Category Menu Product News BASF introduces "Whiter White" Pigment April 8, 2009 by plasticsinfomart BASF has launched Glacier™ Frost, a “whiter white” pigment developed with a new generation of titanium dioxide-coated synthetic mica flakes. Glacier Frost White – designed to help coatings, plastics and printing inks formulators achieve extraordinary luster and brilliance in a broad range of applications from paints to consumer electronics and cosmetic and personal care packaging […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News BASF introduces “Whiter White” Pigment April 8, 2009 by plasticsinfomart BASF has launched Glacier™ Frost, a “whiter white” pigment developed with a new generation of titanium dioxide-coated synthetic mica flakes. Glacier Frost White – designed to help coatings, plastics and printing inks formulators achieve extraordinary luster and brilliance in a broad range of applications from paints to consumer electronics and cosmetic and personal care packaging […] Read more »
Market News OPEC resigned to $50 oil April 8, 2009 by plasticsinfomart OPEC’s lowered price ambitions mean the oil producers’ club is unlikely to meet promises to improve output discipline and the chances of a production cut when it meets next month are slim. So far the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has delivered roughly 80 percent of its pledge to decrease output by a record […] Read more »
Market News Recycled PVC price holds firm April 8, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Recent issues of Inside Waste have reported on the decline in commodity prices and the flow on effects to recycled materials, including plastics. One plastic stream, however, continues to hold its ground at around $700/t and that is PVC, sourced by the non-profit industry project the Vinyl Cycle. The formation of the council was an […] Read more »
Market News U.S. Markets 8-Apr-2009 April 8, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Spot ethylene and polymer grade propylene traded higher Tuesday. Energies were lower while NGLs were mixed. Spot resin trading slowed and the open arbitrage remained the focus of attention. Ethylene traded three times at 25 cpp for April, once in the Equistar system and twice in the Williams system. April previously traded at 23.875 […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Blow moulding: European plastics use to reach 6m t in 2011 April 8, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Plastics consumption in the European blow moulding industry is set to grow by 3.8% annually up to 2011, when the total volume consumed will reach around 6m t, according to market research company Applied Market Information (AMI, Bristol / UK; www.amiplastics.com) in its latest report. PET, which has already overtaken HDPE as the leading plastic […] Read more »
Market News The German commodity plastics market April 8, 2009 by plasticsinfomart In March, the market for standard commodity plastics was characterised by reticent demand. Deliveries to the automotive sector were particularly weak, however, it was also becoming more difficult in the packaging and consumer goods industry, according to market participants. It was only possible to raise plastic prices because suppliers had throttled production. PE increased the […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Wittmann Battenfeld to present innovative INDUMOLD process at Chinaplas April 8, 2009 by plasticsinfomart Austrian Wittmann group is demonstrating the brand-new INDUMOLD process for inductive heating of injection molding tools at Chinaplas, Asia’s largest plastics and rubber trade fair, to be held from May 18 to 21 in Guangzhou, China. With this innovative process, molded parts with extremely high surface quality can be achieved, the company says. The INDUMOLD […] Read more »