Central European sellers reveal May PVC prices in Italy Following a stable to slightly firm trend in April, sellers offering central European PVC supplies to Italy have begun revealing...
News from Peru There are some 800 plastics processing companies in Peru employing over 20,000 people. In 2009, imports of plastics and rubber processing machinery...
New range for Eurochiller The new 3 Flows range of thermoregulators launched by Eurochiller originates in an innovative water thermoregulation system offering...
LyondellBasell emerges On April 30, 2010 LyondellBasell announced that the company has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company’s...
Second life for tires About 300 million tires are discarded in the USA each year and more than half end up either as landfill or are burned for fuel in cement kilns and in other...
Gneuss new site in Brazil With the opening of a new site in Porto Alegre, in cooperation with the brazilian company AB7, Gneuss enlarges its service range...
Partnership for PA The new strategic partnership between Arkema and Toyobo aims at developing high temperature polyamides made from renewable...
Albemarle distributor of Polimeri Europa A letter of intent has been signed by Albemarle Corporation and Polimeri Europa to license their Zigler...
PS players in Italy changing opinions due to styrene In Italy, some PS players who were watching the spot monomer prices were not so bullish about the May market outlook due to...
China at the top for import The recent CHINAPLAS 2010 fair in Shanghai confirmed the Chinese People’s Republic as the world’s number one importer of...
Cavity recognition The new Cavity Recognition system has been developed by Sacmi for quality control and defect management in bulk production...
Austria down as well As with other major manufacturing centres worldwide, Austria also registered a considerable downturn last year in trade in plastics...
Eastman considers disinvestments for its PET business Eastman Chemical Company announced it will review strategic options, including a possible...
Borouge inaugurated plant in China Borouge inaugurated its first manufacturing plant in China at a ceremony held at the plant in Shanghai on April 20. The new plant is...
Find your way to K 2010 To make the visitors bearings easy at K 2010 (Düsseldorf, October 28-November 3), Messe Düsseldorf...
World pultrusion conference From 8 to 9 April, more than 80 participants from Europe, the United States, China and Russia attended the 10th World Pultrusion Conference in...
Songwon extends production of antioxidants in China Songwon and Tangshan Baifu Chemical announced the start of a joint venture to manufacture and sell thioester antioxidants. The two companies...
Sabic signs agreement with KAUST Sabic signed on April 20 a long-term research and innovation agreement with King Abdullah University of...
Elegant packaging The Müller Italy dairy now employs a new packaging for its yogurt line “Crema di Yogurt”. The new decorated polypropylene cup...
An initial May LDPE offer further up Following the 50 euro/ton increases that have already passed in April in Italy’s LDPE market, there is talk about further increases...
