Hoping For The Best Or Preparing For The Worst Regarding EU Plastics Industry

The following article received today from the K press office of Messe Dusseldorf is an analysis of the situation of the European plastics industry and how K 2019 can pave the way for these industries in order to have more hopes rather than be prepared for the worst. The article is too long for this […]
Foam Expo Europe Will Host BASF For The First Time

BASF will participate at Foam Expo Europe for the first time and will showcase a wide range of polyurethane systems and specialty foams for household, sports, automotive, aviation and construction. For the first time BASF is presenting a broad foam portfolio at the Foam Expo Europe, which takes place from 10 to 12 September in […]
Downturn Trend Of PET Price Continues For The 5th Week

Falling just below 1% in mid-week’s for the weekly average of he official US$ value, along with lower world prices of polymer materials, turned into two major leverages and lowered the prices of petrochemicals on the new prices announced by PDID on Sun. Aug. 18th, 2019. For last week’s analysis and prices click pimi.ir.IR 11.08.2019. […]
Where Can Device Packaging Professionals Get The Info To Meet The UDI regulations?

The following article is a selected part of a very interesting guideline from “Sterilization Countdown” website. To respect the copyright of this media we have selected part of it and for the full article you can “Click Here“ By Dirk Rodgers, Founder of RxTrace.com on Jul 15, 2019 Healthcare Packaging’s UDI Resource Guide The 2019 UDI […]
Why At The Peak of PET Bottle Consumption The Market Is So Calm?

Based on PIMI new policy for Iranian polymer market analysis, today Sat. Aug. 17th we have looked at the calm situation of the PET market and why half of the supplied materials are not sold at the peak of consumption of the bottled water. Then we have published the comparison table of the price of […]
Aimplas project to probe wastewater treatment technology in Valencia

According to a news published by today’s “Industry News” section of the “K Potal“; The Spanish plastics technology centre Aimplas (Valencia) has launched its Microplast project, which will focus on developing a standardised methodology to detect, quantify and remove microplastics at waste water treatment plants. The centre plans to test two new treatment technologies that […]
US Plastics Machinery Shipments Improved in the 2nd Quarter

WASHINGTON, DC—August 16, 2019—The shipments value of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) shipments in North America increased in the second quarter according to the statistics compiled and reported by the Plastics Industry Association’s (PLASTICS) Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). Following a 27.6% decrease in the first quarter, plastics machinery shipments increased 8.2% in the second quarter. However, shipments […]
Kohlberg Has Completed The Acquisition of Bemis Healthcare Packaging Europe

Following its acquisition by investment firm Kohlberg & Company (Mount Kisco, New York / USA), Bemis three European flexible pharmaceutical packaging plants in Clara / Ireland, Derry / UK and Elsham / UK will be sold to Nelipak (Cranston, Rhode Island / USA), a manufacturer of rigid medical and pharmaceutical packaging that Kohlberg also recently […]
MP Says No More Red Carpet For European Car Makers

According to “Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture” (TCCIMA) Iranian parliamentarians have harshly criticized foreign automotive companies over their “lack of commitment” and for terminating their operations in Iran in the face of US sanctions. Right-leaning MP Vali Maleki, who believes that the US embargo will be lifted sooner or later, says, “We should […]