Category Menu Machinery News Macro secures 3 cline film lines orders from Middle East buyers June 26, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Marco, a Canadian supplier of extrusion and coextrusion systems for barrier and specialty films and sheet, including equipment for custom coating, winding, and web handling applications, announced yesterday (June 25) in NPE, the triennial plastics trade fair held in Chicago this week, that it has sold three PVC cling film lines to an unnamed processor […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News BUSS auf der NPE in Chicago / quantec(R) – rigid PVC compounds with up to 100 phr fillers June 26, 2009 by plasticsinfomart (Switzerland), June 2009. – Swiss manufacturer Buss AG, Pratteln, has set yet another benchmark with its 4-flight quantec® Kneader. Among other advances,rigid PVC compounding with up to 100 phr fillers is now possible on this machine.The key engineering and technological innovations are: Process zone extension to 15 L/D (screw length/diameter), Addition of a downstream vertical […] Read more »
Market News Oil surges on Nigeria attack, U.S. refinery problem June 26, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Oil prices rose sharply to above $70 a barrel on Thursday on renewed rebel attacks against oil facilities in Nigeria and worries that a glitch at the largest U.S. oil refinery could tighten gasoline stockpiles this summer driving season. Crude also got a lift from a rally on Wall Street fueled by optimism the economic […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Rapid acquires Avian Machinery June 26, 2009 by plasticsinfomart The Svedish company will relocate their operations in China to Avian’s facility located in Shanghai. Avian Machinery is Asia’s second largest manufacturer of granulator machinery, with a comprehensive network across the region and a leading market position in China. The company manufactures and sells a broad range of equipment, from heavy to small-sized granulators, as […] Read more »
Market News Low density polymer trades lower on reduced offtake June 26, 2009 by plasticsinfomart June 25 Low density polymer prices traded marginally lower by 50 paise per kg on the the local plastic market in the national capital today owing to sluggish demand from plastic bag makers and plastic moulding units. Marketmen said reduced offtake from plastic bag makers and plastic moulding units mainly helped low density polymer prices […] Read more »
Market News US PVC export values make sizeable gains on tight supply June 25, 2009 by plasticsinfomart PVC export prices out of the US Gulf have made sizeable gains this week as the market remained tight in the US and across the globe, sources said. Participants talked July offers out of the US this week at $800/mt FOB USG and some speculated that deals could get done higher. “I think $830/mt could […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News KraussMaffei production cell with AX on tour June 25, 2009 by plasticsinfomart KraussMaffei, a global plastics machinery supplier, is taking one of its AX production cells on tour in Germany and six other European countries, including the UK, Spain and Turkey. Between late June and mid-November 2009 live demonstrations will showcase a complete injection molding solution and its capacity to sharply reduce unit manufacturing cost. The compact […] Read more »
Market News Dow announces epoxy products price increases in Asia Pacific June 25, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Dow Epoxy, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company and its affiliates, will increase prices for its epoxy resins in Asia Pacific. Effective July 1, 2009, Dow Epoxy will increase the prices for its liquid, liquid blend, solid, solid solution, brominated epoxy resin and epoxy novolac resin products by US$100/MT. This increase will be […] Read more »