for the packaging and furniture industry, automotive and electrical engineering at this year’s Fakuma, the international trade fair for plastics processing, in Friedrichshafen. From October ...
Tags: BASF, Plastics, polyurethanes
BASF is expanding its range of engineering plastics for the dynamic market of electric and hybrid vehicles. Tailor-made Ultramid® and Ultradur® materials are now available globally for equipping vehicle-interior and -exterior ...
Tags: BASF, engineering plastics, coolants, flame retardant
BASF is expanding its expertise in top mounts to enable car manufacturers an optimum combination of weight savings, pleasant acoustics and vibration damping. The unique NVH (noise, vibration, harshness) solution is made possible by ...
Tags: BASF, Polyurethane-Bearing, Polyamide
The Lubrizol Corporation's Performance Coatings business announces plans to participate at the Western Coatings Symposium which takes place October 25-28, 2015 in Las Vegas. Lubrizol experts will deliver three technical presentations at ...
Tags: Coatings Symposium, coatings