Workers at SABIC's Geleen petrochemicals site in the Netherlands are proceeding to strike after failing to reach a new labor agreement with the management, company and union sources said Tuesday. SABIC has around 1,850 staff at Geleen, ...
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Top 10 bedding producer Therapedic International is adding gel-infused memory foam to new Kathy Ireland Home by Therapedic models it is introducing here. The combination of gel foam, the biggest innovation to hit the mattress industry in ...
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The arbitrage window to move polypropylene cargoes from China to Southeast Asia has opened on paper, but no cargoes have been booked so far for the voyage, traders said Wednesday. Demand for PP is weak in China ahead of the long Lunar New ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 1/16/2013 4:02:05 PM U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and university cooperators have developed a biodegradable plastic that could be used in disposable food ...
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Spain-based mid-market private equity firm Mercapital has acquired 80% stake in Group Betapack, a Spanish maker of plastic caps and closures for euro 40m. The company is aiming to consolidate Betapack's position as a supplier of closures ...
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Anchor Packaging has announced the launch of its redesigned Culinary Classics line with a consumer-removable, perforated, hinged lid. The containers feature a cut-proof base and the new removable lid offers a convenient dining experience ...
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The ability to transfer fluids safely and cleanly from drums and barrels even when an electrical or air supply to power a pump is not available, would, in certain applications be a distinct advantage. Thanks to the introduction of a new ...
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US-based INX International Ink introduces new AquaTech ION Label ink systems into the market. AquaTech ION Label ink systems offers performance with press stability for better printability at a wide range of press speeds. ION-P series ...
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Consumers are now able easily to spoon or sprinkle their favorite Bart spices thanks to an ingenious new dual feature cap produced by RPC Containers Halstead. Part of the relaunched packaging for The Bart Ingredients Company's ...
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UK based coffee roaster Little’s has teamed up with polypropylene, laminates and films distributor National Flexible to launch new stick-packs. The latest product launch will cater to the demand in the retail and out-of-home ...
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UK-based RPC Containers has introduced 'Spoonkler', a new dual flip-top cap for the Bart Ingredients Company's spices range. "The new spices packaging is the work of a Bart development team which included representatives from across the ...
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Aramco Far East (Beijing) Business Services, or Aramco Asia, has started offering polyolefins produced by Fujian Refining and Petrochemical in China effective January 1, its parent Saudi Aramco said late Monday. Aramco Asia will ...
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Iran has decided to keep its export ban on polymers like acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, general purpose polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, polypropylene, polycarbonates and epoxy resins despite having lifted a ban on exports of other ...
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Canada-based 3A Throwing, a provider of twisting, doubling, cabling, winding and autoclaving services, has acquired Lowell, Mass.-based Ames Textile Corp.'s Synthetic Yarns Division in Christiansburg, Va. The acquisition includes a ...
Tags: twisting services, autoclaving services, Yarns, Textile
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, raised its ex-works price for polypropylene in East China by Yuan 100 ($15.90), or 0.9%, to Yuan 11,100/mt Monday, industry sources said. On an import parity basis, the new price is ...
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