Market News Malaysian rubber production and export down in Feb April 22, 2009 by plasticsinfomart The rubber production in Malaysia has been strongly affected by the ongoing economic slowdown. According to news from infotainment web portal Sina.com, lesser demand on rubber has led to decrease in production, export and import. Department of Statistics Malaysia announced last Friday (Apr 17) that the country’s natural rubber reserve dropped to 161,691 tons in […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Research planned into recycling PP for food packaging April 22, 2009 by plasticsinfomart A development project to recycle polypropylene as food grade packaging has been started by the government-funded recycling agency WRAP. Polypropylene makes up a significant proportion of plastics packaging in the household bin but as yet is only recycled into non-food contact packaging. WRAP has commissioned Axion Consulting, Greenstar WES, Fraunhofer IVV and Pira Consulting, […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Plastic Bag Manufacturers Set Aggressive Recycled Content Goal April 21, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Today the Progressive Bag Affiliates of the American Chemistry Council announced a landmark effort to dramatically increase recycling of plastic bags. The move was applauded by Walgreen Co., the nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, and numerous retailers and retail associations. The Full Circle Recycling Initiative sets an aggressive goal of 40 percent recycled content in all […] Read more »
Market News Polymers remains quiet in narrow movements April 21, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Wholesale prices of polymers today generally remained unchanged on local plastic market in the national capital in scattered buying or selling. Traders said negligible buying by plastic moulding units and bag makers mainly kept polymer prices unchanged. Following were today&aposs quotations in Rs per kg:. LD No 40 -77.00, LD No 400 – 8100 LLDP […] Read more »
Market News Rubber to Decline 35% as Tire Sales Signal Slump April 21, 2009 by plasticsinfomart The 42 percent, four-month rebound in rubber prices may be coming to an end as global tire demand plunges the most in three decades. Tire makers, the biggest consumers of rubber, may report a 6.8 percent sales slump in 2009 as the global recession cuts auto demand, according to the government-funded International Rubber Study Group […] Read more »
End Markets Processes ILLIG launches third generation RDM-K April 21, 2009 by plasticsinfomart ILLIG, a manufacturer of thermoforming machines, has now completed their third Generation of automatic pressure forming machines with the new RDM 75K. These machines are suitable for the production of formed parts for a multitude of applications, with the main emphasis on cups of all shapes and sizes in large quantities. There is now a […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Speciality nylon and gas injection keep designer chair sturdy but lightweight April 21, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Gas injection technology has been used to produce a lightweight but stable weather-resistant chair by designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec in cooperation with Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra. The chair is moulded in a 15 per cent glass fibre-reinforced grade of BASF’s Miramid nylon 6, optimised for gas injection moulding. In developing their new chair, […] Read more »
Market News PET: Prices climb by EUR 70/t in March April 17, 2009 by plasticsinfomart PET bottle resin notations rose in March on higher feedstock, the newsletter Plastics Information Europe ( Bad Homburg / Germany; www.pieweb.com) says in a report now online. Contract prices settled out EUR 70/t higher, but short of producers’ EUR 100/t target. While not helping to restore sinking margins it was the best that could be […] Read more »