3:50 min Additives

PolyOne’s breakthrough technologies, sustainable solutions respond to customer demand, highlight innovation

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced its recent introduction of new technology platforms and biopolymer solutions helped capture several hundred qualified sales leads within a week of ...
1:14 min PET processing, Materials, Processing & Handling, Regions, …

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: SABIC / Ibn Rushd

Uhde Inventa-Fischer has entered into a contract with the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) to provide the technology license and the complete basic engineering of the 2nd PET Resin expansion of its manufacturing affiliate, Arabian Industrial Fiber Company (Ibn Rushd) at its ...
4:43 min PET materials

INVISTA Polymer and Resins to display polyester portfolio at NPE 2009

INVISTA, one of the world’s largest integrated polymers and fibers producers, will exhibit its broad portfolio of PET polymers, intermediate feedstocks, chemical intermediates, film products, and specialty polymers available through its Polymer and Resins business. The products will ...
3:10 min Additives

NAPCOR calls for restraint in the use of degradable additives in PET packaging

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) today urged restraint in the use of degradable additives in PET packaging. NAPCOR, the trade organization for the PET packaging industry, is concerned that no data has been made publicly available to substantiate or ...
1:40 min PET materials

OCTAL Petrochemicals opens the world’s largest rigid PET sheet plant

OCTAL Petrochemicals has opened the world’s largest rigid PET sheet and resin plant located in the southeast port city of Salalah, Sultanate of Oman. This is the second PET facility run by the company and has a capacity of 300,000 metric tons per annum. The two new lines use the ...
5:40 min Additives

LyondellBasell to showcase its industry-leading technologies and world-class production assets at Chinaplas 2009

LyondellBasell Industries will participate in Chinaplas 2009, which will be held from May 18 to 21, 2009 at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou, China.  LyondellBasell’s stand will be located at Hall 10.2, Stand No E31.The company will feature the ...
2:56 min Additives

PolyOne extends sustainable PlanetPak™ Packaging System to color and additive concentrates

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced it will transition to the PlanetPak™ Packaging System as the standard container for color and additive concentrates in North America. The PlanetPak container ...
4:23 min Additives

PolyOne to present expanded portfolio at Elmia Polymer 2009

ASSESSE, Belgium – April 6, 2009 – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE:POL) will be exhibiting its latest colorants, additives, engineered materials, services and solutions at the Elmia Polymer exhibition (Stand: B01:60) on May 5-8, in Jonköping, Sweden.Technology platforms and products being ...
2:19 min PET materials

Equipolymers announces new President & CEO

Equipolymers has announced the retirement of President & CEO, Graham Fox, effective March 31, 2009. Succeeding Fox as President and CEO will be Henry Roth, currently President & CEO of MEGlobal, based in Dubai, UAE. Roth will retain his role at MEGlobal in addition to the new ...
2:47 min Barrier materials

PolyShield® resin/nylon-MXD6 barrier blends feature excellent clarity and provide extended shelf life for beer

INVISTA, one of the world’s largest integrated polymers and fibers producers, is displaying containers made from PolyShield® resin to the North American beer industry for the first time at the Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America, April 21-24, 2009.  ...