Consumers in Europe are now almost spoiled for choice in the range of colors available in most coatings sectors. As a result coatings and colorant producers, as well as suppliers of materials running in-plant coatings facilities, are ...
US-based packaging company Sonoco will acquire a majority interest in Brazilian flexible packaging business Graffo Paranaense de Embalagens for an undisclosed amount. Located in Pinhais, Curitiba, Graffo specialises in producing flexible ...
BASF is launching a new binder – Acrodur Power 2750 X. The product is designed for the production of natural fiber composites for automotive lightweight applications such as interior car door panels or shelves. As a low-emission ...
Tags: BASF, Acrodur Power, Lightweight Composites
China is emerging as an engineering powerhouse and has great potential to produce top-notch engineering solutions that will make significant impact globally, said Lord John Browne, Chairman of the Trustees of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for ...
The company’s chief executive officer Michael Laurier said: “The suggestion by the promoters of the ban that the Member-states were acting in the interests of Symphony is ludicrous. They were acting in the interests of the ...
Tags: shopping bags, plastic packaging, Packaging
British rigid plastic packaging supplier RPC Group will be acquiring Iceland-based plastic products maker Promens Group for €386m (£306.73m). Promens specialises in manufacturing rigid plastic packaging products and rigid ...
The rigid plastic packaging giant’s results for the six months ended 30 September 2014, shows good growth in profits, returns and dividends. The planned acquisition of Promens Group progresses the company’s Vision 2020 ...
In the third quarter of the current year, South Africa's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.4 percent quarter on quarter, while the country's unadjusted GDP also increased by 1.4 percent compared to the same ...
Tags: gross domestic product, rubber products, plastic products
Chemical Industry Products Buyers Interest Ranking Chemical Industry Buyers Interest Ranking, from Jun. 2013 to May. 2014 According to the data statistics of Made-in-China.com, from Jun. 2013 to May. 2014, buyers pay the most ...
Kaplast, a manufacturer of plastic products specialising in added value returnable beverage and food packaging, will be integrated into the DS Smith Plastics Division’s Rigid Packaging Group. Hans Van Der Looij, managing director of ...
Tags: DS Smith, Injection Moulding
In the second quarter of the current year, South Africa's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6 percent quarter on quarter, according to the detailed statistics released by Statistics South Africa. South Africa's ...
Tags: GDP, Metallurgy
Jeco Plastic Products - designer and manufacturer of plastic pallets and containers for the worldwide printing and automotive industries since 1973 - recently received a research grant from Purdue University under the IN-Mac program to ...
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in June this year South Africa's manufacturing output increased by 0.5 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the ...
Tags: Mineral, Metallurgy, Iron steel
US-based plastic products manufacturer CTC Plastics has added a 92 millimeter co-rotating twin screw compounding machine to its ISO 9001 and ISO/EIC 17025 certified facility in Dayton, Ohio. This addition will help the company to provide ...
Tags: CTC Plastics, Screw Compounding, Packaging
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in April this year South Africa's manufacturing output decreased by 1.5 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the decrease included the ...
Tags: Iron, Steel Output