New Purell Polypropylene Resins from LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell Industries, the new global leader in polymers, chemicals and fuels, has developed new Purell PP resins in Asia for use in customer injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) and extrusion blow moulding (EBM) processes. LyondellBasell - January 31, 2008
Sumitomo Demonstrates New LSR Injection Molding System
Sumitomo Plastics Machinery’s Plastec West exhibit demonstrated the exceptional precision that can be achieved in LSR and high-cavitation thin-wall applications using the company’s SE-DU Series of direct-drive all-electrics machines. Sumitomo - January 29, 2008
AGY Announces the Addition of a New Composite Armour Solution for the European Market
AGY announces the addition of an innovative ballistic and blast protection solution called the ThermoBallistic armour system in response to the increased demand for composite armour solutions that are fueling defense spending and military development programs around the world. AGY - January 27, 2008
RTP Company Partners with Biosafe to Market Silane-Based Antimicrobial Additive Masterbatches
RTP Company, a specialty thermoplastics compounder, announced that it has entered into an exclusive sales and manufacturing agreement with Biosafe Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA, to use their silane-based antimicrobial technology in RTP Company ’s expanded line of antimicrobial products. RTP - January 25, 2008
New Study of the Polyurethane Industry and Markets in China
Plastics Information Direct has just published a unique techno-economic study entitled Polyurethane in China Market Report. Commissioned and published in their Expert Witness Series, this entirely new report has been written by local staff of PU World, the leading Chinese provider of electronic information on the polyurethane industry. Applied Market Information - January 25, 2008
Polymer Group, Inc. Announces Global Price Increases
Polymer Group, Inc. announced it will increase prices on its products globally due to continued increases in raw material costs. Polymer Group - January 21, 2008
DuPont Engineering Polymers Announces Acetal Price Increases
DuPont Engineering Polymers announces a 15 cent per pound increase will be applied to DuPont™ Delrin® acetal thermoplastic products in the Americas, effective Jan. 25, 2008 or as contracts allow, based on continuing escalation of raw material, energy, transportation and logistics costs as coupled with increased product demand. DuPont - January 21, 2008
First LyondellBasell License Granted for Innovative Spherizone Technology to PetroChina
PetroChina Daqing Refining & Chemical Company has selected LyondellBasell Industries’ Spherizone process technology for a new 300 KT per year polypropylene plant to be built at Daqing, Heilongjiang Province in the People’s Republic of China. LyondellBasell - January 18, 2008
Plastics in Underground Pipeline
The cost of underground pipe systems relates to the installation and repair as well as the manufacturing costs of pipes and lining systems. Plastics pipe offers advantages in trenchless technology due to its flexibility, and polymers offer chemical resistance to many substances that would corrode traditional iron piping. Applied Market Information - January 18, 2008
Ticona to Add 15,000 Metric Ton Compounding Unit In China
New state-of-the art facility will produce compounds for the many advanced engineering polymers in the Ticona portfolio — Vectra® liquid crystal polymer (LCP), Hostaform® polyoxymethylene copolymer (POM), Celanex® thermoplastic polyester (PBT), Riteflex® thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPC-ET), Vandar® thermoplastic polyester alloys (PBT) and Fortron® polyphenylene sulphide (PPS). Ticona - January 14, 2008
Sylvin Introduces New Vinyl Compounds For Exterior Building Product Applications
Sylvin Technologies Inc., is introducing a new line of vinyl compounds that offer exceptional exterior weathering performance in a wide range of colors, including dark gray, cedar, dark green, dark brown and black. Sylvin - January 9, 2008
LyondellBasell to Showcase its Leading Polyolefins Capabilities at Interplastica in Moscow
LyondellBasell Industries, the new global leader in polymers, chemicals and fuels, will feature its world-class polyolefins technology, production and marketing offerings at Interplastica 2008, Russia’s premier trade fair for the plastics and rubber industries. LyondellBasell - January 8, 2008
VICTREX® PEEK™ Polymer Replaces Metal in USB Drive Connectors Lowering Overall Manufacturing Costs
InnoDisk Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan, one of the world ’s leading suppliers of industrial flash storage devices, has replaced the metal shell and rubber core of its current USB drive connectors with VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer, a high performance thermoplastic, because of the polymer’s design flexibility and ability to help lower the overall manufacturing costs. Victrex - January 7, 2008