Category Menu Borealis and Borouge highlight innovative material solutions and expertise for global automotive market at SPE® Automotive TPO Conference September 19, 2012 by plasticsinfomart To demonstrate their commitment to the North American automotive industry, Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, will attend the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE®) Automotive TPO Global Conference in Detroit. At the global conference, the companies will highlight their ability to offer innovative material solutions that help car manufacturers in […] Read more »
Machinery News Old Tacoma company now building plastics equipment September 18, 2012 by plasticsinfomart There’s a new manufacturer of plastics processing equipment in the United States, but don’t bother looking for it at any upcoming trade shows. Globe Machine Manufacturing Co., which has been in business since 1917, is now designing and building carbon composite forming presses in a 140,000-square-foot factory on the Tacoma, WA tideflats. The company has shipped […] Read more »
Market News Soaring styrene costs force Asian PS producers to cut operating rates September 18, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Spot styrene prices in Asia have been steadily rising since the beginning of September on the back of surging energy and benzene costs, as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Soaring costs along with benzene and styrene shortages have forced an increasing number of regional PS producers to lower their operating rates recently. October crude […] Read more »
Industry Varroc pursues auto sector, sells JV stake to Plastic Omnium September 18, 2012 by plasticsinfomart ndian auto parts supplier Varroc Group and France’s Plastic Omnium have ended their joint venture in India, and now Varroc is moving forward with its own expansion plans. Aurangabad-based Varroc sold its 46% stake in the auto exterior venture to Plastic Omnium. The JV, Plastic Omnium Varroc, has operated in Chakan, India, since 2007. “We have amicably […] Read more »
Category Menu Robotic Solar Panels Produce More Electricity September 18, 2012 by plasticsinfomart A Silicon Valley startup has designed an innovative new monorail system of robots for tilting solar panels toward the sun, increasing the amount of electricity produced by up to 15 percent and changing the game for the future management of solar-energy systems. People already can use motor-powered trackers to tilt solar panels toward the sun as […] Read more »
Market News Brent crude rises towards $114 after Monday's plunge September 18, 2012 by plasticsinfomart SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Brent crude rose to near $114 a barrel on Tuesday, after steep losses in the previous session, but gains were limited as investors weighed the impact of the Federal Reserve’s stimulus push on oil demand and eyed China’s next step to boost its economy. Brent crude fell more than $5 a barrel […] Read more »
Industry NORDSON APPOINTS GODFREY M. SANDHAM TO BE THE NEW HEAD OF EDI September 18, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Mr. Sandham Will Oversee the Integration of EDI into Its New Parent Company and the Coordination of EDI and Verbruggen, Also Recently Acquired by Nordson CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI, U.S.A., September 17, 2012: Godfrey M. Sandham, an experienced chief executive with a broad international background, has become vice president and general manager of EDI, it was […] Read more »
Industry Sacmi to play pivotal role at Emballage 2012 September 18, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Integrated solutions for the beverage industry, from preform production to stretch-blowing, from filling to labelling. Complete “turnkey” plants flanked by technologies for the production of closures, a field in which Sacmi leads the world thanks to the CCM range One hundred thousand specialised industry operators getting together with 1500 exhibitors, all with one precise ambition: to […] Read more »
