Sep 05,2011
Worldwide chemical company BASF announced on August 29 that it will display polyurethane (PU) solutions for energy and climate protection, mobility, construction and housing at UTECH Asia/PU China 2011 which will be held from ...
Sep 01,2011
Plastics prices finished down last month across much of Asia, with the trend affecting a broad swath of the market. Lower oil prices pulled down the cost for some plastic feedstock materials' prices, and demand was soft as well as ...
Aug 27,2011
The German parent of KraussMaffei Corp., Florence, Ky., recently introduced two new models of all-electric presses. A new size in the EX series is 200 metric tons. These machines extend from 50 to 240 m. T. And are high-speed ...
Aug 26,2011
Borealis and Borouge have launched a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) material designed to improve productivity for converters in the healthcare market, without compromising the performance of medical devices or pharmaceutical and ...
Aug 14,2011
For the first time, sister companies Bruckner and Kiefel Technologies have their North American operations under one roof, at a new headquarters in New Hampshire that opened 1 June. Bruckner, a supplier of cast film machinery and ...
Aug 05,2011
To better tap factories moving to inland areas in central China, Japanese injection press maker Nissei Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. has established a service office in Wuhan, Hubei province. The Nagano, Japan-based firm said ...
Jul 27,2011
World demand for silicones will rise 6.2% to $12.4bn (€ 8.6bn) in 2015, fuelled by the increased penetration of high-value silicone materials into emerging applications, says a new report from Freedonia. According to the ...
Jul 26,2011
Less than a year after its introduction to the marketplace, a recycled PET sheet for signage and food-contact applications also may to help a growing Washington state firm capitalize on recent regulatory developments in PET ...
Jul 26,2011
Color and additive supplier Americhem Inc. has added a new production line at its plant in Manchester, England. The new line, with capacity of 2, 000 metric tons annually, will make customized color and additive masterbatches for ...
Jul 25,2011
Custom extrusion firm Pexco LLC has struck again in the mergers and acquisitions market, this time agreeing to buy custom profile extruder AllWest Plastics Inc. Of Huntington Beach, Calif., for an undisclosed sum. It the third ...
Jul 25,2011
Krauss Maffei Extrusion of Munich Germany, (a world leader in plastics machinery) new 36D single venting twin-screw extruder series developed in conjunction with Wavin N. V (one of Europe`s largest Pipe producers) has been ...
Jul 25,2011
Southeast Asian PE producers announced their initial August prices for LDPE film and HDPE film to their regional markets with increases in the latter part of this week, feeding speculation that overseas producers will also attempt ...
Jul 22,2011
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved two more plastics ingredients as safe for use in certain food contact materials. The European Union (EU) agency's panel on food contact materials, enzymes, flavourings and ...
Jul 21,2011
Dow Chemical today announced a joint venture to produce ethanol and plastics from sugar cane, A step toward sourcing renewable feedstocks for chemicals. The joint venture between Dow Chemical and Japanese industrial conglomerate ...
Jul 20,2011
Global injection moulding machine maker Engel Holding has rebounded nearly its pre-recession sales levels, the company reported 19 July, 2011. The company reported sales from shipments during the 2011 fiscal year of $881m (€ ...
Jul 19,2011
For the first time in history, the Society of Plastics Engineers Inc. has given its Mold Maker of the Year award to an executive at a company outside North America. SPE's Mold Making and Mold Design division presented the award to ...
Jul 15,2011
Belgian PVC window frame maker says it now expects its top and bottom line to be stable for the year, after sales fell 2.4% in the second quarter. The company had previously predicted sales and profit growth. The company said it ...
Jul 14,2011
German airline Lufthansa is this year lightening its transport containers by 15% by using plastics instead of aluminium. The company says the new lightweight models will lower kerosene consumption by 2,180 tonnes per year, saving ...
Jul 13,2011
German machinery maker Illig launched its FSL 48 forming, filling and sealing machine for dairy product packaging at Interpack 2011 in May. The unit can make single-serve containers with photo quality in-mould labelling, produced ...
Jul 12,2011
Beverage equipment maker Groupe Sidel has opened a technical center in Beijing, its first in China. The center has blow molding machines, laboratories and automation equipment. Le Havre, France-based Sidel said Asia is the ...
