Industry Songwon Industrial Group concludes 2012 with positive Q4 and year end financial results February 6, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Ulsan, Korea – February 5, 2013 – Songwon Industrial Group, the second largest manufacturer of polymer stabilizers in the world and a leading global producer and supplier of additives and other chemicals to the plastic industry, announces preliminary, unaudited total sales revenues for the 4th quarter of 2012 of 151’594 Mil. KRW with gross profits […] Read more »
Market News Global styrene prices shrug off lower benzene costs February 5, 2013 by plasticsinfomart After showing a volatile trend for most of January, spot styrene prices gained ground in major markets including Asia, Europe and the US over the last week of the month, as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. The recent gains defied globally declining benzene costs since early January and were mainly driven by the approaching […] Read more »
Recycling News Report says, Russian scrap exports boosted in 2012 February 5, 2013 by plasticsinfomart MOSCOW: Figures indicate that the Russian scrap exports industry continues to be in an upbeat mood. The statistics released for the previous year (2012) indicates that the total scrap exports during the first 11 months of 2012 have increased by 10.3% year on year. The net exports totaled 4.006 million. With another 364,000 tons expected […] Read more »
Industry LANXESS at the Tire Technology Expo & Conference 2013 February 5, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Green Mobility in focus Leverkusen – “The worldwide tire labeling initiatives are a key incentive for the global tire industry, and our recent comprehensive survey of the SSBR market captured the mood of this industry,” says Christoph Kalla, head of Marketing in the Performance Butadiene Rubbers (PBR) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS. “Anyone […] Read more »
Industry ANTEC 2013 Plenary Speakers to Focus on Polymer Advances, Shale Gas Boom February 5, 2013 by plasticsinfomart PLENARY SPEAKERS AT SPE ANTEC® 2013 WILL FOCUS ON POLYMER ADVANCES AND BENEFITS TO PLASTICS FROM SHALE GAS BOOM NEWTOWN, CT, U.S.A., February 4, 2013: Plenary speeches by four industry leaders at the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC® 2013 will address new technical and business developments with great potential for benefiting plastics, SPE announced […] Read more »
Industry ASTM International Achieves Accreditation by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) February 5, 2013 by plasticsinfomart W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., February 4, 2013–ASTM International announced today that it has been accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). With 1,400 members in Canada and 180 ASTM standards referenced in Canadian federal legislation, SCC accreditation further strengthens ASTM’s presence in Canada. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, SCC carries out a variety of functions to […] Read more »
Industry Double-digit growth of imports of plastics, printing and packaging machinery February 5, 2013 by plasticsinfomart plastprintpack West Africa 2013 from 3 – 5 December in Accra, Ghana According to VDMA-The German Engineering Association, the imports of plastics, printing and packaging machinery and equipment to West Africa in 2011 increased by up to 75 per cent. Against this backdrop the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana will open its gates from 3 to 5 December 2013 […] Read more »
Machinery News KREYENBORG•BKG show diversified product range at Chinaplas 2013 February 5, 2013 by plasticsinfomart At Chinaplas 2013 in Guangzhou KREYENBORG•BKG present numerous solutions for extrusion and polymerisation in hall 5.1 at booth C17. Being world market leader for screen changers, KREYENBORG offers the appropriate machine for each filtration application. Thereby, the spectrum ranges from discontinuous and continuous systems to fully automatic backflush screen changers. The screen changers with process-, […] Read more »
