PVC recipes still in development
AMI’s 3rd annual international conference on PVC compounding was held in Dusseldorf, Germany to debate the latest innovations in vinyl additives and recipes.
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Ticona is Premium Supplier to Conti and Schaeffler
Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, is among the worldwide top suppliers of Continental AG and Schaeffler GmbH.
Bayer after first quarter 2011
Chemical giant Bayer says overall net profit grew 8.4% to €684m during the first quarter, with sales of plastics and polyurethanes on the up.
Graham Packaging bids for machine maker Techne
The plastic bottle blowmolding giant is adding to its presence in the machine manufacturing market with its decision to purchase Techne, an Italian manufacturer of extrusion blowmolding machinery.
14 percent sales growth in German plastics industry
The German plastics processing sector rebounded in 2010 with 14 percent sales growth, reaching to 51.3 billion euros ($74.3 billion).
Self-adhesive label sector back to pre-crisis volumes in 2010
FINAT, the European association for the self-adhesive label industry reports that demand for self-adhesive label materials in Europe has continued its strong recovery in 2010.
Interview with Dr. Clemens Willée, CEO Mauser Group
We publish an interview with Dr. Clemens Willée, Chief Executive Officer, MAUSER Group. The company is a leading manufacturer of plastics industrial packaging.
New PTA plant built by Invista and China Prosperity Petrochemical
Invista Performance Technologies (IPT) and China Prosperity (Jiangyin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd (China Prosperity) are delighted to announce the successful start-up of China Prosperity’s 600,000 tonnes per annum PTA plant. The PTA plant utilizes Invista’s market leading PTA process technology, provided to China Prosperity under a license agreement.
Brenntag expands cooperation with Lanxess Rubber Chemicals
Brenntag has been appointed as distributor for Lanxess rubber chemicals on the Iberian Peninsula as of March 1, 2011, and in France as of April 1, 2011.
A.Schulman invests in Brazil
A. Schulman is following up big gains in sales and profit with plans to add a new extrusion line at its plant in Brazil.
World masterbatches market
Rockville, Maryland-based market research publisher Global Industry Analysts (GIA) has released a global report on masterbatch, the world market for which is forecast to reach $8.25bn by the year 2017.
New record for Haitian International
30,000 machines delivered in 2010 – the Group is significantly expanding market leadership around the world.
