Material News Silk emerges as important medical engineering polymer August 6, 2012 by plasticsinfomart One of the most promising polymers for medical applications is one of the oldest known materials to man: silk, which was used in ancient China and Europe. In a study published this summer in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at Tufts University report a method to maintain the potency of vaccines […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News UK groups urged plastic-bag-free Olympics, call for single-use bags levy in England August 6, 2012 by plasticsinfomart As the best athletes in the world compete for the gold, a plastic bag battle continues to rage. A London-based grassroots campaign had hopes that a plastic bag ban at the London 2012 Olympics would help earn a gold medal in sustainability. The group, called Greener Upon Thames, launched its campaign in 2010 to ban […] Read more »
Material News Polyflow forms new company to scale up its waste-to-energy business August 6, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Polyflow and private equity firm Ambassador Enterprises have partnered to commercialize Polyflow’s energy recovery equipment and technology. The new firm will be known as RES Polyflow and will remain headquartered in Akron, OH with current Polyflow CEO Jay Schabel leading the effort. Polyflow invested the assets of the company and Ambassador Enterprises invested funding to […] Read more »
Industry Supreme Industries – Latin Manharlal Securities August 6, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Founded in 1942, Supreme Industries Ltd (Supreme Ind) is a recognized leader of India’s plastics industry and handle volumes of over 100,000 tonnes of polymers annually, effectively making it the country’s largest plastics processors. We have earlier recommended “SUPREME INDUSTRIES LTD” in our Weekender report dated 3rd Feb’12, at the then price of Rs.174.90 with […] Read more »
Market News Product News Medical Musings: Is the glass half empty or half full? August 4, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Read the daily news and economic reports and it’s enough to make your stomach turn. The U.S. economy grew at just a 1.5% rate in the second quarter and is expected to continue at rather anemic levels through early next year, when news reports warn of a potential “fiscal cliff” rooted in the political deadlock […] Read more »
Industry Market News More capacity for biaxially oriented battery separator film in Japan targets HV, EV market August 4, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Supply of a biaxially oriented, porous extruded plastic film employed in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries has been boosted with the completion of a new facility in Nagahama, Japan by Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. (Tokyo). The plant will manufacture Sepalent film and is rated at production capacity of 15 million m2/year, more than doubling overall capacity for the […] Read more »
Category Menu Visteon divests automotive lighting business to Indian firm August 4, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Visteon (Van Buren Township, MI) has completed the sale of its automotive lighting business to Indian company Varroc Group (Aurangabad), a global supplier of automotive parts including lighting and injection molded interior and exterior components, for approximately $72 million in cash. The two companies announced plans for the sale on March 12. “This transaction completes […] Read more »
Industry Plastics unplugged: India’s plastics industry copes with outages August 4, 2012 by plasticsinfomart The sheer numbers around the power outages that darkened India earlier this week—more than 600 million without electricity, grids collapsing in 14 states—placed the emerging country beneath a worldwide media spotlight. But for the Indian plastics industry, including both domestic and foreign firms, spotty power is a largely accepted reality in a country whose energy […] Read more »
