Constantia Flexibles has opened a new research and development (R&D) center for polymer films and film laminates for flexible packaging in Germany. The move is in line with the company's multi-million investment for upgrading equipment ...
Costs - related to areas like more efficient manufacturing processes, applications, use of energy and logistics – were a major focus of attention at the European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany, in April. The three-day ...
Among the forty presenters, not including three breakfast keynoters and a panel including two NASA scientists, at the Eastern Coatings Show will be Stuart Lipskin of BYK USA, Inc. and Carl Cavalin of Hexion, Inc. The Show is at the Taj ...
Tags: Eastern Coatings Show, Coatings
For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting in Berlin, Ioannis Meimaroglu from Helveco Intertrade, the chairman of the raw materials suppliers committee, stated that the increasing volume of exports from China due ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Raw Material
The SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting got underway in Berlin today, September 29, with the participation of almost 300 executives, including 82 representatives from 43 steel producer companies from a total of 21 ...
The SteelOrbis 2014 Spring Conference & 70th IREPAS Meeting has started in Barcelona today, March 31, with the participation of over 250 executives, including 101 representatives from 47 steel producer companies and 44 representatives from ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
The use of biomaterials and more benign chemicals in coatings in Europe is accelerating as whole supply chains give greater priority to sustainablity, particularly as a means of protecting the environment. At the same time, however, ...
Tags: standards for biomaterials, sustainability of products
Vikram Solar is developing a solar module with 100 per cent domestic raw materials. This endeavour would surpass the domestic content requirements laid down by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Energy, Solar
Polylactic Acid (PLA) is thermoplastic polyester derived from renewable feedstock such as corn starch, sugarcane, wheat, tapioca roots. PLA has wide application such as in Packaging, Textile, Agriculture, Transportation, Bio-Medical and ...
Tags: Polylactic Acid, PLA, Chemicals
Arkema has officially started its new 60,000 MTY emulsion polymers facility on its Changshu platform. The plant, part of Arkema's Coating Resins business unit, will serve customers in the Asia Pacific region with a full line of waterborne ...
Tags: Arkema, Emulsion Polymers Facility, China
Conwed, the leading plastic netting manufacturer in the world, will have its netting portfolio displayed at FILTRATION 2013 in Chicago, IL (Nov 12-14, 2013) by its key partner, Industrial Netting. Industrial Netting offers a large ...
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The market research report "Flexible Packaging Market by End-Use (Food, Beverage, Personal Care & Pharmaceutical), Material (Polypropylene, BOPP, CPP, Polyethylene, EVOH, PA, BOPET, PVC, Aluminum, Paper, Cellulosic) - Global Trends & ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, Food Packaging, Packaging, Printing
High production costs associated with petroleum based succinic acid is a key challenge for industry participants leading to enhanced focus on the development and commercialization of bio-based succinic acid. However, with the advent of ...
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In a little more than two weeks, the first Future of Tire Technology conference and exhibition will be held Oct. 28-30, 2013, at the Omni Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. The three-day event will be hosted by Smithers Rapra Inc. All the sessions ...
Tags: Tire Technology, Big Thing Theory