Polymer Basic Prices in Iranian Market in May Last Week

On Sunday, May 27th, 2018, the PDID Office of NPC announced the launch of new base prices for polymers and other petrochemical materials. This announcement happened whereas the same Office still has not provided a reasonable response to the last week’s  unjustified 3% increase in almost all polymer materials, that resulted in markets fluctuations and […]

The Shoes That Are Chellenging Famous Brands Sold 2m Pairs

Being comfortable and light weight is a must in the shoe industry nowadays. To be the number one in the huge market of the shoes for the youth some famous brands like Nike, Adidass, Pooma and some few others are now have to face a challenge created by the “Allbirds” crowdy store at the heart of New York city; US.

Basic Products and Intermediates from BASF presented at UTECH 2018

Polyurethane Systems, Basic Products and Intermediates from BASF presented at UTECH 2018 in Maastricht; With SLENTITE® into the future: first pilot applications implemented; Added value for the automobile: Engine covers made of PU systems for the highest demands; Increased sleeping comfort: PU spray gel for mattresses With numerous innovations and further developments in the field of polyurethanes, BASF is […]

Giant IT Technologies Buy Cities for Upgraded Services to Customers

According to the “WSJ” The world’s two most valuable technology companies—Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.—are shopping for cities in which to build new corporate campuses. But with one of them, you would hardly know it. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook this month met secretly with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to discuss possibly putting a […]

China's TK Mold Sees Auto Growth Amid US-China Trade War

Chinese mold maker TK Group (Holdings) Ltd. is laser-focused on North America, seeing both opportunities for new business and significant challenges from the threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China. The opportunities include growing demand for its molds from the auto industry in North America, prompting some new investment in mold testing […]

SPE Announced the 5th Annnnual Plastics for Life Winners

During the ANTEC® 2018 week @NPE2018 plastics technical conference in Orlando, FL, SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) honored plastics products that meet the ultimate test of value by making our lives better in some way. The annual ANTEC® is SPE’s largest event and the world’s leading plastics technical conference. A panel of judges selected the […]

Registration Ready for Pacprocess India, Indiapack and FoodPex India

Registration is now open for the Interpack alliance trade fairs Pacprocess India, foodPex India and Indiapack (organised by the Indian Institute of Packaging). All three trade fairs will be held at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) in Mumbai from 24 to 26 October, supplemented by a parallel event, drink technology India, held by […]

EUROMAP77: Data Exchange Between Injection Moulding Machines

The following article has been picked up from the latest newsletter of the AMAPLAST (No. 376): Euromap 77 is the first OPC UA based interface for plastics and rubber machinery. It will be used for the connection of injection moulding machines to central computers/MES. Euromap 77 has been released on May 4, 2018 and during […]

Wrong Expectations By All the Way Polymers' Price Rise

On Sunday May 20th, the base prices of petrochemical products, including polymers and chemical products, were announced for the 4th week of May (The 1st week of the 4th Iranian month) and, despite most experts’ predicting that polymeric base prices would generally be stable, this did not happen, and most of the grades were priced […]