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Milliken clarifying innovation Millad NX 8000 is generating the eye-catching, ultra-clear appeal that makes Sunware's E-Claire Fresh keepers food containers really stand out from the crowd.
Greiner Packaging International packs new Xcel Milk that provides athletes with an innovative post-exercise recovery drink.
Collapsible tubes have an improved aesthetic appearance and squeezability when they are extruded from SABIC HDPE F4520.
With the 22nd Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing, to be held at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre from 16 to 20 October 2012, the plastics industry is sending out a strong market signal: injection moulding, thermoforming, extrusion technology, tooling, materials, purchased parts and services – Fakuma will showcase the entire world of plastics technology in all of its aspects.
Chemlon 800 series compounds exhibit comparable chemical resistance and shorter molding cycles, with only slightly greater moisture gain.
The industrial sector is exploring applications for new raw materials to gain agility and save natural resources.
Octal can now provide dedicated capacity to support large food and consumer companies’ requirements for PET resin and DPET sheet in North and South America.
Arkema has developed Kynar 705 resin, a new high flow PVDF homopolymer grade, intended to be used in standard commercial spinning equipments to produce ultra-resistant textiles for water, chemical filtration and architectural applications.
Advanced thermoplastic technology from SABIC enables Mahindra & Mahindra to launch India’s first plastic fender.
According to McKinsey's report released in June 2012, the world's economy center is shifting eastward by 140km per year from year 2000-2010. The anticipated economic growth of 47% from 2010 to 2025 comes from 440 cities in developing countries, among which half of them belong to China.
The plastics industry is worldwide one of the most innovative sectors. The secret of its success lies in the plastics themselves, which leave almost nothing to be desired – even in view of our society’s globally important tasks.
Breakthrough technology and strategic partnerships will allow wrap to be repurposed for use in Rio, Uganda and UK.
SABIC’s new Noryl SA resins cut cost and extend performance capabilities of thermoset systems for PCBs, adhesives & coatings.
BASF has now started offering a portfolio of engineering plastics specially designed for applications that come into contact with drinking water.
Production application of the new Ultramid Balance (PA 6.10) in automotive quick connectors.
With the introduction of its BorPure RJ766MO grade in December 2011, Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, has provided another answer to the ever increasing requirements of the thin wall food packaging market.
Azelis has announced, in line with its strategy to focus on specialty chemicals and ingredients, the sale of the Thermoplastic Polymers Business Area within the Azelis Group to Gazechim Plastics who has acquired this business.
New Tivar HPV gives conveying systems a performance, cost and safety boost.
Bayer MaterialScience and Solid Composites GmbH are partnering to develop thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powders for selective laser sintering.
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, launches unique, high stiffness polypropylene (PP) grade Bormod BH381MO to support manufacturers of industrial pails in meeting their increasing sustainability and product quality goals.
Borealis and Borouge introduce family of tailored irrigation solutions – Borstar Aquility.
The renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) in Pfinztal in Southern Germany intensifies its research activities in the field of foamed plastics using the ZE 30 / KE 60 Schaumtandex line delivered by KraussMaffei Berstorff.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have won five awards granted by R&D Magazine for their efforts in developing breakthrough technologies with commercial potential, inter alia for plastic scintillators for neutron and gamma ray detection.
Bayer MaterialScience and BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing develop shape memory polymer from thermoplastic polyurethane.
Delphi Automotive Systems, a leading Tier One supplier of electronics and technologies to the automotive industry, has approved DSM’s Stanyl TW200F6 for the Ignition Connector soldered onto the Ignition Coil specified by an OEM for 4 and 6 cylinder engines.
SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC, and its subsidiary, SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon LLC, have agreed to pay an approximately $1 million civil penalty and improve leak detection and repair practices to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at chemical manufacturing facilities in Mt. Vernon, Ind., and Burkville, Ala.
SABIC and VU University Amsterdam (VU) collaborate on new solar thermal technology that can lead to significant sustainable energy gains in the future.
Baleno, a high-end LED lighting manufacturer with a broad portfolio of LED solutions, has selected Stanyl TC from DSM for their complete range of exclusively styled LED retrofit lamps.
Leading automotive plastics component supplier Mecaplast believes it can cut the weight of interior and exterior trim parts by between 30 and 50% by using a newly patented injection moulding processing technology in combination with novel polypropylene compounds.
Clariant Masterbatches and Topas Advanced Polymers are working together to bring bright, clear colors to medical devices and packaging made of Topas cyclic olefin copolymer (COC).
Strong partnership with Borealis and Borouge brings Renault weight-saving benefits for key car platforms.
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announced that it is going to invest approximately €100 million in three new R&D facilities in Delft and Sittard-Geleen (both in the Netherlands) over the next two years.
The games at the European Soccer Championship will be played to the rhythm of the “Tango 12,” a cutting-edge synthetic ball that is fast, robust and precise. The adidas ball sports a new design and is based on proven materials from Bayer MaterialScience.
IHS Chemical’s Global Plastics Trade & Markets Conference will offer comprehensive information and analyses that cover the entire plastics supply chain, from resin production to pellet delivery.
ExxonMobil Chemical has expanded its SpectraSyn Elite metallocene polyalphaolefin (mPAO) base stock portfolio with the introduction of a 65 cSt grade (at 100°C), providing formulators more flexibility in developing advanced industrial and automotive lubricants.
DuPont extends AEM performance with Vamac Ultra HT for 180°C turbo hose and air duct applications.