Carton packaging and filling machine supplier SIG Combibloc’s Brazilian packaging plant has commenced operation of an extrusion line which laminates unprocessed cardboard for the company’s carton packs on-site. This is said ...
Tags: SIG Combibloc's Brazilian Packaging, Extrusion Line, Packaging
Polymer additive technologies provider Addivant announced that its WESTON 705 liquid antioxidant has secured the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for food contact applications. Following the approval, WESTON 705 antioxidant, ...
Tags: Liquid Packaging, Packaging, food packaging
SCHWING announces their participation in the upcoming ITMA and CITME ASIA 2014 exhibition in Shanghai by exhibiting in Hall W1, Booth F14. They will be demonstrating their equipment by highlighting the latest advanced thermal cleaning ...
Novomer Inc., a sustainable materials company offering a family of high-performance polymers and other chemicals from renewable feedstocks such as carbon dioxide (CO2), has announced the commercial introduction of Converge polypropylene ...
Tags: PPC Polyols, sustainable materials
The Linde Group and BASF SE intended to cooperate in developing and licensing processes for the on-purpose production of linear butenes and butadiene. BASF has developed process technology and catalysts as well as the extraction ...
Capacitors may seem simple enough, but specifying them has actually grown more complex in recent years. The reason why comes down to freedom of choice. The universe of capacitors has expanded greatly over the past few years, in large part ...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Super Absorbent Polymers Industry Market Report 2014-2019" report to their offering. The global super absorbent polymer market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5 percent ...
Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) is set to build a new packaging facility for plastics solutions provider Borouge as part of a contract. The contract was signed by Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge) CEO Abdulaziz Alhajri and ADT CEO Martijn ...
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The global market for acrylic acid is expected to reach $22.78 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing adoption of super absorbent polymers in emerging economies such as India, China and Brazil is ...
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Iranian petrochemical traders currently sell all their products on a CFR basis in Asia instead of FOB to avoid payment issues, trade sources in Iran and Dubai said Tuesday. "We sell products on a CFR basis in countries like China so as to ...
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EU first-quarter polystyrene imports jumped 119% year on year, according to recent Eurostat data. Market sources attributed the sharp increase in imports largely to reductions in domestic production capacity. The EU imported 38,920 mt of ...
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Pixelligent Technologies, a global manufacturer of advanced materials and PixClear™ nanocrystal dispersions for the solid state lighting and flat panel industries, announced today it has entered into a Cooperative Research and ...
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Bioplastic manufacturer FKuR Kunststoff and lactic acid derivatives and lactides producer Corbion Purac have established partnership to develop poly lactic acid (PLA) compounds for applications that are heat-resistant and GMO-free. The ...
Tags: Packaging
According to a study form Lux Research, investment and growth in bio-based material and chemical capacity continues to increase globally. Aggregating 229 sites from 217 companies that are planned, operating, or have been shuttered between ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Scientists at Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials are turning by-products of wood and wool into biodegradable packaging to help slash global plastic consumption. Dr Nishar Hameed says humans consume more than 100 ...
Tags: Wood pulp, silk fibres