Material News Huntsman to introduce two new TPU grade for footwear applications April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Huntsman will take part in CHINAPLAS 2014 with two new thermoplastics polyurethane (TPU) grade for injection molding. The first new grade, AVALON 95 ABU, is a UV-protected, high performance, polyester-based TPU for injection molding, which offers exceptional long-term UV resistance that is significantly higher than current available offerings, strong abrasion resistance, a fast cycle time […] Read more »
Industry Bilingual Expert Forum to be held concurrently with parts2clean 2014 April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart An Expert Forum will be held in parallel with parts2clean 2014, an international trade fair for industrial parts and surface cleaning in Stuttgart, Germany from June 24-26, announced the show organizer, Deutsche Messe. “The Fraunhofer Cleaning Technology Alliance is responsible for technical coordination of the program, which covers various areas of cleaning technology,” reports Olaf […] Read more »
Material News RadiciGroup highlights its Radilon HHR line at CHINAPLAS 2014 April 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart RadiciGroup, represented by Radici Plastics (Suzhou) Co Ltd, will highlight its Radilon polyamide line with enhanced heat resistance at CHINAPLAS 2014. A press conference will be held on April 24. Erico Spini, Marketing and Application Development Director of the RadiciGroup Plastics Business Area, will give a presentation on “Polyamide specialities for the automotive and electrical […] Read more »
Industry The latest WITTMANN equipment at Plastpol 2014 April 18, 2014 / March 7, 2017 by plasticsinfomart From 27 to 30 May 2014, Dopak Sp.z.o.o., the WITTMANN Agent in Poland, will show the latest peripheral equipment to interested trade visitors in hall F, booth F2 at the Plastpol, the international plastics processing trade fair taking place in Kielce, Poland. The Polish market has become one of the most important markets in Europe. […] Read more »
Market News PP, PE markets firm up on limited supplies in Vietnam April 18, 2014 by plasticsinfomart In Vietnam, PP and PE markets firmed up this week as suppliers lifted their prices pointing to their limited stocks as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Another factor that contributed to the trend was the firming in China, where overall stock levels for those polymers gradually eased after standing at over 1 million tons […] Read more » LLDPE prices PE price PP price
Industry Fill advances profile technology and creates dedicated competence center April 18, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Growing market potential and increasing demand prompt Fill Machine Engineering to bundle expertise in the new “Profile Technology” competence center. The Upper Austrian machine-building experts from Fill have established a new business area – “profile technology”. Expertise and experience have now been bundled into the new Profile Technology Competence Center. Fill has already built systems […] Read more »
Category Menu Worldwide first study on the European market for bags and sacks now published by Ceresana April 17, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Plastics bags are increasingly attacked by environmental activists and legislators alike; yet at the same time consumption of plastic packaging rises. The market research institute Ceresana analyzed the European market for bags and sacks manufactured from plastics and paper. Analysts expect European demand for these products to increase to approx. 9.12 million tonnes until 2020. […] Read more »
Market News Import PVC demand returns after clarification of anti-dumping duties in India April 17, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Players in India report that buyers are returning to the market to secure import PVC cargoes from sellers exempted from the new anti-dumping duty schedule or assessed only modest additional taxes, as per ChemOrbis. This has pushed up import PVC prices to the country and encouraged sellers in other Asian markets to take a firmer […] Read more » PVC price
