Market News Fast-growing Printed Electronics market:Strategic cooperation between Messe Düsseldorf and ESMA March 4, 2013 by plasticsinfomart PEPSO – Printed Electronics Products and Solutions Special show at six Düsseldorf trade fairs Children’s books with light switches, wafer-thin luminous tiles and handbags with inbuilt mobile phone chargers – when printing meets electronics, many wishes may come true. The new methods promise diverse potential applications, inexpensive production and mass market appeal. Once confined to the […] Read more »
Market News Crude oil steadily falling owing to supplies, poor economics March 2, 2013 by plasticsinfomart It has been three weeks that crude oil prices on NYMEX have been steadily easing, as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Around mid February, crude oil futures on NYMEX traded at around $97 per barrel on average, while this week’s average is down to $92 per barrel. The reason behind this gradual softening is […] Read more »
Market News Polymer producers see higher Q4 profits, but full year 2012 disappoints March 2, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Several polymer producers reported higher quarterly profits for the fourth quarter, although most producers said that their full year results for 2012 fell below their 2011 figures, according to the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Producers active in other chemical markets said that their polyolefin business generally performed poorly relative to their base chemical business. Saudi […] Read more »
Market News Hike attempts for import PP defy lower local market in China March 2, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Some regular producers from the Middle East have revealed their March PP offers to China with increases of up to $70/ton in the import market, blaming their tight supplies. Nevertheless, a stable to soft trend remains in place in the local market, causing the local market to trade at a discount. Indeed, this discount has […] Read more »
Industry Formsleeve+ in the spotlight at the Sacmi Open Day March 2, 2013 by plasticsinfomart ‘Made in Sacmi’ beverage technology and solutions: key event on 13th March in Imola More versatile design, more flexible material selection and management. And that’s not all: outstanding efficiency levels can reduce both machine costs and material costs by up to 20%! This, then, is the new Formsleeve+ labelling machine, the latest Sacmi Labelling ‘creation’, […] Read more »
Industry Borealis continues to deliver strong results in 2012 despite a volatile market environment March 2, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Borealis announces a net profit of EUR 480 million in 2012, compared to EUR 507 million in 2011 Growth and innovation continue to dominate Borealis’ agenda Agreement reached to acquire DEXPlastomers whose products complement the polyolefins product portfolio Continuing the fertilizer growth strategy, Borealis made a firm offer on February 6, 2013 to TOTAL to […] Read more »
Industry Advances in Technology for Dental Manufacturing March 2, 2013 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart This article looks at how the ModuleWorks Dental component is being used in the Dental manufacturing sector to reduce lead time and costs while improving efficiency. The ModuleWorks library is tailored specifically for the dental industry and provides high performance 3-5 Axis machining coupled with fully featured Machine Simulation. Recent years have seen many advances […] Read more »
Market News Spot PP, PE deals wrapping up lower in Italy March 2, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Spot February deals for PP and PE are being wrapped up with rollovers to discounts of up to €40-50/ton in Italy, as initial hike targets from sellers gradually disappeared in response to extremely weak activities despite the settlement of monthly monomer contracts at a rollover to €10/ton increases, as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. […] Read more »
