Market News China’s polymer imports fall 8% in 2Q 2014 August 1, 2014 by plasticsinfomart China’s imports of polymers fell by around 8% in the second quarter of 2014, in line with the second quarter drops recorded in three of the past four years since 2010, according to ChemOrbis. In the second quarter of 2010, China’s polymer imports fell 13% compared to the first quarter of that year. In 2011, […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Industry Material Suppliers Will Offer ‘Customer Service Centers’ At Npe2015 To Accommodate Processors, Designers And Oems August 1, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Thus Far Nine Companies Plan to Create Convenient and Comfortable Meeting Areas, including an Extensive South Hall Facility for Dow WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., July 28, 2014: Among the many raw material suppliers that will participate in the NPE2015: The International Plastics Showcase, several plan to offer “Customer Service Centers” where they can engage with processors, […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Processes New Barrel Inlay For General-Purpose Molding And Extrusion Provides Enhanced Resistance To Wear And Corrosion August 1, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Nordson Xaloy’s X220™ Iron-Chromium Alloy Outperforms Standard General-Purpose Inlays NECKARSULM, GERMANY, July 28, 2014: A bimetallic barrel alloy with enhanced resistance to corrosive and abrasive wear extends the working life of extrusion and injection molding barrels in general-purpose applications and provides greater assurance of product quality and consistency, it was announced today by Nordson Xaloy […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Industry Vitaqua; three good reasons to choose Sacmi August 1, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Guaranteed quality standards, outstanding productivity, optimisation of energy consumption: three key characteristics of Sacmi’s Continuous Compression Moulding (CCM) solutions for caps production that German bottler Vitaqua decided were vital to the completion of its mega-plant at Breuna, in the Kassel region in Germany. Motivated by a need to bring cap manufacturing under internal control – […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Market News Toyota Tsusho launches PFC-free waterproof breathable membranes in outdoor clothing based on DSM technology August 1, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences Company, announces the introduction by Toyota Tsusho of a new generation of high performance membranes for clothing made from its Arnitel® VT, a very flexible thermoplastic polyester-based elastomer. The new membranes contain no perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), and are 100% recyclable, waterproof in all circumstances despite being […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Product News Wisconsin plastics industry has roots in modest, multitalented UW-Madison professor July 28, 2014 by plasticsinfomart “The Graduate” is a running joke in the plastics industry . In that 1967 Dustin Hoffman movie, a character famously — and accurately — summarized the future in one word: “Plastics .” The movie may have been influential, but Tom Mohs, founder of the Madison plastics manufacturer Placon, says he owes nothing to it. “I was already […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Product News Second half secures German results July 28, 2014 by plasticsinfomart The German market for plastics packaging and films achieved encouraging results in 2013, reports the German IK Association of Plastic Packaging (IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen). Whilst production output rose by around 2.4 per cent to 4.3 million tonnes, turnover reached a new record level of €13.6 billion (up 3.5 per cent). The second half of the […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
Material News PPCA new website with conference database to benefit plastic pipe industry July 28, 2014 by plasticsinfomart July 25, 2014 — The Plastic Pipes Conference Association (PPCA) has released a new website (click here) that will provide important technical and commercial information for the plastic pipe industry worldwide. Further, the association has published an online database that contains all of its papers since the first 1970 conference in Southampton, UK. Over 1,000 […] Read more » Business Directory masterbatches plastic companies Plastic Jobs Plastics Industry Portal Plastics News plastics Trade Raw Material & Chemical Prices
