Americas Styrenics LLC Begins Operations
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
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Americas Styrenics LLC (Americas Styrenics), the joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, announced today it began operations on May 1, 2008. The new company has the largest polystyrene capacity in the Western Hemisphere. “Americas Styrenics is positioned as a market leader from day one, and as such, we intend to uphold the manufacturing standards and valued customer reputations of our parent companies, while |
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Distrupol appointed sole
Monday, May 05, 2008
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Distrupol has been appointed the sole distributor for the injection moulding and extrusion grades of INEOS Polyolefins’ high density polyethylene (HDPE) in the United Kingdom. HDPE is used in a wide range of technical, automotive, and houseware articles, and is noted for its surface finish, ease of processing and cross-grade FDA approval. Prior to this new agreement, Distrupol already held sole distributorship rights for INEOS HDPE in Ireland.
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British Polythene Industries (BPI) takes
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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The impact of continually rising input costs has led British Polythene Industries (BPI) to review its pricing structure with effect from 1st May 2008.The Group has seen costs increasing across a broad range of products and services it uses including energy, transport, packaging, masterbatches, additives, inks and printing materials and now sees no alternative but to increase it’s own sales price levels by up to £80 per tonne.
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BRASKEM inagurates new unit fir the production of 350
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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Braskem inaugurates its industrial polypropylene unit in Paulínia, in the state of São Paulo, adding 350 thousand tons per year to its resin production capacity, which is undergoing one of the highest growth rates in consumption. The inauguration event shall have the presence of President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who in February 2007 had already participated in the launching of the unit’s corner stone.
"The project was concluded in record time and a very |
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Solvay Advanced Polymers
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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Solvay Advanced Polymers, makers of more plastics with more performance, announced today that it has commissioned its new
commercial PEEK (polyetheretherketone) facility at its site in Panoli, India. The new facility is now in its start-up phase and is running initial commercial production. The plant is capable of producing 500 metric tons annually, and is scalable in design to double capacity to meet demand for Solvay Advanced Polymers’ KetaSpire® |
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| Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company Millad® NX8000 Opens Up |
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| Has developed a high clarity packaging solution that will bring the cost and performance advantages of polypropylene (PP) and other propylene based polymers to more markets and applications than ever before. Millad® NX8000, Milliken’s latest clarifier innovation, provides 50% better clarity to PP than the current industry standard, providing designers and specifiers with a cost-effective new material for pack upgrades, re-designs or to meet environmental packaging considerations.
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| Mitsui Chemicals to expand polypropylene capacity in North America, |
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| Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., ("MCI") and Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. have decided to expand annual polypropylene compound production capacity in North America, Thailand and China by 24%, for a combined annual total of 73,000 tons. This move is being taken to ensure MCI can respond to growing demand for polypropylene-based automotive materials in North America and Asian regions. |
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| Milk Link’s new sliced packaging format amongst the best packaging initiatives |
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| Milk Link, one of the UK’s leading dairy products businesses, asked Amcor to become its partner for developing a more environmentally friendly packaging solution for its sliced cheese products; the objective of which was to reduce waste to landfill, enable recycling and use materials recycled from post consumer waste. “Together with the team at Amcor, we developed a fit-for-use ‘Responsible Packaging’ |
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| Bayer MaterialScience and Baulé |
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| Bayer MaterialScience AG and Michel Baulé SA have signed an agreement to merge their respective cast elastomers businesses into a joint venture named Baulé SAS, in which each company will hold a 50 percent interest. It will be headquartered in Romans, France. Deliveries and technical support for customers all over the world will be ensured by the |
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| Ticona China investments support strategy to |
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| Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, announced the successful start up in March of the Celstran long fiber reinforced thermoplastic (LFRT) manufacturing unit, which is part of the Celanese complex in Nanjing, China. Seven operating units are projected to be online by mid-2009. “Product sampling started at the beginning of 2008 and Ticona shipped its first product to customers in March,” said Wilfried Jobst, commercial director Asia for Ticona, |
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| SABIC Innovative Plastics will also expand its China Technology Center |
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| China’s thriving economy is driving demand across multiple industries for fast access to high-performance plastics and value-added development services. At Chinaplas 2008, Stand #W2G31, SABIC Innovative Plastics is announcing a multi-pronged strategy to meet these customer needs through expansion of local expertise and product fulfillment. The company is adding significant production capability to its plant in Pudong, Shanghai: a new facility housing four extrusion lines |
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