Category Menu Product News US hygiene products company develops bottles made from ocean plastic waste September 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Adam Lowry, co-founder of US-based hygiene products company Method Products Inc, revealed in his blog on www.treehugger.com that his company has, in partnership with Envision Plastics, made prototype bottles out from post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR) collected in the ocean. As said, the bottles are made of post-consumer HDPE, 25% of which was plastics collected from […] Read more »
End Markets Processes BASF introduces new lower cost UV stabilizer for greenhouse films September 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart According to its press release on September 20, BASF has added the latest Tinuvin XT 200 to the company’s stabilizer additive range for UV protection. BASF said that the new light stabilizer offers at least 24 months of service life in greenhouse application, which, shorter than the life span of three to four years offered […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News PTi's "dryer-less" extrusion system available for customer testing in US September 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Processing Technologies International (PTi), a manufacturer of sheet extrusion machinery based in the US, has completed the installation of its “dryer-less” twin-screw sheet extrusion production system at its headquarters in Aurora, the company announced on September 17. A demonstration system was on display during a plant tour in conjunction with the recently concluded 20th annual […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News PTi’s “dryer-less” extrusion system available for customer testing in US September 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Processing Technologies International (PTi), a manufacturer of sheet extrusion machinery based in the US, has completed the installation of its “dryer-less” twin-screw sheet extrusion production system at its headquarters in Aurora, the company announced on September 17. A demonstration system was on display during a plant tour in conjunction with the recently concluded 20th annual […] Read more »
Market News Oil drops as US, Europe clash over debt crisis September 17, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Oil prices dropped Friday as the U.S. and Europe clashed over how to handle the debt crisis in Greece. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude gave up $1.44, about 1.6 percent, to end the day at $87.96 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, which is used to price many varieties of foreign oil, lost 8 […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Wide-open spaces: Parking spots morph into works of art September 17, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The borough was down three parking spaces Friday, but up three parklets. The occasion was PARK(ing) Day, an annual event when groups around the world convert parking spots into green space. Landscape architecture students at Penn State were among those who took up the challenge this year, planting their projects on Allen Street, West College […] Read more »
End Markets Processes Plastic Bag Bans Boost Sales of Reusable Promo Bags September 17, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Companies sink $1.7 billion into logoed totes TREVOSE, Pa., Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The growing worldwide trend toward plastic bag bans is helping push sales of promotional bags into the billions, according to the Advertising Specialty Institute. The bags are used to promote everything from local charities to major corporations. Bags accounted for 9.7% […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Price of PET plastic bottles up 15% September 17, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The price of Polyethlene Terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles went up by some 15 per cent in the past year. That is because the price of PET resin, an ingredient used to manufacture the bottles, has also gone up 60 per cent in the same period. PET is used as a raw material in the packaging […] Read more »