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...
Ecological refrigerant gas The Raca Plus Energy range of refrigerators developed by Frigosystem will soon be integrated with units up to 900 kW. This range, designed to satisfy the...
Grand opening of CHINAPLAS 2010 The 24th international exhibition on plastics and rubber industries (CHINAPLAS 2010) opened on April 19 at the Shanghai...
TI will produce BOPLA films in Italy BoPP film producer Taghleef Industries (Ti) will introduce a fully natural film range. The films will be based on NatureWorks PLA polymers...
Nubiola expands its agreement with K&M Nubiola has announced the expansion of its distribution agreement with Keyser and Mackay (K&M), a performance...
Futerro pilot unit for PLA Futerro, a 50-50 joint venture by Galactic and Total Petrochemicals, announced on March 16 the inauguration of its bioplastics production unit...
German-American cooperation Automatik Plastics Machinery, and its subsidiary in the US, Automatik, have teamed up with American Leistritz Extrusion, and helped place a...
