The global demand for thermoplastics is expected to grow by around 100,000 tonnes by 2015, driven by the developing economies. Polyethylene comprises 35% of this market and polypropylene is 24%, according to leading market consultant Noru Tsalic of Applied Market Information (AMI).
Borealis and Borouge to highlight continued innovation in plastics materials and applications at wire Düsseldorf.
To meet the needs of Nova Elektrik, a leading Turkish producer of electromechanical components for the white goods industry, DSM Engineering Plastics offered a halogen free grade of Akulon PA6, K225 KV, which is able to pass glow wire test on end product and to meet challenging design. Akulon K225 KV is the first halogen free material of its kind.
Sports clubs, trams, public toilets: there is a risk of infection at any of the places that thousands of people frequent day in, day out.
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, is taking transparency in extrusion blow moulded polypropylene (PP) bottles to new heights with the launch of next generation high performance grade Borclear RC737MO.
Objects made of plastic are constant features of our everyday lives; we are literally surrounded by them. Synthetic materials (polymers) really have proved to be all-round solutions for products from files to toothbrushes and are in the meantime essential elements of our working, living and leisure environments.
More and more vehicle manufacturers are looking at alternative materials to metal for their cars. But will a 100% plastic auto ever hit the road?
What will the future automobile be like? Will factors like energy saving, eco-friendliness, advance safety level overpower the routine selection criteria such as speed or design?
While producing 21.5% of the world’s total volume of plastics material, the European plastics industry also provides jobs to 1.6 million Europeans - informs PlasticsEurope in his own annual report.
Impact resistant, low-emission DuPont Delrin POM extends scope of use in automotive interiors.
SABIC’s lightweight Xenoy and Lexan resins deliver all-day comfort to the new 3M Versaflo M-Series safety headgear.
Teknor Apex Company has developed three systems for bonding tubing made from its Medalist medical elastomers to traditional connectors, it was announced by the company’s Thermoplastic Elastomer Division.
