PIMI Portal Will Host its Users at Plast Eurasia Istanbul: Counting 3 days more, the doors of the 25th edition of "Plast Eurasia" would be opened to thousands of interested...
SWISS PLASTICS: Plastics Trade Fair in Lucerne at the End of January 2017 / New concept The fifth "Swiss Plastics Expo" (www.swissplastics-expo.ch) is being held in Lucerne / Switzerland from...
EVONIK: Capacity Expansion for Medical Bioplastics / Investment in USA and Germany German speciality chemicals producer Evonik (Essen; www.evonik.com) is adding capacity in the US and Germany for its biodegradable...
11th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin attracts 300 experts from around the world François de Bie, Chairman of European Bioplastics, welcoming around 300 participants to the...
BIOPOLYMERS: Aimplas collaboration with Ainia on Sostpack research project / Aim to improve properties for use in food packaging Spanish plastics technology centre Aimplas (Valencia; www.aimplas.net) and technology and innovation...
BOREALIS: Monomaterial PE solution to recyclable flexible packaging / High stiffness, toughness and abuse resistance The "Full PE" laminate packaging offers a second life to PE-based...
US Trade Groups SPI and SPE Invite OEMs and Brand Owners to the Table Two US plastics trade associations, Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI, Washington DC; www.plasticsindustry.org) and the...
Borealis has posted a net profit of €304 million in the third quarter of 2016 compared to €257m in the same period in 2015. The results were buoyed by the...
At K 2016, ProTec Polymer Processing presented itself as competent one-stop shop of customized long fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFT)-pultrusion Lines, covering the full gamut from planning via construction to commissioning....
Trustworthy Film Solutions for Security Documents Trustech is the new international trade fair for card manufacturers which is taking place for the first time from 29 November (Today) to 1...
New classes of polymers don’t come along very often, so it was kind of a big deal when Ludwik Leibler and his team at the Laboratoire Matière Molle et Chimie...
SHOWA DENKO: Biopolyester Production Ceased Amid Declining Market Prices It looks as though the expectations Showa Denko (SDK, Tokyo / Japan; www.skd.co.jp) initially had for its polybutylene succinate (PBS) polymers...
Corbion: Joint Venture in Bioplastics with Total Total and Corbion are joining forces to develop bioplastics by creating a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market polylactic (PLA) polymers. The...
BASF: MDI capacity to be doubled at Geismar BASF (Ludwigshafen / Germany; www.basf.com) is to incrementally increase capacity at its MDI production facilities at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana...
Sabic: New PP Pilot Plant on-stream by the End of March 2017 Sabic will have a new pilot plant for development of next-generation P on-stream in Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands, by the...
PLASTICS AND CLIMATE: New EnCO2re partnership to promote commercialisation of CO2 conversion / Industrial and academic teams / Climate-KIC and Covestro at the Forefront The aim...
DUO PLAST: Introducing "Duo Protect PE Protection Film for Sensitive Surfaces The new Duo Protect is adhesive-free but adheres to smooth and coated surfaces (Photo: Duo...
PACKAGING RESEARCH: No adverse impact from using rPET in hot-fill bottles / Performance acceptable but yellowing at high recyclate levels affects aesthetics / PTI study Using recycled PET (rPET) in...