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At present, the manufacturing industry is in a dilemma of rising raw material prices and soaring freight costs worldwide. The global supply chain has encountered severe challenges, and there have been partial breakdowns.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of disinfectants to clean surfaces in medical and daily life environments has increased remarkably, underscoring the importance of chemical resistance and property retention for materials used in medical and consumer devices.
Thermal management will become increasingly important in the current development of alternative drive concepts. For this purpose, suppliers to the automotive industry need application-optimised materials.
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, launched today a new portfolio of bio-based ULTEM resins that offer sustainability benefits while delivering exactly the same high performance and processability as incumbent ULTEM materials.
The company makes a serious bet in participation in automotive industry projects and plans to increase its shipments by 5-6 times compared to the present supplies.
In percentage terms, the supply of materials from the leading Russian compounder increased by 58% compared to the same period in 2020. Shipments to Latvia and Romania showed the best positive dynamics – following the results of three quarters, they increased by 2.6 and 2.4 times, respectively.
Repsol will build two polymer materials plants at its Sines Industrial Complex (Portugal), representing the largest industrial investment in Portugal in the last ten years, at €657 million. The new materials produced are 100% recyclable, like the rest of Repsol's polyolefins.
After one year without trade fairs, the companies of the Feddersen Group are finally looking forward to meeting their business partners in person again at Fakuma 2021. They will be coming up with a whole bouquet of new products and services to provide ideas and inspiration for new, future-oriented and sustainable applications.
Interview with Thomas Dohse, project director of interpack and Thomas Franken, project manager of the K Show
Nexeo Plastics LLC, a leading global thermoplastics resin distributor and an affiliate of GPD Companies, Inc., announced that it has acquired Nevicolor S.p.A., a leading Italian distributor and compounder of thermoplastics.
Within its framework of R&D&i, Elix Polymers is strengthening its research cooperation with Polymat by recently joining the consortium on polymerization in dispersed media.
The Life4Film project has the objective of preventing the disposal of plastic film in landfill sites, and recovering this material. FCC Medio Ambiente coordinates the project and operates the pilot plant located in the “La Ecocentral” complex in Alhendín, near Granada, Spain.
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced that Delica AG will be introducing a new range of more sustainable coffee capsules based on SABIC’s certified renewable polymers for use in its proprietary Delizio capsule machines.
On May 20 GAZ manufacturing plant started production of dropside and all-metal trucks with 3,5 tons fully loaded mass. The new model has over 50 engineering and technological changes.
Biesterfeld and specialty chemicals manufacturer Solvay Specialty Polymers are expanding their long-term collaboration. With immediate effect, the distributor will handle sales of the sulfone polymers Udel PSU, Radel PPSU and Veradel PESU in France.
Evonik has developed two photopolymers for industrial 3D printing applications and introduces them under the brand names Infinam TI 3100 L and Infinam ST 6100 L.
The business units High Performance Materials (HPM), Polymer Additives (PLA) and Inorganic Pigments (IPG) are showcasing new products, technologies and solutions regarding engineering plastics, flame retardant plastics and plastics coloring.
The first trade fair after months of pandemic. China, a market of great interest to the Group in its aim to grow in the automotive, home appliance and consumer goods sectors
Chinaplas 2021 grandly opens at Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center today (April 13) and this is the first time for the mega show to stage in Shenzhen.
Laser marking is a useful tool for implementing the mandatory unique device identification (UDI) that is required by actual medical legislations to protect against counterfeiting
SABIC and Polyray announced their collaboration for the use of SABIC’s Lexan polycarbonate (PC) resin based on certified renewable feedstock in the lenses of several eyewear end applications such as sunglasses, safety glasses and sports goggles.
Creating tomorrow’s polymer innovations starts with understanding the chemical and mechanical performance and processing conditions of materials.
In addition to the digital transformation, shifting from a linear to a circular economy is also a key issue for the plastics processing industry. And this is why the 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing is generating special interest.
bp and SABIC have just signed a new agreement to work together to drive circular economy in the petrochemical activities at the Gelsenkirchen (Germany) chemical complex. Building on a long established relationship between the two companies at the production site, the new collaboration will help to increase production of certified circular products.
FIP - France Innovation Plasturgie, France's leading trade fair for the plastics industry, initially scheduled from 15 to 18 June 2021, has been postponed from 05 to 08 April 2022 at Lyon Eurexpo.
The Polymers for Europe Alliance was set up by the European Plastics Converters association (EuPC) in 2015 due to the shortage of polymers for converters in Europe.
French automotive data and market research company Inovev projected that global automobile production will fall by 17% over the whole of 2020, representing a loss of 15 million vehicles compared to 2019 and returning volume to 2011 levels.
Socar Polymer has expanded its portfolio of high-performance polypropylene resins with the addition of its first pair of random copolymers (RCPs). These resins are designed to yield rigid packaging via thin-wall injection molding (TWIM), along with a host of other benefits.
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced the successful commercialization of Lexan HP92AF Anti-Fog film, targeted especially at demanding COVID-19 protection equipment such as safety face shields and goggles in front-line work environments.
Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) will now run as a virtual event from 9 to 11 December 2020. Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries at the European Commission will deliver the opening keynote address.
Sibur announces senior appointments aimed at developing the Company's management and strengthening the executive team in key business areas.
Presented by RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers October 14, 2020 at 9 a.m. EDT
The new Pocan XHR (Xtreme Hydrolysis-Resistant) product range from Lanxess boasts outstanding resistance to hydrolytic degradation in very hot and humid conditions.
Guzman Global, family owned business with more than 80 years of history, and Hromatka Group have reached an agreement for the latter to take a majority stake in Guzman Polymers.
To maximize polymer performance in final products by mixing polymers with different properties was the goal of RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers.
trinamiX GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF, today announced it has developed a new application for its mobile Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy Solutions related to plastic sorting and recycling.