The global food processing and packaging company said the new Tetra Rex carton will be the first in the market to have bio-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films and bio-based high-density polyethylene (HDPE) caps, both derived from ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Tetra Rex carton
Turkish petrochemical producer Petkim Thursday increased the prices of polyolefins by $15-20/mt, sources said. Petkim was not immediately available to confirm. New list prices for low density polyethylene, high density PE injection ...
Tags: Polyolefins, petrochemical producer, Petkim
Turkish polyethylene prices Wednesday hit highs not seen since October 2008, driven by limited Middle East offers amid high Asian prices, sources said. Low density polyethylene, linear low density polyethylene and high density ...
European polypropylene and polyethylene producers are targeting a May contract price increase because of low stock availability and seasonal demand, sources said. PE producers were aiming for increases of Eur20-60/mt ($28-83/mt) and PP ...
Tags: Polyolefin, PE, ethylene CP
Combined with paperboard, the use of bio-based LDPE made from sugar cane increases the content of materials from renewable sources to as much as 82% in a Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000ml Base package. In February Coca-Cola Brazil became the ...
Tags: Packaging, LDPE Packing
High ethylene prices in Asia have been keeping margins of most ethylene derivatives in the red, forcing some MEG and polyethylene makers to consider trimming operation rates or closing entire production lines, sources said this week. In ...
European high density polyethylene imports were up 13.5% for the first eleven months of 2013 compared to same time period in 2012 driven by reduced HDPE production in Europe, Eurostat data showed Wednesday. EU-28 imported 1,061,966 mt of ...
Tags: Polyethylene, European Production
Borouge, a global provider of innovative plastic solutions is very upbeat on the Indian market, and expects a significant part of its global manufacturing capacity under-expansion to cater to the Indian market. In 2014 Borouge is ...
Tags: Wires, Cables, Electrical, Electronics
Dynamic and competitive market today calls for effective product branding. Businesses are finding new ways to present and promote their varied products. Here packing fulfills all such requirements in true manner. To attract more and more ...
Tags: Packaging, Consumer Goods
I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
The Packaging film market consumption will grow from an estimated 51.2 million MT in 2013 to 63.79 million MT by 2018, with a CAGR of 4.5% from 2013 to 2018, according to a new report. The report "Packaging Film Market - by application ...
Tags: Packaging Film Market, Packaging
European polyethylene spot prices have extended their gains this week, rising Eur10/mt ($13.40/mt) on the week to Eur1,270-1,275/mt FD Northwest Europe, which market sources attributed to tighter supplies as European LDPE producers scale ...
Tags: Polyethylene, Tight Supplies
PTT Global Chemical revealed its operating performance in the third quarter of 2013, which showed increasing profits even againt the impact of three major events which had placed constraints on its operations, the incidents included an oil ...
Tags: PTT Global Chemical, Textile
Burckhardt Compression has been awarded an order from JiangSu Sailboat Petrochemical Co., Ltd. to deliver two Hyper Compressors as Secondary Compressors and two Process Gas Compressors as Booster/Primary Compressors for their LDPE-EVA plant ...
SABIC, a producer of plastics and chemicals, has optimized its existing multi-layer film concept for packaging applications of up to five layers or more in the beverage sector. The sustainable multi-layer film concept is made with a ...