Colines is proud to introduce the launch of the new Polyblown 5-layer POD series (which stands for Polyolefin Dedicated), designed for the production of polyolefin films and suitable for processing post-consumer recycled (PCR) resins.
Krahn Ceramics is exhibiting for the first time at this year's Fakuma in Friedrichshafen, Germany, showing how ceramics and plastics can complement each other.
"Many customers are interested in prices and will most likely start restocking in August" - a market participant said.
Demand has reportedly been steady in the last week of July. "We still see weak demand for polyolefins in Poland; still, some companies decided to build small stocks due to a predicted price increase" - a trader has commented.
The situation has begun changing in the Polish polyolefin market. PE and PP producers are reducing their capacity utilisation or storing their products while refusing to sell large quantities of the commodity to traders and converters.
Demand for injection PE has strengthened this week, according to Polish traders. ‘We get the most enquiries for injection HDPE and LDPE and the fewest requests for PP homopolymers from converters,’ one of the market players has reported. Converters that make products from PP complain about limited polymer availability.
The situation has been unclear in the Polish polyolefin market in the first week of July. Traders have informed that converters are actively asking for quotes, but few of them are buying the commodities. Converters of polypropylene, its copolymers in particular, are the most active.
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has obtained Cotrep technical notice for its new generation NIR-sortable masterbatch solutions.
The Polish PE and PP markets are steady.
Ampacet Gastop-Flex has been named a Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 finalist in the category of Product Technology Innovation of the Year.
Evonik has invested in the British company Interface Polymers Ltd. This company’s Polarfin additives simplify the processing of plastics such as mixtures with polyethylene or polypropylene
Ineos Olefins Belgium has today announced it has raised €3.5 billion to support the construction and operation of the most environmentally sustainable cracker in Europe.
