Viking Plastics extends injection molding to Indiana facility
The company’s existing facility in Jeffersonville, Ind., previously only handled tooling-related work, but now makes parts like other company sites.
Sabic SK Nexlene Targets POE, POP Expansion by 2024
Sabic and its partner SK geo centric (SKGC) have announced their intent to expand capacity for polyolefin elastomers and plastomers (POEs/POPs) and metallocene low-linear-density (LLD) PE at their joint venture Sabic SK Nexlene Co. (SSNC). The new capacity, due to come on stream at Ulsan, South Korea, in the second quarter of 2024, targets applications in solar panel encapsulation, automotive, footwear, and flexible packaging. The largest market for POEs traditionally has…
Recycling: Know What I Mean?
If you have followed any of the debate about various recycling technologies, and in particular those that centered around the advanced recycling legislation proposed or passed in recent years, you may note that we don’t all have exactly the same definition in mind. There are two definitions of recycling (the verb) in our collective consciousness. One is exemplified by “to pass again through a series of changes” (Webster), i.e. literally…
Resin Price Report: Spot Prices Drop as Producers Struggle to Move Inventory
The dog days of summer are living up to their name in the commodity resin trading market, at least for sellers. Resin prices continued their downward trek the week of August 15, after taking a short-lived sabbatical just a week earlier. Additional industry data released this week reminded the market that long-supply/weak-demand fundamentals continue to weigh on the polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) markets, as do continued global economic concerns,…
Numbers That Matter Live August 2022: No recession (yet) in US plastics sector
In Numbers That Matter Live, Plastics News Economics Editor Bill Wood gives an update on his forecast for the rest of 2022 and highlights key plastics end markets. Wood also talks about a sign of “irrational exuberance” in the labor market related to in-person vs. virtual work.
Chroma closing Delaware, Ohio, site
Employees at the site were informed of the closing on Aug. 22. Production will be moved to other Chroma locations.
Covestro Steps Up Production of Sustainable Polycarbonate in Asia Pacific
In another sustainable polycarbonate (PC) initiative in Asia Pacific, Covestro has started on a journey to establish 60,000 tonnes/year of recycled PC capacity in the region by 2026. A groundbreaking ceremony for the first dedicated mechanical recycling production line in Shanghai took place on Aug. 19, 2022. Covestro will also repurpose an existing production line in Thailand to turn out recycled PC. Earlier, Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and Teijin Ltd. announced…
Lignin Additive Boosts Properties of Carbon Fiber, Recyclable Plastics
The second most abundant biopolymer on Earth, lignin has understandably captured the interest of researchers over the years as a potential renewable component of polymers. The most recent innovation comes from Washington University in St. Louis, where lignin-related research may lead to even stronger, lighter carbon fiber as well as plastics with a smaller environmental footprint. Lignin provides rigidity and structure to plant tissues, but until recently it was largely…
MPP acquisition gives Dallas Plastics a presence in Canada
Dallas Plastics Corp. has secured a presence in the Canadian flexible packaging market by purchasing Montreal blown film maker Emballage MPP Inc.
Core Industrial’s CGI Manufacturing renamed Cadrex
Core Industrial Partners LLC paused its acquisition tear long enough to announce Aug. 18 it is changing the name of its CGI Manufacturing Holdings portfolio business to Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions.