Australian government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal to consider changing the standards that regulate the issue of chemical migration from packaging into food. Assessing change ...
Tags: chemical migration, ESBO
Wacker Polymers is to raise its prices for Vinnapas vinyl acetate homopolymer dispersions as well as Vinnapas vinyl acetate-ethylene and Vinnol ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa ...
Inglesid Ethylene, LLC, a joint venture between Occidental Chemical (OxyChem) and Mexichem started construction of their ethylene cracker at OxyChem’s Ingleside, Texas complex. The partners say the project remains on schedule to ...
Tags: ethylene cracker, Textile
U.S. 8,632,857 B2 Valspar Sourcing Inc. has been awarded a patent for a method of coating a metal substrate with a hardenable packaging coating system comprised of applying an under-coat composition to a metal substrate, the under-coat ...
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WACKER POLYMERS is to raise its prices for vinyl acetate-ethylene and ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions of the VINNAPAS and VINNOL brand in the regions Americas and Greater China. As customer contracts allow, effective ...
Tags: WACKER POLYMERS, Dispersions, Textile
US-based PVC and caustic soda producer Shintech wants to site its new 500,000 mt/year ethylene plant at Plaquemine, Louisiana, according to a state Department of Environmental Quality air permit application made available to Platts on ...
High Density Polyethylene Pipes or HDPE pipes are widely used pipes for irrigation, residential and industrial applications. HDPE is made from petroleum and possess very high strength to density ratio. High density polyethylene piping has a ...
Tags: Pipes, Hdpe Pipes, High Density Polyethylene Pipes, PVC pipes
Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
Tags: PVC, Polystyrene, vinyl chloride
Munich-based WACKER Group has adopted the motto "Discover Tomorrow's Solutions" for this year's Middle East Coatings Show (MECS), in Dubai from March 10 to 12. The company is unveiling a new dispersible polymer powder for cost-efficient, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
Ethylene producers in Northwest Europe have fixed two cargoes to Asia for March loading driven by length in domestic market, the turnaround season in Asia and port congestion in the Middle East, sources said this week. Europe, a net ...
Axiall Corporation and Lotte Chemical of the Republic of Korea announced that they have signed a Heads of Agreement to pursue a 50/50 joint venture arrangement for the design, construction and operation of a proposed 1 million metric ...
Tags: Ethane Cracker, Textile
US PVC maker Axiall will raise its suspension grade PVC prices on February 1 by 3 cents/lb, or as contracts allow, the company said Friday in a letter to customers. The increase follows a similar announcement from December 3, when the ...
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Hot Melt Glues are usually used in industrial applications as the use of Volatile organic compounds are either eliminated or reduced and the curing/drying time considerably shortened. These have a very high shelf life and hence can be ...
BASF has launched a new red shade yellow pigment, Paliotol Yellow K 1750. With the help of a new chemistry patented by BASF, this organic pigment offers customers a cost effective alternative to heavy metal and diarylide pigments that can ...
Tags: Yellow Pigment, Plastics Industry