Venezuela's polypropylene producer Propilven is considering an expansion project and a new line at its Ana Maria Campos petrochemical complex, a source with knowledge of company operations said Monday. "The short-term project under ...
Tags: Propilven, Polypropylene, homopolymer
LyondellBasell subsidiary Equistar Chemicals has ended a force majeure declaration on polypropylene produced by its Bayport Polymers facility in Pasadena, Texas, the company said in a letter to its customers Tuesday. The force majeure was ...
Tags: polypropylene, Polymers, Chemicals
Packaging films producer Vacmet India is to invest close to Rs15.8bn ($238.8m) in a new production plant in Dhar district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, a move that will create over 8,000 jobs. The company laid foundation stone of the ...
Tags: Packaging films, BOPP films, food packaging
RPC Promens Consumer Corby, a producer of extrusion blow moulded barrier bottles and wide-necked jars, along with oil and gas company Total has launched a new multilayer jar for long-term and high barrier food storage applications. The ...
Tags: Multilayer Jar, Food Storage
This year, BASF is presenting its new polyurethane (PU) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) portfolio for work and safety shoes at the A+A 2015, the international trade fair for occupational health and safety in Düsseldorf. From ...
Tags: Safety Shoes, BASF, PU
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Honeywell’s Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent (LBA) won the 2015 Polyurethane Innovation Award. Honeywell’s winning entry, ...
The world's first front end carrier without metal reinforcement has now leapt across the platforms: The Volkswagen Group is using the front end carrier made from the BASF plastic Ultramid in the new Passat and Sharan models – after ...
Tags: BASF, glass fibers, polyamide
RPC Group subsidiary M&H Plastics has packaged Asda’s new range of own brand shampoos in PET contour bottle on behalf of Potter & Moore. The PET contour bottle comes with an oval flip-top that is made out of polypropylene. ...
Belgian household products company Peritus Brands is running a promotional campaign for its Blan White bleaching powder in UniPak plastic containers from RPC Superfos. Normally sold in a carton box, the 800g square pot, injection moulded ...
Tags: Peritus Brands, plastic containers, packaging products
Australian packaging company Amcor will showcase AmLite, the company’s latest metal-free packaging technology that is capable of creating a lightweight, transparent material, at PackExpo in Las Vegas. Amcor used a micro-thin ...
Toray Plastics has introduced new TreaTear LT Series of linear-tear, polyproypylene sealant films for consumer packaging goods and converters. The new sealant films offer low seal initiation temperature (SIT) and high heat-seal ...
Tags: Toray Plastics, packaging, BOPP, films
Innovia Films' NatureFlex flexible packaging film has been chosen by South African company KiddieKix to pack its cereals and dried fruit snacks. NatureFlex speciality packaging films are made from renewable resources such as wood-pulp ...
Tags: Innovia Films, flexible packaging, BOPP
Ukrainian paint producer Meffert Ganza Farben is creating product differentiation in the DIY sector with the re-launch of its paint in the Paintainer plastic pail from RPC Superfos, replacing the previous metal pack format. In particular, ...
Tags: plastic pail, Metal
During yarn clearing, which eliminates yarn faults, faults in core yarns have to be detected very reliable for which the optical yarn clearer Zenit+ from Loepfe, offers a superior method for this application. According to a Loepfe press ...
Tags: core yarns, staple fibre
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) has announced the finalists for the 2015 Polyurethane Innovation Award, selecting innovations created by Dow Chemical, Honeywell and Novomer. Since its inception in 2005, the Polyurethane ...