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PET processing
Opening of new plant in USA: AlphaPet Inc.
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) is pleased to announce the official opening of its 432,000 tons a year PET resin plant, AlphaPet Inc, at Decatur, Alabama, USA on June 03, 2010. The opening marks the start-up of AlphaPet Line 2. The plant, which is co-located on the ...
0:58 min
PET processing
Eastman reviewing strategic options for performance polymers business
Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced it will review strategic options, including a possible divestiture, for its PET business in the Performance Polymers segment. The company has retained Bank of America Merrill Lynch as its exclusive financial advisor for the ...
3:16 min
PET processing
INVISTA Europe Polymer & Resins renews commitment to innovation and value creation
Leveraging its strengths in innovation, in its assets and its operational excellence, the INVISTA European DMT and Polyester business is looking at each aspect of the business for further growth opportunities and improvements. The key focus areas for the business remain innovation ...
1:25 min
PET processing
AQUAFIL 2-reactor PET polycondensation plant with Direct Film Casting
AQUAFIL Engineering GmbH (Berlin, Germany) announces the successful start-up of a Polyester Polycondensation Plant for BOPET Film in India with the latest state of the art AQUAFIL Engineering Technology. The speciality of the plant is the Direct Film Casting Technology (DFC) of ...
2:10 min
PET processing
Vietnam: Textile polyester plant for PVTex
Uhde Inventa-Fischer has won a contract for a textile-grade polyester plant with their customer Petrovietnam-Vinatex Dinh Vu Petrochemical and Fiber Joint Stock Company, Vietnam (PVTex). The main contractor is a consortium of Hyundai Engineering, Seoul/Korea, LG International ...
1:43 min
PET processing
NatureWorks LLC introduces new injection molding grade of resin: Ingeo™ 3251D
2008 NatureWorks LLC is launching Ingeo™ 3251D, a new and improved injection molding grade of Ingeo™ biopolymer. This new Ingeo™ grade has been designed specifically for the consumer goods segments such as electronics, cosmetics, housewares, toys and custom molding.This new grade, ...
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 ...