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Merquinsa Presents TPU Industrial Solutions at TPE 2012 Conference

November 1, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart

BARCELONA, Spain, October 30, 2012 – Merquinsa, a Lubrizol company, today announces that it will participate in the TPE 2012 conference, which will take place in Berlin on November 13-14, 2012. Organized by Smithers Rapra, the conference will be attended by material manufacturers, compounders, tier one and two suppliers and end users of thermoplastic elastomers. […]

How will Petronas’ exit affect PVC supply in Malaysia

How will Petronas’ exit affect PVC supply in Malaysia?

October 31, 2012 by plasticsinfomart

Following Petronas’ announcement that the company will exit the vinyls business by the start of 2013, players in Malaysia’s PVC market have started to speculate about the likely impact on the country’s PVC trade balance, as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Some players feel that Malaysia may become a net importer of PVC after […]

For a plastic-free Delhi, but not everyone happy

For a plastic-free Delhi, but not everyone happy

October 31, 2012 by plasticsinfomart

New Delhi: Each of Delhi’s 14 million households uses about five plastic carry bags a day, helping generate the capital’s hugely polluting 250,000 tonnes of plastic waste every year. Hence the urgency to ban the use of polythene bags, say Delhi government officials. “In Delhi’s 17 million population, there are about 14 million households and […]

ExxonMobil’s BOPP business sold to India

October 31, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart

An Indian company has agreed to buy ExxonMobil’s biaxially oriented polypropylene films operations, one of the world’s largest BOPP film manufacturers. New Delhi-based Jindal Poly Films said it signed the deal on 26 October, but it did not release terms. The company announced the acquisition to the Bombay Stock Exchange. ExxonMobil has a leading position in […]

AMT launches expansion as medical business grows

October 31, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart

Advanced Molding Technologies (AMT) is now expanding its factory floor space in a Minneapolis suburb from 35,000 sq ft to just under 50,000 sq ft and adding 12 injection molding machines over the next 24 months. “We’re growing. Business is strong,” Steve Jenkins, business development manager said in an interview with PlasticsToday. Two-thirds of the […]

Cast PVC film fights germs in new hospital application

Cast PVC film fights germs in new hospital application

October 31, 2012 by plasticsinfomart

A French converter has developed a DEHP-free cast polyvinyl chloride antimicrobial film that is being tested in hospitals in the fight against hospital-borne infections, including superbug MRSA. Hexis Health (Frontignan, France) says that its new antimicrobial PVC film inhibits growth of a wide range of microbes including E.coli, staphylococcus aureus, and MRSA, by more than […]