Petrochemical producers are expected to increase investments in Alberta in the coming few years, with the prospects of additional feedstock becoming available and current market conditions favoring NGL and ethane extraction costs, a key ...
Tags: petrochemical, petrochemical spending, NGL, ethane
By 2030 around 70 percent of the Europe's energy requirements is predicted to come from abundant reserves of gas in Russia, the Artic and the neighboring areas of southeast Asia and North Africa. Also to the European Union's 27 member ...
Tags: Pipe, Europe, coatings market, energy
Japanese petrochemical majors are scouting overseas countries to set up petrochemical plants either on the own or in joint ventures. Big petrochemical companies like Sumitomo, Asahi Kasei, Mitsui & Co, Mitsubishi Chemicals and Ube ...
Valspar has received a patent for a coated article comprised of a substrate; and a coating disposed on the substrate, the coating is comprised of a reaction product of an electrocoating composition comprised of an epoxy-functional compound, ...
Tags: Valspar, coated article, USA
As negotiations between the International Longshoremen's Association and employers represented by the US Maritime Alliance remain in a stalemate,participants in the US petrochemical markets were mixed on the impact,with some sellers ...
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A polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and its processing plant will be established in the Ivanovo region of Russia, as an agreement has been signed between JSC Cluster Textile Corporation Iverginsintez and EPC Engineering Consulting GmbH, in ...
Tags: PET, processing plant, agreement, JSC Cluster Textile, EPC Engineering
Matrix Surgical has obtained CE mark and ISO 13485:2003 certification for its OMNIPORE High-density Porous Polyethylene craniofacial implants. The craniofacial implants, which are manufactured in the US, are designed for use in ...
Tags: CE Mark, ISO Certification, Surgical OMNIPORE Craniofacial Implants
Posted by Rick Lingle,Technical Editor--Packaging Digest,12/19/2012 4:26:01 PM Canadian Plastics Industry Association(CPIA)released a new report that the amount of post-consumer plastic recycled in Canada has increased in 2011.An ...
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Officials with the 2012 Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) have awarded Universal Lubricants, the manufacturer and distributor of one the world's most advanced motor oils, the 2012 New Packaging Award for Innovation. The award was ...
NuVasive has gained premarket approval (PMA) for its cervical motion preserving system from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The PCM cervical disc device, which is comprised of superior and inferior endplates, is designed for ...
Tags: cervical motion preserving system, PCM cervical disc device, FDA
Globus Medical has obtained premarket approval (PMA) from the US Food and Drug (FDA) for its articulating intervertebral disc replacement device, designed for patients with intractable symptomatic cervical disc disease (SCDD) between ...
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John Lewis has introduced biodegradable polyethylene packaging across its schoolwear and bed linen lines The move is designed to reduce the environmental impact of packaging from the retailer’s bed linen ranges and some schoolwear ...
Tags: Biodegradable Packs, biodegradable polyethylene packaging, packaging
Portola Packaging, Inc. is introducing GreenLyteTM, a new line of plug-seal, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) 38-mm closures for single and multiserve, hot-fill and aseptic beverage packaging applications. GreenLyte one-piece closures ...
Tags: Portola Packaging, HDPE, closures, packaging applications
Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced the acquisition of the PT San Miguel Indonesia Food and Beverages non-alcoholic beverage bottling assets in Jakarta, Indonesia in a deal worth A$45m (($47m). CCA's acquisition follows the decision of ...
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Portola Packaging has announced plans to launch its new line of plug-seal, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) 38mm closures 'GreenLyte' for single and multiserve, hot-fill and aseptic beverage packaging applications. GreenLyte one-piece ...
Tags: Packaging, one-piece closures, aseptic beverage packaging