Market News Drilling will drive strong gains in U.S. plastic pipe industry: study August 22, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Demand in the U.S. for pipe is expected to rise 7.3 per cent per year to US$63.5 billion in 2018, driven by strong growth in crude oil and natural gas drilling activity, according to a new study from market research firm The Freedonia Group. “Demand for plastic pipe is anticipated to rise at the most […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Industry Soon we will all be mandated to haul our groceries, booze, and hamburgers around in organic-certified, fair-trade, shade-grown burlap sacks. August 22, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Many municipalities in the Golden State have now banned plastic bags. First, they came for our plastic bags; now they are coming after paper bags… at least in California. California Senate Bill 270 would prohibit grocery stores, convenience stores, wine shops, fast food joints and so forth from handing out free paper bags to their […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Industry Plastic bag ban opponents up the ante in Sacramento August 22, 2014 by plasticsinfomart SACRAMENTO –– Lobbyists have launched a frenzied eleventh-hour effort to kill a bill that would make California the first state to outlaw flimsy plastic grocery bags, delaying a key vote and setting up one of the fiercest legislative battles of the year. Last week, the bill seemed in the bag after it cleared a tough […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Product News Plastic from Rice Waste? A Biodegradable Option August 22, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Take a look at that plastic bottle sitting next to you. If that bottle was left there untouched, it would take an average of 450 years to fully disappear. If it were made with Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) it might crack eventually, but it will never be fully gone from this world. Never. Even broken down […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Market News More buyers switching to acetylene based PVC in China August 19, 2014 by plasticsinfomart More buyers in China are reporting that acetylene based PVC is attracting more interest these days as this product is continuing to be traded at a discount that is close to a record high against ethylene based PVC as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Domestic prices for both ethylene and acetylene based PVC are […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Market News US PVC faces subdued demand in Turkey, Egypt August 16, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Players report that buying interest for American PVC cargoes is generally low in Turkey and Egypt nowadays as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Import American PVC offers currently retain their strength at steady levels in those markets supported by firm dynamics in the US. Ethylene costs remain high given relatively reduced supplies for the […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Market News Will copolymers maintain a larger premium over homo PP in China? August 13, 2014 by plasticsinfomart The traditional premium block copolymer PP carries over homo PP has grown larger in the past few months in China, as can be seen from the graph below as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. PP block copolymer import prices currently carry a premium of around $160-165/ton over homo-PP imports with this figure standing at […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Product News Vincent Medical Draws On Local And Global Capabilities Of Teknor Apex For Switching Anesthesia Device From Pvc To Tpe August 13, 2014 by plasticsinfomart HONG KONG, August 12, 2014: A crystal clear medical elastomer from Teknor Apex has enabled a leading contract manufacturer of medical devices to replace PVC in a critical anesthesia component without sacrificing the assembly and handling advantages for which PVC tubing is well known. Vincent Medical selected Medalist® MD-585 thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compound in response […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
