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SABIC and ExxonMobil to Proceed with Specialty Elastomers Project in Saudi Arabia
The facility, which will be integrated with the existing Jubail complex and is expected to be completed in 2015, will have the capacity to produce up to 400,000 tonnes per year of rubber -- including halobutyl, styrene butadiene, polybutadiene, and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubbers -- thermoplastic specialty polymers, and carbon black ...
Brazilian Plastics News
Lindal Group to boost Brazil production capacity
The company will expand the size of its Sao Paulo, Brazil-based facility in response to continued growth in the regional consumer product market as well as to acceleration in demand for the company’s innovative aerosol dispensing solutions. The new location will add manufacturing capacity for aerosol valves, house all molding and assembly operations, and provide office space for the entire staff ...
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Myers Industries to Acquire Brazilian Material Handling Business Plasticos Novel
Specializing in injection molded material handling products, Novel is a leader in reusable plastic containers for markets ranging from food and beverage to agriculture. Its industrial safety and traffic products range from safety helmets and ear protection to signs and flooring. It has two manufacturing facilities located in the Brazilian states of Bahia ...
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New Braskem´s butadiene plant starts operations
The new plant, which has a production capacity of 103 kton/year, starts its operations 14 months after the construction began. The plant's construction generated 1,800 jobs. Total investment in the project was R$300 mi. The unit is already operating at full production capacity and the product is already within specifications ...
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Interplast attracts international exhibitors and visitors and showcases new technologies
Scheduled to take place from August 20th to 24th, 2012, the 7th edition of Interplast - National Trade Fair and Congress of Plastic Technology Integration will be held in the Expoville pavillions in Joinville/SC. Simultaneously held with Interplast, the first edition of EuroMold Brasil as well as CINTEC 2012 - Congress ...
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Poll results show strong growth in PET recycling in Brazil
The total recycled volume in 2011 corresponds to an increase of 4.25% when compared to 282 thousand tons recycled in 2010. This increase is more than double the growth in production of new packaging which corresponded to 2% in 2011. Today, with revenues of R$ 1.2 billion, recycling accounts for more than one third of all revenues of the PET ...
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BNDES approves funding for Braskem Idesa project in Mexico
The loan will allow the joint venture to build and operate the petrochemical complex which will have a capacity of 1 million tons of polyethylene and comprise an ethane cracker and three polymerizations plants (two high density polyethylene and one low density polyethylene). It is expected to generate over 9,000 jobs during its peak construction phases in the years 2013 and 2014. Once operations begin in 2015 ...
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International Plastics News
Novel injection moulding process from Mecaplast could cut car part weights in half
The process relies on a combination of moving mould cores, a chemical blowing agent, and lightweight reinforcing fillers combined with the use of Polypropylene. The material is injected into a mould with moving walls that are initially in the forward position. Once all the material has been injected, and the skins of the part have solidified, the walls retract. ...
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Plastic air and oil module for trucks made from BASF´s polyamides
The lightweighting trend has also taken hold in the truck sector. As in the automobile sector, the objective is to replace heavy metal parts with lightweight plastic components that provide equivalent performance. Compared to its aluminum predecessor, the charge-air duct made from polyamide is 50 %, lighter ...
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Rhodia offers a complete range of polyamides for Turbo technology operating above 200°C
To meet the increasing demand for turbo technology solutions, Rhodia has developed a complete heat performance range of polyamide 6.6 grades for injection and blow-molding. Following on from diesel engines, turbocharging is now considered in Europe a critical technology for powertrain development for today’s downsized petrol engines where performance and power output must be guaranteed ...
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Marked increase in demand for exhibition space at K 2013 in Duesseldorf
Some 3,000 exhibiting companies will be participating in K 2013 from 16 to 23 October and presenting their offers. Suppliers from Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and the USA will again be particularly strongly represented, while the number of Asian manufacturers from China, Taiwan and India has again risen ...
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PolyOne Corporation to Expand via ColorMatrix in Africa
ColorMatrix has announced plans to open a new facility in Africa to be located in the Montague Gardens industrial precinct in Cape Town, South Africa, which is expected to open in August 2012 and support customers throughout Africa. Services will include sales, technical support and an on-site color laboratory for rapid color development, with immediate focus on customers who manufacture PET containers ...
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Arkema invests over €70M in Fluoropolymers in France
The capital expenditure plan will help increase by 50% PVDF production capacity in Pierre-Bénite by 2014. It also entails technological advances such as the implementation of an innovative high purity process. Arkema today stands as the leader in the global PVDF market with an industrial presence in three major regions of the world ..
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Polymer Industries Adds Davis-Standard Sheet System
The Davis-Standard system, installed at the Alabama facility, is being used to process HMWHDPE sheet at rates of 635 kg per hour for making commercial dump truck liners. The HMW provides higher impact strength to make this product stronger and more wear resistant. The newly installed system features a 200mm air-cooled extruder ...
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SABIC Presents First Polycarbonate Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Panels for Roofing and Glazing Applications
Created through a collaboration between SABIC and Solbian Energie Alternative, an innovative flexible photovoltaic (PV) production company, BIPV panels combine tough, lightweight, transparent PC sheet with flexible PV laminated crystalline cells from Solbian and are available in a broad range of structures, configurations and colors ...
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