BASF’s Global Pigments Business Will Be Acquired By DIC Corp.
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – August 29, 2019 – DIC Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BASF’s global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE). The acquisition will broaden DIC’s portfolio as a global manufacturer of pigments, including those for electronic displays, cosmetics, coatings, plastics, inks and specialty applications, by creating a […]
Energy Efficient Development of the ERD Dryer for the Sustainable CARD Series
For most companies until the beginning of the 1990s, resin drying carried out with adsorption driers to dehumidify plastic material was still the tool of choice. However, this procedure came along, among other things, with high acquisition, maintenance and energy costs. Moreover, over time the result suffered from the continuously decreasing performance of the integrated […]
Iranian Down Stream Industries May Be Entitled To Credit Lines For Materials
A meeting of consumers and converters of plastics goods was held in Jam Petrochemicals Company headquarter aiming to boost the domestic market and solve some of the bottlenecks in the complementary industries. Jam Petrochemical is one of the largest producers of polymers in Iran and it is very important for its customers to be able […]
A Wide Application Range Expected For Recycled Material By iQ Weight Control
At K 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany, between October 16th and 23rd, for the first time anywhere in the world, ENGEL is exhibiting its iQ weight control intelligent assistance system for injection moulding processes with a recycled material application, making the great potential inject 4.0 offers for the circular economy a reality. iQ weight control individually […]
How British Plastics Businesses React To Yellowhammer Report?
The UK government has sought to distance itself from a report its own ministers drew up which spells out the drastic consequences of a no-deal Brexit. The document, entitled the Yellowhammer report, was leaked to the Sunday Times and set out the likely impact of the UK leaving the EU at the end of October […]
The Increasing Of Trading Volumes Could Be Optimistic
Yesterday the base prices of the polymer materials for sales at stock exchange were declined and this was parallel with global price decreasing and the official US$ value in Iran. This price decline happened in a condition that the prices at the free market were already on a decreasing track. Some analysts believe that the […]
PAGEV Invitation For 6th International Packaging Congress
PAGEV, the Turkish Plastics Industry Foundation, has sent a circulate to its international trade partners. The aim is to invite interested companies and individual to the 6th international packaging congress. PIMI prefers to publish the same invitation as follow. On behalf of the PAGEV-Turkish Plastics Industry Foundation, we would like to cordially invite you to the 6th PAGEV […]
Sharp Decline in US$ Value Kept Downward Trend For Polymer Prices
As expected yesterday, the prices announced by PDID Office on today Aug. 25th, 2019, were in declining trend. This was due to a sharp decline in the average official value of US$ and a declining trend in the average price of polymers in the world markets. This week’s sharp fallen in base prices have been […]
Colour Match Service For Recyclate By A Masterbatch Producer
Mastebratch manufacturer Silvergate Plastics (Wrexham / UK) has launched a batch-to-batch colour match service for customers using recycled polymers and claims it overcomes any variation in the base colour of the recycled feedstock. In an effort to stem the flow of waste material going to landfill, the UK government last year announced it would be […]
