Second Phase of Mahshahr Petrochemical Region, Host of Downstream Industries
The proximity of downstream petrochemical plants and petrochemical producers of feeds to these units will lead to lower production costs, including “shipping costs” of these units, which, according to rumors about removing energy carrier subsidies, seem to be in the not-so-distant future, it will increase dramatically, diminishing. While technically the materials produced in a geographic […]
Automechanika launches Body and Paint World Championships
Automechanika is holding the first international Body & Paint competition in the exhibition’s history in association with DeBeer Refinish, Octoral and SATA. Bodyshop professionals will be competing against one another at six Automechanika shows worldwide, from England to China. The national event winners will then travel to Frankfurt for the grand finale at Automechanika from […]
CHINAPLAS 2019 Partners Expand Construction of More Sustainable Homes
China continues to wow the world with amazing achievements in the area of architecture and construction engineering. One need look no further than the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge (the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge), to the InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland (which extends 88 meters below sea level), to the soon-to-be-completed Beijing Daxing International Airport, to see tangible evidence […]
Violation of a Petrochemical Cooperative With the Sale of Members' Materials in the Black Market
Today, several Iranian media reported on a fraud case of a cooperative company in the Alborz province. This cooperative has purchased polymer and chemical materials from stock exchange for its members, but instead of distribution of these materials to members, it has illegally sold the materials to black market due to to a huge benefit for […]
Vietnam Plas 2019 at Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam Plas has been one of the best pathways to enter to the Vietnam market, and the most beneficial way to promote products, services and machinery internationally. It is the preferred exhibition to present an overview of all the technical developments, procedures and techniques, as well as future trends. The Vietnam Plas will take place in […]
Partnership With Borealis Extended in Austria
In an extension of a partnership that goes back to 1998, OMV and Borealis are exploring synergies for OMVs ReOil recycling facility at the Schwechat refinery in Austria to advance the chemical recycling of post-consumer plastics waste. The two companies share the site with the refinery supplying Borealis with petrochemical feedstock for its plastics production. […]
US Fuels Markets & Refining Strategy Conference
ACI is pleased to announce the first edition of US Fuels Markets & Refining Strategy Conference on July 10th and 11th at Houston, Texas, USA. The event will bring together senior executives and experts from the refining industry, policy makers, consultants, technology innovators and leading market analysts to discuss the latest challenges and developments within the […]
Machine Learning Predicts Mechanical Properties of Porous Materials
Machine learning can be used to predict the properties of a group of materials which, according to some, could be as important to the 21st century as plastics were to the 20th. Based on news that University of Cambridge published, Researchers have used machine learning techniques to accurately predict the mechanical properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), […]
Henkel Introduces Recyclable Black Plastic Packaging
Henkel and additive and colour specialist Ampacet are developing black plastic packaging that is fully recyclable. The new material uses an alternative to carbon black, and this enables used bottles to be integrated back into the value chain. Most black plastic packaging is coloured using carbon black pigments and cannot be optically identified by many recycling […]
