Mineral water development enterprise Tibet Qomolangma Glacier Water Resources Development has selected Ineos Styrolution’s K-Resin grade KR03 material for the packaging of its Qomolangma Glacier mineral water bottle cap in Tibet, ...
Tags: Mineral water, foamed packaging
Taiwan based Victor Taichung Machinery Works is planning to introduce its new VM-280E injection press designed to manufacture thin-walled objects, at the K 2016 event scheduled to be held from 19-26 October in Düsseldorf, Germany. At ...
Rollprint Packaging Products launches Triad, a new high-barrier, solvent-free overwrap which has been developed using the company’s proprietary metallocene-based sealant chemistry. The sealant layer bonds to foil -- which can be ...
Tags: Rollprint Packaging Products, The sealant layer bonds, Packaging
The recent surge in monoethylene glycol prices came to an end last week, as market activity slackened amid limited availability and buyers' hopes that prices will ease. Spot prices were assessed Friday at Eur950/mt ($1,010/mt) FCA NWE and ...
Tags: glycol, diethylene glycol, feedstock EO
Chemicals giant Ineos has started a community consultation process in a bid to gain support for fracking. The firm's consultation process will start in mid-April with a series of "town hall" meetings, beginning in areas where it already ...
Full-Tech (Changzhou) Chemistry & Development has taken the license of Innovene PP process from Ineos for the manufacture of polypropylene (PP) homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers. Full-Tech, a subsidiary of Fund Energy ...
Tags: polypropylene, homopolymers, Textile
Chicago-based healthcare and food industries packaging supplier Rollprint Packaging Products has added a second high-barrier structure to its Exponent film family, Exponent 2. Featuring a combination of Rollprint's ClearFoil, a ...
European ethylene hit a 2014 high of Eur1,015/mt ($1375/mt) FD NWE Friday, up Eur45/mt on the week, Platts data showed, on the back of reduced availability and an increase in feedstock prices. Naphtha hit a 2014 high of $959/mt CIF NWE ...
Tags: Ethylene, Ethylene prices
European butyl acetate producers are again struggling to pass on feedstock increase this month and are having to accept declining margins, sources said this week. Butac is produced from iso-butanol, a propylene derivative, and acetic ...
Tags: Butyl Acetatem, propylene
Northwest European spot styrene values rallied $45/mt or 3% Wednesday morning in reaction to the fire that broke out at Ellba's styrene monomer/propylene oxide plant at Moerdijk, the Netherlands. Styrene end-users and consumers stepped ...
Tags: spot styrene, specific material
Following clearance from the European Commission, INEOS Enterprises has successfully completed its agreement to purchase one of Europe’s leading solvent manufacturers, Sasol Solvents Germany. The acquisition includes production ...
Tags: Sasol Solvents, INEOS
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 ...
Tags: Polystyrene, polystyrene imports
Europe is likely to remain a net importer of caustic soda as capacity is threatened by the EU's 2017 deadline to make the costly switch to greener technology, Michael Trager, CEO of German PVC producer Vestolit, said this week. "In the ...
Tags: Caustic Soda, chlorine
Northwest European spot prices for vinyl acetate monomer tumbled Eur70/mt Thursday under pressure from Asian imports, according to Platts data. The European spot price for VAM was assessed at Eur1,560/mt FD NWE ($2,162.63/mt), down from ...
Tags: Vinyl Acetate Monomer, NWE
Ineos said Friday it was taking legal action against China's Sinopec Ningbo Engineering and subsidiaries SNEC and Anqing for alleged infringement of copyright and trade secrets. It said in a statement the Ningbo Engineering Company had ...
Tags: Acrylonitrile, Ineos, Sinopec