SIBUR will showcase its polymer products and investment projects, earmarked for export to China and other Asian countries, at Chinaplas, Asia’s largest petrochemical products exhibition in Guangzhou, China. The main focus will be on ...
EU chemicals production in February dropped 2.3% year on year while the overall EU chemicals industry confidence indicator continued to deteriorate in April, mainly due to lower order-book assessments, industry body Cefic said Thursday. ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,7 commodities increased in prices, 37 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 16/05/2013.The largest rises were HDPE (0.97%),LPG (0.31%),Acetic acid (0.21%),while the largest ...
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UK-based custom color producer Silvergate Plastics has announced the addition of the Leistritz Twin-Screw Extruder ZSE 27 Maxx to its existing production capabilities. The new machine has a high torque and volume co-rotating twin-screws ...
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BASF plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using the patented process of Genomatica, San Diego, California. The one-step fermentation process is based on sugars as a renewable feedstock. ...
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Peratech, the innovators in touch technology, has developed an ultra-sensitive sensor using its award winning QTC™ technology. Quantum Tunnelling Composite material changes its resistance when pressure is applied, enabling it to be ...
Feiplastic: The most important trade fair for the plastics market With the expansion of the international market, what already was a successful event became a global event with much more prestige. Feiplastic – International Plastic ...
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In recent years, companies around the world have faced a number of difficulties in their operations, such as the rising price of petroleum, the shortage of energy, the Eurozone debt crisis, increasing labour costs, environmental pollution, ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,19 commodities increased in prices, 34 fell and 47 remained unchanged on 15/05/2013.The largest rises were Dried cocoons (1.51%),PET (0.98%),Acetone (0.79%),while the ...
Bioplastics supplier in Australia Plantic Technologies has developed what it calls the first renewable and recyclable ultra-high barrier packaging format in the world. Plantic eco Plastic R is said to combine PET and Plantic biodegradable ...
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UK-based major plastic milk bottle manufacturer Nampak Plastics is said to achieved a new mark after it trialed, tested and now supplied a four-pint milk bottle with up to 30% recycled high density polyethylene (rHDPE). It is claimed to ...
According to the self-adhesive label specialist, the portfolio consists of four tapes. The firm said that each tape in the portfolio “offers greater than 25 N per inch adhesion levels, has dynamic shear values exceeding 500 N per inch ...
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The move? by the plastic milk bottles giant comes in a partnership with?Closed Loop Recycling at Dagenham. The breakthrough comes just weeks after Nampak created an even lighter Infini bottle which, weighing in at just 32g, represents a ...
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The Journal of Industrial Textiles has published the results of a study conducted by Texas Tech University and Enercon Industries that determined when spunbond polypropylene nonwoven fabrics are pre-treated with atmospheric plasma it ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,21 commodities increased in prices, 27 fell and 52 remained unchanged on 14/05/2013.The largest rises were BR (1.36%),SBR (1.18%),Sulfuric acid (0.92%),while the largest ...