A report from Smithers Pira expects global bioplastics for packaging industry to be worth $7.2bn, at an average rate of 17% per year between 2017 and 2022. According to the report - The Future of Bioplastics for Packaging to 2022, ...
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China's crude refinery throughput in March rose 5.9% year on year to 47.5 million mt, or an average of 11.23 million b/d, preliminary data released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed. This was the highest year-on-year ...
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Demand for solvent-grade mixed xylene has come to a near standstill this week as the product shares the same code for imports as mixed aromatics, which is expected to have a consumption tax imposed some time between May 1 and July 1, market ...
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China's apparent oil demand rose 5.3% year on year in the first two months of 2017 to 11.65 million b/d on the back of robust economic growth, holiday transportation demand and efforts to build stocks ahead of the refinery maintenance ...
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China is highly likely to restrict oil product exports in the first half of 2017 to flat or below H1 2016 levels amid growing focus on pollution control, curbing excess capacity and international trade flows, sources with knowledge of the ...
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Nissan is all set to unveil its new GT-R Track Edition at the upcoming New York International Auto Show to be held this April. The GT-R vehicle, which will be available in late summer, can be ordered at GT-R certified Nissan dealers in ...
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Swiss specialty chemicals firm Clariant is strengthening its collaboration with Gettel High-Tech Materials on biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) manufacturing in China. The companies will jointly promote additives and liquid feeding ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota has added a new model to the 86 lineup, the 860 Special Edition. The 2017 Toyota 86 will turn more heads than ever with the new 860 Special Edition that adds stand-out styling, premium features and performance ...
Belarus-based seafood producer Santa Bremor has selected RPC Superfos’ UniPak container with an in-built strainer to pack a new range of seafood products in brine and oil. The injection moulded polypropylene UniPak container is ...
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Organic snacks manufacturer Barnana has is set to unveil a new snack made from upcycled bananas. The company's Organic Crunchy Banana Brittle will be launched at the Natural Products Expo West Show in Anaheim, California. Banana Brittle ...
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Plastic closures manufacturer Bericap is set to exhibit a range of packaging solutions at this year’s Interpack event in Düsseldorf, Germany. At the event, the company will exhibit new packaging solutions such as e-smoCap for ...
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Benefiting from the steady LED market price and the rapid growth of the automotive lighting field, automotive LED value will reach $2. 817 billion (+14.8% YoY) in 2017, as LEDinside forecasts. Relatively speaking, the compound annual growth ...
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China's State-owned industrial enterprises, which account for the majority of China's SOEs, ended two years of losses in 2016 and reaped good returns on the back of structural optimization. In 2016, the profits of State-owned industrial ...
China's top economic planner will not adjust domestic retail oil prices as global prices have stayed below the official pricing mechanism, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Under the current mechanism, prices of refined oil ...
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Pakistan plans to ambitiously grow its LNG imports over the next few years, Adnan Gilani, the chief operating office of Pakistan LNG Ltd. (PLL), re-affirmed at the LNG Supplies for Asian Market (LNGA) conference in Singapore this week. ...
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