Market News Nippon Oil sees May crude refining down 6 pct y/y April 23, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Nippon Oil Corp (5001.T) said on Friday it was likely to refine around 6 percent less crude oil in May than it did a year earlier, marking a seventh straight month of declines, reflecting slow domestic demand amid the recession. Nippon Oil, Japan’s biggest refiner, is likely to refine around 250,000 kilolitres less crude next […] Read more »
Market News Dow Europe announces price increases for PE resins April 23, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Dow Europe is announcing a price increase across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions for PE resins, based on the continued high raw materials costs that the company is experiencing and the need to restore its margins Effective May 1, 2009, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe will increase prices by 50 […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Mold-Masters launches online hot runner justification tool April 23, 2009 by plasticsinfomart For high volume molders, the decision to use a hot runner is an obvious one. The fact is with the high cost of plastic, energy and manpower, hot runners make sense even when small volumes of molded parts are required. Cold runners run slower cycles, consume more energy, use more resin, and use extra manpower […] Read more »
End Markets Processes Netstal demonstrates thin-walled production at Plastpol April 23, 2009 by plasticsinfomart The application from the thin-wall sector on an ELION 1200-530 enables Netstal, a Swiss injection molding machine maker, to demonstrate the high efficiency of this all-electric range of machines. Netstal will exhibit the technology at Plastpol, the plastics trade fair to be held in Kielce, Poland, from May 26 to 29. The molded article produced […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News High-performance materials offered by SABIC IP to replace metal components in boiler April 23, 2009 by plasticsinfomart To enhance the cost and environmental benefits of wall-hung condensing boilers for residential use, engineering thermoplastics supplier SABIC Innovative Plastics offers high-performance Noryl, Ultem and Cycoloy resins to replace traditional metals such as copper and brass used in boiler components, such as condenser housings and manifolds. These engineering thermoplastics, developed and tested at the company’s […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Expanded capacity for PE pipe grades April 23, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Increased capacity for HDPE grades for gas and drinking water pipe has been started up by Borealis at its Schwechat plant in Austria. It is intended primarily to enable short delivery times and reliability of supply to Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. Borealis says the need to invest further in infrastructure with more efficient pipe […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News More investment in rPET packaging April 23, 2009 by plasticsinfomart LinPac Packaging has spent another £3 million at its Featherstone plant in West Yorkshire on equipment for its Rfresh range of recycled PET food packaging trays. Last year the company invested the same amount in thermoforming and extrusion equipment to make Rfresh using a minimum of 50 per cent post-consumer recyclate. The new money doubles […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News High-Strength Carbon Fibre Reinforced… April 22, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Ever more stringent requirements placed on the static and dynamic load-bearing capacity of plastic components – including those used to substitute metals – are increasingly demanding the use of high-strength carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastics, based for example on PPA, PPS, PEEK as well as PEI, PES and PPSU. With these materials it is possible to […] Read more »