Market News OPEC daily basket price stood at $109.55 a barrel Tuesday, 8 March 2011 March 9, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The price of OPEC basket of twelve crudes stood at 109.55 dollars a barrel on Tuesday, compared with $112.03 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. (View Archives). The new OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News ACC Reports Sharp Increase in Plastic Bag Recycling Levels March 7, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The recycling rate for post-consumer plastic bags and wraps has increased by 30 percent from 2005 to 2009, according to a report by Moore Recycling Associates, Sonoma, Calif., on behalf of the Washington, D.C.-based American Chemistry Council (ACC). The report notes that total plastic film, the category under which plastic bags and wraps fall, reached […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Injection-Molding Liquid-Crystal Polymers March 5, 2011 by plasticsinfomart These engineering plastics work well in molding micro and thin-walled components. With the miniaturization of many products, manufacturers are streamlining devices to pack more features into smaller packages. For instance, the pitch (spacing) between contacts in electrical connectors is narrower than ever before — as small as 0.2 mm compared to older-style power connectors with […] Read more »
Reliance PE Prices PolyEthylene ( PE ) Price List w.e.f. of Reliance 01st May 2011 March 1, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Reliance-Industries-Limited Click Here For 01st_May_Relience_PE_Price_2011 Read more »
Reliance PVC Prices Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) Price List w.e.f. of Reliance 01st Apr 2011 March 1, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Reliance-Industries-Limited Click Here For 01st_Apr_Reliance_PVC_Price_2011 Read more »
Environment Recycling News Closed Loop Expanding Operations February 25, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Closed Loop Recycling, which says it is the first company in the world to recycle both PET and HDPE plastic bottles into food-grade material for new food and drink packaging, has announced plans to expand the company’s Dagenham, U.K., plant to 60,000 metric tons per year. In a release, the company says that when the […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Boston Matthews develops medium speed squeeze tube extrusion lines February 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart UK extruder manufacturer Boston Matthews, which will be exhibiting at CHINAPLAS 2011, recently announced the successful launch of the new range of Medium Speed “Squeeze Tube” Extrusion Lines. The Medium Speed Lines, developed by Boston Matthews through a close association with a large number of squeeze tube manufacturers from around the world since the introduction […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News ACC Reports Jump in Recycling of Non-Bottle Rigid Plastics February 18, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The American Chemistry Council has released a report highlighting the sharp increase in the collection and recycling of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastics in the United States. The report, prepared by Moore Recycling Associates Inc., found that in 2009, nearly 480 million pounds of post-consumer rigid plastics were collected for recycling nationwide, an increase of nearly […] Read more »
