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Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Ford Motor, Heinz and Nike will collaborate to develop 100 % bio-based PET
The five companies announced the formation of the Plant PET Technology Collaborative (PTC), a strategic working group focused on accelerating the development and use of 100% plant-based PET materials and fiber in their products. Plant PET can be produced ...
Brazilian Plastics News
Mitsui´s subsidiary Establishes New Company for Automotive Use Polypropylene (PP) Business in Brazil
Prime Polymer announced that it has acquired a 70% equity interest in Brazilian compound company Produmaster Indústria e Comércio Ltda. and established the new company based on Produmaster. Prime Polymer, a Mitsui´s subsidiary, seeks to become a world leader in the automotive use polypropylene (PP) business and strives to achieve early business expansion in various regions ...
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Braskem establishes partnership with german Tecnaro to supply ethanol-derived polyethylene to be used in its solutions
TECNARO GmbH will produce compounds using Braskem's Green PE, a biopolymer made from sugarcane ethanol, in its special series called ARBOBLEND, which is a biopolymer compound that can be processed, depending on the formula, by injection molding, extrusion (film) or thermoforming ...
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Interplast grows and consolidates itself as the plastics industry’s leading event in Latin America in 2012
Scheduled to occur from August 20 to 24, 2012, Interplast - National Trade Fair and Congress of Plastics Technology Integration – has already exceeded by 9.5% the commercialization of areas compared to the same period in 2010. In this year's edition, the big news is that the first EuroMold Brasil will be held simultaneously. ...
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BASF acquires Mazzaferro polyamide polymer business in Brazil
The transaction comprises the site and production facilities for the PA 6 product range, as well as engineering plastics compounds at São Bernardo do Campo in the metropolitan area of São Paulo. The polymerization plant has a capacity of roughly 20,000 metric tons per year. BASF is going to integrate the acquired business into its existing engineering plastics and polyamide polymer business ...
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Rhodia and Dytech develop engineering plastic product for the automotive and transportation sector made of renewable source
The two companies have developed an the product in Brazil from a polyamide 6.10 derived in part from castor oil, a renewable source. The semi-finished product can be used to make fuel pipes, brake lines, clutches and oil lines for light and heavy vehicles. The new product has already been approved by several clients of the two companies ...
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Partnership between Braskem and Plantic develops ultra high barrier packaging
The two companies signed an agreement for the use of "green" polyethylene in the manufacture of packaging belonging to the eco PlasticT product line. Made by Plantic, it is the first ultra-high barrier packaging made from renewable raw materials. The use of the plastic produced by Braskem will increase the renewable content of eco PlasticTM ...
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International Plastics News
SABIC launches new high clarity polypropylene grades
The two new grades are random copolymers, typically for injection moulding, which were specially designed with unique flow behavior, providing processors with the flexibility to produce parts faster and with lower energy consumption. SABIC states that all its PP Qrystal grades can be processed at much lower temperatures than many other commonly used ...
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Italian companies Sacmi and SIPA collaborate in S.U.P.E.R. PET preform and closure project
The collaboration combines SIPA’s substantial experience in the development of preforms, with that of Sacmi in caps and closures. Their combined development team incorporates a high level of technical competence in both fields. The fruit of this collaboration is a new solution – with the acronym S.U.P.E.R. – ...
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LANXESS builds new plant for polyamides in Belgium
The company is investing EUR 75 million in the construction of a new plant for high-tech plastics in Antwerp. The world-scale facility for polyamide plastics is designed for an annual capacity of 90,000 metric tons and scheduled to begin operation in the first quarter of 2014. The new polymerization plant is being built in the direct vicinity of the caprolactam facility operated by LANXESS in Antwerp. ...
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Solvay Provides Material Alternatives in Wake of Nylon 12 Resin Shortage
Solvay Specialty Polymers is providing alternative material options to automotive tier suppliers and OEMs in the wake of a recent shortage of nylon 12 resin. The company is offering to the market polyphthalamide (PPA) and polyarylamide (PARA) resins for key fuel line connectors and glycol connectors which were previously molded of nylon 12 resin ...
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New Clariant Liquid Color Technology Developed for Polyolefin Blow Molding
New liquid vehicle technology (LVT) developed by Clariant appears to eliminate many of the problems that have prevented wider use of liquid color and additive concentrates in extrusion blow molding of polyolefins (high- and low-density polyethylene and polypropylene). Initial testing in monolayer containers shows ...
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Number of foreign participants increases at Plast 2012, despite domestic economic stagnation
This year’s edition of PLAST exhibition, which took place in Milan from the 8th to the 12th of May, has reaffirmed the image of the sector outlined earlier in periodic statistical surveys: stagnation in the domestic market - penalized by the on-going recession - and partially compensated by export markets ..
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KraussMaffei presents new machine series
During a customer event KraussMaffei showed trade visitors its new progressive GX series. Presented for the first time, the GX series extends the product portfolio in the segment of hydro-mechanical dual platen machines in the medium clamping force range. During the world premiere in Münich, KraussMaffei provided a demonstration ...
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Long-term research project on safety of nanomaterials launched in Germany
The goal of the study is to allow thoroughly researched statements to be made regarding the long-term effects of various important nanomaterials. One special focus is on investigating effects in the low-exposure range which are of major significance for the workplace and the environment. Total project funding amounts to €5 million. ...
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