Chinaplas ran from April 17 to 20 in Shenzhen, a very big city with a population of 13 million in the metro area and many plastics companies. Show organizers reported more than 250,000 visitors, which is the K in Düsseldorf, Germany, at its zenith. I’ve been to a lot of K shows, which typically run eight days — Chinaplas was just four days. China announced that it would require attendees to…
Mexican specialty chemicals maker Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV has acquired the fumaric acid business of Neotrimental SA de CV, a subsidiary of Grupo IMSA SA of Colombia.
Husky Technologies recently celebrated the expansion of its facilities in India with ceremonies at its new offices and existing Chennai campus. The events were hosted by local leaders in the region, as well as senior executive Robert Domodossola, president of Husky’s Rigid Packaging business. “This celebration reaffirms our commitment to the strong relationships we’ve been building with our customers in this region since 1999. As we enter our 70th year in…
The plant in Buckeye, Ariz., will create more than 100 new jobs and is expected to open in April 2024.
Materials giant Borealis has launched Stelora, a new class of sustainable engineering polymer based on renewable feedstock that offers increased strength and durability in addition to a step change in heat resistance. Stelora was developed in collaboration with Topas Advanced Polymers, the world’s leading producer of cyclic olefin copolymer (COC). It is created using a unique process that combines COCs, which are a relatively new class of clear, high-purity polymers,…
To mark its 185th company anniversary, KraussMaffei is offering a special edition of its CX series. The package includes free additional features that reduce operating costs and increases quality.
My colleagues and I have been increasingly reporting over the last few years on the monomaterial trend, particularly in the food and non-food packaging arena. Check out these two blogs from earlier this year on ‘Monomaterial’ Trend in Packaging and Beyond Will Only Thrive and In Sustainable Packaging, the Word is ‘Monomaterial’. Photo Credit: Borealis Group All-PE monomaterial structures, particularly in the flexible packaging sector, including standup pouches, have pretty much…
Primex Plastics Corp. will create almost 30 new jobs through a $5.4 million expansion project in Jasper, Tenn.
Compared with other high-heat materials, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), Sabic’s Elcres polycarbonate copolymer–based HTV150A films reportedly can reduce dissipation losses by as much as 40% when exposed to temperatures reaching 150°C and frequencies up to 100 kHz. The material has already proven its mettle in thin-wall capacitor films. Lower dissipation losses in Elcres HTV150A dielectric films can reduce internal heat generation, increase operating efficiency, and…
Braskem officials said that the nonbinding proposal depends on the evaluation and negotiation with Petrobras, another major shareholder.