Braskem files antidumping complaint over polypropylene imports from India, South Korea and South Africa The company claims that PP imports from those countries have increased 582% over the past five years, from 19,600 tonnes between April 2007 and March 2008 to 133,900 tons between April 2011 and March 2012 ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bayer´s polycarbonate sheet covers World Soccer Cup 2014 stadium in Brasilia About 110 tonnes of polycarbonate with 12 mm thick sheets, each more than 10 metres long, are being manufactured for the inner roof ring of the double-leafed suspended roof ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brazilian consortium develops natural gas-heated thermoforming process Up to 30% of the heating may be accomplished with a radiant panel powered by natural gas - which provides big economic advantages for industries ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Messe Brasil launches Interplast 2014 Plastics Exhibition The organizers expects to surpass the 550 exhibitors from the previous edition, encompassing solutions and technologies in the segments of machinery and equipment, processors...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LANXESS switches brazilian SBR production to meet demand for green tires´ raw material The company has decided to convert production of emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (E-SBR) used in standard tires to solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) used in high-performance “Green Tires” ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Arburg demonstrates production efficiency at Feiplastic 2013 Arburg will present two machines – a hybrid Allrounder Hidrive H and an electric Allrounder Edrive which satisfy the requirements of the Brazilian and South American market ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Romi opens its doors in Britain to display its latest new range of machines Romi, through its Sandretto brand, opened its doors at Rugby facility, in UK, and showed its expertise on the development and manufacturing of high quality injection moulding machines ...
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L'Occitane en Provence launches product line using Braskem's green plastic The Bonne Mère line of daily-use body products launched by the famous French brand will reach stores in February with their packaging made from sugarcane ethanol. The new line is already being sold in France ...
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Dow Divests Non-Core Businesses while Progresses its U.S. Gulf Coast Investments Dow is targeting an increased divestiture list of nearly $1.5 billion over the next 18 months. Further, the Company has identified two units that will be actively marketed for divestment: Dow’s PP Licensing and Catalysts business unit and its Plastics Additives business unit ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SABIC’s Flame-retardant PPE-PS Blend Helps Nissan Cut Weight and Enhance Battery Performance of 2013 LEAF Electric Vehicle Nissan used the resin to manufacture the terminal cover and spacer of the battery system on the automaker’s new 2013 LEAF®, the top selling EV in the world ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BASF expands portfolio of polyamide resins for Water-Injection Technology Hollow plastic parts that require a very good inner surface, can be produced by water injection technology. BASF offers a new resin with hydrolysis resistance as well as a new 35% fiber-reinforced grade ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MedShape's Novel Orthopedic Implants Are Made of Solvay’s PEEK resin MedShape has developed a proprietary shape memory PEEK which allows devices to enter the target surgical site in a compact geometry and then be triggered to deploy with minimal mechanical force ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PolyOne Reaches Agreement to Sell its PVC Resin Assets to MexiChemPolyOne will sell Specialty PVC Resins - its vinyl dispersion, blending and suspension resin assets - to Mexichem for $250 million in cash. The business includes two production facilities and a R&D center ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Export drives improvements for the Italian industry of plastics and rubber processing equipment Production output was driven by exports with an upward trend that enabled Italian equipment manufacturers offset extremely weak domestic demand ...
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Maguire introduces new vaccum resin dryer based on gravity flow The dryer adds a simple concept: the use of gravity to move material through vertically arranged stages of the drying process, with the discharge of material from one stage to the next controlled by slide-gate valves. This eliminates moving parts ...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Recycler uses Kreyenborg´s V-Type screen changer without interruption for more than three years The plant processes film remnants from PS and PP with high level of contamination. There are no signs of fatigue after more than 51,000 backflush cycles. ....
Up to 30% of the heating may be accomplished with a radiant panel powered by natural gas - which provides big economic advantages for industries ...
Arburg will present two machines – a hybrid Allrounder Hidrive H and an electric Allrounder Edrive which satisfy the requirements of the Brazilian and South American market 
Nissan used the resin to manufacture the terminal cover and spacer of the battery system on the automaker’s new 2013 LEAF®, the top selling EV in the world ...
Hollow plastic parts that require a very good inner surface, can be produced by water injection technology. BASF offers a new resin with hydrolysis resistance as well as a new 35% fiber-reinforced grade ...
The dryer adds a simple concept: the use of gravity to move material through vertically arranged stages of the drying process, with the discharge of material from one stage to the next controlled by slide-gate valves. This eliminates moving parts ...