Category Menu Product News Wacker reveals new silicone encapsulant for solar industry August 12, 2011 by plasticsinfomart German chemical company Wacker AG announced on August 10 its new transparent, pourable, non-corrosive silicone encapsulant, Elastosil Solar 2200, suitable for the solar industry. Elastosil Solar 2200 is a two-component liquid silicone rubber which vulcanizes to form a transparent silicone elastomer. The silicone contains adhesion-promoting additives that ensure bonding to all substrates typically used in […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News ECO Plastics Urges U.K. Agency to Boost Plastic Quality Levels August 11, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Company says reduction in quality of collected materials lowers sales value and could drive up landfill costs. ECO Plastics, a plastic bottle recycling firm located in Hemswell, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, says it has found that the deteriorating quality of plastics collected for recycling in the United Kingdom is costing local authorities £10 million ($16.3 million) […] Read more »
End Markets Processes Sonoco Plastics to Develop New Rigid Plastic Container Plant in Ohio August 11, 2011 by plasticsinfomart one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, will be developing a new rigid plastic container operation in the new Beauty and Home Care campus in New Albany, Ohio. The new plant is expected to be operational by the end of the second quarter of 2012. According to Rodger Fuller, vice president of Rigid Paper […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Automation solution for direct extrusion lines August 11, 2011 by plasticsinfomart An order from a Turkish processor of thermoformable PET sheet prompted automation specialist BSG to add an additional software module for direct extrusion lines to its portfolio. The newly developed software is now commercially available and can be used for all types of equipment lines in the direct extrusion procedure. The order from the unidentified […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Uson provides two new leak detection equipment matching services August 11, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Uson, a leak detection technology supplier based in the US, has developed two new leak detection equipment matching services suited for testing plastic medical and biotech products, plastic bottles, plastic packaging and other plastics industry applications. The two no-cost services are the Leak Detector Express Proposal service assuring a 48-hour return on Requests for Proposals […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Indian city Kolkata to ban plastic cups, plates and plastic packages of pan masala August 11, 2011 by plasticsinfomart According to a news report on www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com, Kolkata in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal will ban all plastic cups and plates along with plastic packages of gutkha and pan masala from September 9 onwards. The report said that State Environment Department Minister Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Plastic shopping bags endanger our planet’s future August 11, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Six years ago I was invited to attend an international environmental conference in Anchorage — I was not an environmental activist and knew almost nothing about the state of the world’s oceans. Scientists there discussed acidification — oceans absorbing millions of tons of carbon dioxide that, when mixed with water becomes carbonic acid that destroys […] Read more »
Market News Plunging oil, economic outlook cause jitters among polymer players August 11, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Crude oil has been on a freefall for the past few days following the US credit rating cut, which came last weekend for the first time in history , as per the plastics pricing service ChemOrbis. Stock and energy markets have reacted to this news with serious losses across the world this week amidst speculations […] Read more »