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At Medtec China, Teknor Apex Will Highlight Wide Range of Choices in PVC Compounds For Manufacturers of Medical Devices

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Besides Comprehensive Selection of Standard Medical-Grade Flexible and Rigid PVC Compounds, Teknor Apex Offers Many DEHP Alternatives and Gamma-Stable Product SINGAPORE, August 26, 2015: Building on its international leadership role as a supplier of medical-grade PVC compounds, Teknor Apex Company has developed flexible and rigid formulations that address the special needs of device manufacturers. The […]

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Composites Europe 2015: RAKU-TOOL® Close Contour products take GP3 race car to next level / Large number of eye-catching exhibits

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Grafenberg, August 26, 2015. Automotive, aerospace, marine, machine construction, wind energy – the range of applications for which RAKU-TOOL® products are used is extensive. This will be reflected by the large variety of exhibits on show at the booth of RAMPF Tooling Solutions at Composites Europe 2015 – hall 3, booth B04 – from 22. […]

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Middle Eastern producers start to reveal new Sept offers

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Global PE markets have been on a steady decreasing trend since two months now, according to ChemOrbis. The bearish trend has been extended into next month now that initial September PE prices started to be announced lower, as expected, due to a number of factors such as sharply falling crude oil costs and globally slower […]

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European PVC market hints at new decreases for September

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In Europe, decreases are passing on late August deals for PVC after many players returned to the market following the summer holidays. Declining upstream costs caused some players to expect the current downward trend to extend into September, according to ChemOrbis. A West European PVC producer is giving August offers with decreases of €15-25/ton both […]

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Trinseo’s MAGNUM™ ABS Resins Approved for Food Contact

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BERWYN, Pa – July 27, 2015 – Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, today announced that several grades of MAGNUM™ ABS Resins are now considered to be FDA food contact compliant as a result of a recently approved Food Contact Substance Notification (FCN). The food contact grades […]

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DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers supports PACK gives Back as title sponsor

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For the second consecutive year, DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers (P & IP) will serve as a title sponsor for PACK gives BACK at Pack Expo Las Vegas and Pharma Expo 2015, reports the show organizer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. The annual fundraiser will feature recording artists Chicago, and a portion […]

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Asian styrene responds to lower crude

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In Asia, spot styrene prices have started to respond to the lower crude oil prices on NYMEX, which hovered around $40/bbl during this past week. Meanwhile, in the PS market, import offers given to China hit the lowest levels seen for the last five months, according to ChemOrbis. Earlier in the month, spot styrene’s response […]

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European plastics market revenues to rise at 2.9% pa till 2022

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“In total, the European plastics market reached a volume of more than 53 million tonnes in 2014,” says Oliver Kutsch, CEO of Ceresana. “Over the next eight years, we expect revenues to rise further at an average rate of 2.9% pa. In 2022, they will amount to about €104 billion.” These figures do not include […]

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