The legendary Increase In Polymers Trading Amid Concerns of Rising World Prices

Tuesdays are the days of sales of polymer materials in official prices with the exception of offerings for polypropylene and PVC. Today a total number of 122 times the brokers traded at IME hall. In the transactions that took place on Tuesday, September 18th, due to the following reasons, we traced a delayed demand explosion […]

Conflicts Between Two Iranian Plastics Machine Suppliers Hails IranPlast

Breaking news: Today, a temporary meeting at the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade tried to find a solution for this gradually increasing conflict between these two group. Since two years ago, a conflict started between part of the members of the PMMA (Polymer Machine Manufacturers Association). The association itself was established after 5 years […]

Irrespective of Sanctions, Foreign Companies And Delegates Attend 13th IranPlast

Today, on September 16th, the petrochemical director’s press conference was held on the occasion of IranPlast  which will kick-off on Sept. 22nd. The meeting attended by the NPC Director and the media representatives was organized at the conference hall of NPC headquarter. Behzad Mohammadi, the deputy of the Oil Minister in petrochemical affairs, spoke at […]

Chemical Recycling Is Possibly A Further Option For Circular Economy

Further to the interview series about Circular Economy now we are publishing another Interview with Sven Engelmann, the Head of Packaging Technology at ILLIG Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG. What does circular economy mean to ILLIG? Sven Engelmann: To us, circular economy is important because we can provide our customers with sustainable solutions, something our society is asking […]

2018 Sustainability Report Highlights Advances Towards

INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, published its fourth sustainability report today. The report, titled “Living Sustainability. Together”, provides a detailed overview of the company’s recent sustainability efforts. Achievements highlighted in the report include:  Proof-of-concept on chemical recycling developed with polystyrene produced from 100% recycled styrene monomer  Recipes for recycled ABS developed  Concept of […]

IQ Melt Assistance By ENGEL Will Further Expands Intelligence

ENGEL will be setting more smart-factory milestones at K 2019, from 16th to 23rd October. Designed to optimise the plasticising process, the intelligent assistance system iQ melt control will be celebrating its premiere at Düsseldorf in Germany. “in real-world situations, plasticising is often faster than what the cycle requires,” reports Günther Klammer, head of the […]

Surprising Week For The Polymer Prices In Iranian Market

This week’s price definition for the base prices of polymers for official deals at the stock exchange was a paradox. From one hand most polymers recorded decreasing prices, and from the other hand, after 7 weeks of US$ devaluation at the official rates for about 0.5% didn’t affect the predictions of the analysts and experts. […]

TOM® Pipes And ecoFITTOM® Oriented PVC (PVC-O) Fittings At Vichy

The CYCL’EAU Vichy event in collaboration with all public and private actors, collectives and industrialists, will provide concrete solutions to water management problems, in a context of concern for the regional and national territory. A second edition under the theme of Rain Water in which we have the pleasure of welcoming the Loire-Bretagne Water Agency, co-organizer of the conferences and […]

According To A New Study Ocean Garbage Patches Is Persistent

Plastics in the ocean garbage patches is persistent, according to new study nearly half the plastics in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is from the 1990s and older. Projections show the mass of ocean plastics could quadruple by mid-century, if not intervened. Even if plastic stops entering the ocean, microplastic contamination will double due to the fragmentation of legacy […]