4:23 min PET materials

Procter & Gamble and PTI Europe develop ISBM bottles using LyondellBasell's Stretchene resin

  Global household, beauty and personal care products brand leader ...
1:13 min Additives

LANXESS increases prices for pigments worldwide

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG is to increase its prices for iron oxide and chrome oxide pigments worldwide with immediate effect. The prices for the Bayferrox and Colortherm lines will be increased by up to EUR 150 per metric ton, and for chrome oxide pigments by up to EUR ...
2:20 min Additives

PolyOne introduces PlanetPak packaging system for environment-friendly, efficient transport and storage of color and additive materials

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) has introduced the PlanetPakTM Packaging System for environment-friendly packaging of color and additive concentrates. The PlanetPak solution for transport and storage of materials offers sustainability and economic benefits over traditional ...
2:20 min Additives

PolyOne expands liquid color capabilities at Northern Ohio manufacturing site

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced the expansion of its liquid color concentrate production capabilities at the Company’s Massillon, Ohio plant. This expansion, which includes the installation of high speed media mills and upgraded high intensity mixers, is expected to ...
2:16 min Additives

PLASTIC CHROME MIMICS ALL THE SIZZLE, POP AND SHINE OF METAL—WITH NO CHEMICAL DIPS.

Innovative masterbatch offers an environmentally friendly, lighter weight, lower ...
2:30 min PET processing

Germany: Uhde Inventa-Fischer technology for BASF SE

BASF SE  has awarded a contract to engineer and supply its proprietary 2 R process for the BASF Ecoflex® project to Uhde Inventa-Fischer. The plant will be built in Ludwigshafen (Germany) and will have an annual capacity of 60,000 tons of Ecoflex® polymer. It is scheduled to start ...
6:20 min PET processing

ETA-process®: High thermal efficiency through utilisation of the return air – savings of up to 40%

Motan ETA-process® technology   Cost-efficency is highly valued everywhere. In plastics processing, the drying of hygroscopic plastics is a cost factor which is not to be underestimated. At first glance, some conventional, low-priced drying systems reach an efficiency of ...
2:25 min Additives

PolyOne introduces new additives for biopolymers at Interpack 2008

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced today the launch of its new anti-fog additive for biopolymers and transparent impact modifier for polylactic acid at Interpack 2008 (PolyOne: Hall 7 Stand ...
1:40 min PET processing

Orion Global: A prosperous PET Plant

Even during the off-season in Europe there is a highlight to be found in Lithuania, one of the most recent member states of the European Union. The continuous PET resin plant of Orion Global PET, owned by the Indorama group of Thailand and situated in Klaipeda, is producing at more ...
4:00 min PET materials

Octal to add 500,000 tons per annum of PET capacity

Oman-based Octal Holding and Co. SAOC (www.octal.com) will add 500,000 metric tons per annum (tpa) of production capacity in PET resins by May 2010, making it one of the world's largest polyester producers with 800,000 metric tons of annual capacity.Octal chairman Saad Suhail Bahwan ...