0:43 min
PET processing
AQUAFIL Engineering “LBT” Plants - New Milestone in Polycondensation
AQUAFIL Engineering GmbH (Berlin, Germany) is continuously creating new innovations to put their customers in the position to produce highest polymer quality at lowest conversion cost.
The latest innovation of AQUAFIL Engineering and a new milestone in the polyester area is the “Low ...
1:70 min
PET processing
SPHERO® underwater pelletizer wins award for energy efficiency
During a ceremony held earlier this year in Shanghai, Plastics Technology China awarded Automatik Plastics Machinery a prize for an “innovative, energy saving processing machine for the Chinese Plastics Industry”.This award recognizes the efforts of Automatik’s engineers in 2010 who, ...
0:26 min
PET processing
Expansion of PET capacity in the USA
The Board of Directors of Indorama Ventures PCL at their meeting dated November 14, 2012, has approved to expand the PET polymers production capacity in the USA by setting up a new plant with a capacity of 540,000 tonnes per year. This expansion, which is expected to be completed in ...
1:00 min
Additives
PolyOne launches 99% bio-based reFlex™ 300 bioplasticizer, helping customers meet future sustainability goals
At the European Bioplastics Conference today, PolyOne Corporation [NYSE:POL] introduced reFlex™ 300 bioplasticizer, the latest addition to the Company’s industry-leading family of Sustainable Solutions. Derived from rapidly renewable feedstocks and certified to contain 99 percent ...
2:34 min
PET materials
Bioplastics not superior
Biodegradable plastic packaging no better than common plastics
Biodegradable plastics used in packaging, which are made from renewable biomass sources, do not prove to offer an overall ecological advantage. The farming and processing of the plants used in packaging cause more ...
0:21 min
PET materials
Completion of the acquisition of PET resin assets in Indonesia
With reference to the disclosure made by Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (“IVL”) on March 6, 2012 regarding the acquisition of PET resin assets of PT. Polypet Karyapersada with a capacity of 100,800 tons per annum at Cilegon, Indonesia, IVL is pleased to inform the ...
1:10 min
PET materials
Alpek reports 1Q12 13% revenue gain and 10% EBITDA increase year-on-year
ALPEK, S.A.B. de C.V. (Alpek), the leader petrochemical company in Mexico, announced today unaudited results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012. Revenue and EBITDA showed year-on-year gains reflecting the favorable industry conditions and operating improvements in its ...
