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Plastics, petrochemicals trade fair showcases latest products

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RIYADH: Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq Al-Rabiah opened Saudi Plastic and Petrochem 2016, at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center (RICEC) on Monday. The 13th edition of the international plastics and petrochemicals trade fair, considered as the Middle East’s largest specialized trade fairs in plastics, petrochemical, printing and packaging, will run until Jan. […]

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SABIC, CIPET expand collaboration for skill development CSR programme in plastics processing

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SABIC, the Saudi Arabia-headquartered chemical company, has announced the expansion of its skill development corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme aimed at developing capacity in the plastics processing industry in India. The programme, run in collaboration with the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, trained 50 youth […]

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GCC plastics industry’s top inventions awarded

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The GCC’s plastics industry ’s finest inventions and ideas were celebrated at the GPCA Plastics Excellence Awards in Dubai, UAE recently. The accolade, an initiative of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), recognised individuals and organizations that have made exceptional contributions to the plastics and plastics conversion industry over the last twelve months, said a […]

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540 firms lineup for Saudi Print & Pack Exhibition

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RIYADH: Prince Saud Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz, chairman, REC, said in his announcement here on Tuesday that the major exhibiting companies would include China, Taiwan, India and Italy. Prince Saud in his welcome address highlighted the role played by the REC over the years in upgrading the MICE Industry by organizing hundreds of conferences and […]

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Adsale and BASF join hands again in “Design x Innovation” at CHINAPLAS 2016

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At CHINAPLAS 2016, BASF will again co-host the “Design x Innovation” event with Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. The event will feature industry expert discussions at open forums and showcase new designs based on BASF’s high-performance materials for mobility, sports and leisure, as well as building and living segments. “Good product design has a role in […]

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Dakshina Kannada hopeful of getting pharma, plastic parks

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The industry bodies expressed hopes that the approval for these two projects will help attract investments at the ‘Invest Karnataka’ meet MANGALURU : As Karnataka is gearing for ‘Invest Karnataka 2015 Global Investors Meet’ in Bengaluru in February, the industry bodies in Dakshina Kannada are hopeful of getting plastic and pharma parks in the region. BA […]

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Amid narrowing price gap, Asian HIPS users mull switch to ABS

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In China and Southeast Asia, the spread between import ABS and HIPS prices narrowed further over the past weeks in the face of the relatively larger price reductions recorded in the ABS markets as per www.ChemOrbis.com. As a result of the shrinking price gap, players in Asia highlight that several converters are considering switching to […]

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China’s export PET prices break below $800/bbl threshold

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In China, export PET prices hit another low during this past week as reported on www.ChemOrbis.com. Export offers lost $20/ton at both ends of the range and reached below the $800/bbl threshold. Current export prices indicate the lowest levels reported since mid-November of 2008. In upstream news, three producers already nominated their new January MEG […]

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