Totally bio-soap The first compostable soap wrapping has been introduced by Umbria Olii International (Italy)...
Intermediates for biopolymers NatureWorks announced the sale of a range of polymer-grade lactides. Produced from lactic acide...
Adhesives for luxury boats Araldite 2015 adhesives from Huntsman have been selected for designing a motor luxury high tech boat...
M&H relies on Uniloy Milacron for injection-blow moulding An Umib 70 Med injection-blow moulding machine and the related mould has been recently supplied by Uniloy Milacron to...
LDPE versus HDPE in Italy As of the end of the second week of March, some price hikes have started to materialize for LDPE
At the new Corr Plastik plant KraussMaffei Berstorff extruders Corr Plastik Industrial, one of the Brazil’s producers of PVC pipe, has substantially increased production capacity with a new...
Our figures In these days CSST (Certification of Consortium of Specialized Technical Press), enactment of...
New marketing manager for DSM The global marketing and communication management of DSM Composite Resins...
A robot for sorting plastics to be recycled The Japanese Idec and the Photonics Advanced Research Center (PARC) of the Osaka University have jointly developed a
Strategic alliance for DME and PETS DME and Plastic Engineering & Technical Services (PETS) have signed a strategic alliance that...
New name for Amcor PET Packaging Business Amcor Rigid Plastics is the new corporate name for the former Amcor PET Packaging business based in Ann Arbor (Michigan). The newly renamed business group is...
Yokohama achieves zero-emission production The Thai capacity plant of Yokohama reached the zero-emission goal. This means that...
French processing According to the estimates of Fédération de la Plasturgie, the turnover of the French processing industry in 2009 should have decreased by...
PP price in Italy In Europe, propylene costs have been on a constant firming trend for some time due to the persistent production issues in the region. Although...
Control for conveyance of granules The conveyance of plastics granules by vacuum is considered simple and with no technical content. Actually...
Recovery also for the German machinery manufacturers According to a note released in these days by the German association VDMA, there is a “significant” recovery...
Further recovery Also in February, the majority of Italian plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers, member of ASSOCOMAPLAST, improved...
Evonik has acquired Membrane Extraction Technology Evonik Industries has acquired London based Membrane Extraction Technology (MET). The operation is an integral part of company’s strategy...
EMS-Grivory increases PA capacity EMS-Grivory, a business unit of EMS-Chemie, will increase its production capacity for Grivory HT high-performance polyamide...
Expansion on two shores Lanxess has decided to expand the global capacity of its high-performance rubber...