The Dow Chemical Company is all set to expand four of its plastic franchises in Texas and Louisiana, as part of its investment strategy on the US Gulf Coast to integrate advantaged shale gas. The company will expand its High Melt Index ...
The news comes as Wrap reported the Home Improvement Sector Commitment (HISC) ?a voluntary agreement set up by Wrap] has met its original targets of reducing both waste to landfill and packaging in the DIY sector. Wrap shows that ...
Ashland Inc. recently celebrated the grand opening of its new gelcoats production facility in the Chemical Industry Park of Changzhou Yangtze Riverside Economic Development Zone. This $60 million dollar facility, which is Ashland's most ...
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Packaging successful adoption that contains recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) depends on minimizing contamination of the recyclate from caps, labels, inks adhesives and other sources in US. The first commercial product using the ...
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A leading supplier of thermal management materials, adhesives, pottings and encapsulants to the electronics, LED and solar industries - has announced that George Sears, senior staff scientist, will present a paper at the 2013 International ...
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Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services' Noida laboratory has become the first Product Testing Laboratory in India to be certified as LEED Gold by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). This is a prestigious award for the ...
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115 teams of students in the field of engineering from all over the world recently competed against each other at the Hockenheimring in the course of the Formula Student Germany. Present during the race as the main sponsor was Henkel, ...
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Pentaerythritol finds its application in various industries such as automobiles, construction, paints, etc. The growing automobile and construction industry, especially in developing countries is expected to lead to a significant growth for ...
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Ravi Sethi of ProcurianRaw material costs as a percentage of plastic packaging costs have been on a steady rise due to the long-term appreciation in crude oil prices, a key ingredient for resins. Crude oil prices have increased five-fold ...
Constructed to minimize its potential impact on the surrounding area, Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (“Momentive Specialty Chemicals,” “MSC” or the “Company”) recently announced the successful ...
On the heels of a two-day ribbon cutting event to inaugurate its newly expanded facility in Kalama, WA, Emerald Kalama Chemical - a business group of Emerald Performance Materials – announced further plans to increase capacity for its ...
LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, introduced 365nm UV LED Gen 2 emitter that delivers up to 1000mW flux output at 2.8W power, which is the highest radiant flux available in the market from a single die package. ...
Ahlstrom Advanced Filtration has installed a new laminator at its Fabriano plant to support the manufacture of high-performance composite media. Ahlstrom adds that the media will be used for advanced filtration applications such as ...
The International Certified Flooring Installers Association is celebrating 20 years of promoting the individual flooring installers worldwide in Baltimore, MD August 22-24th 2013. The CFI Convention is open to all in the industry. On ...
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AkzoNobel has received a binding offer for the purchase of its Building Adhesives business by Sika AG for € 260 million. Building Adhesives generated annual revenues of € 185 million in 2012. The transaction, which is expected to ...
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