The opening of a downstream plastics manufacturing plant in the Salalah free zone in December 2006 marked the beginning of a new phase in the region's petrochemical industry. It caught many by surprise...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c0c161/packaging_industry) has announced the addition of the "Packaging Industry Outlook in South Korea: Market Size, Key Trends, Drivers, and Challenges to 2016" report to their offering. The South...
Enabling wiring through room-temperature hardening without heating, optimal for all base materials such as PET film Tokyo, Jan 17, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd (a company of Tanaka Precious...
Enabling wiring through room-temperature hardening without heating, optimal for all base materials such as PET film Tokyo, Jan 17, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd (a company of Tanaka Precious...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5ccd19/styrene_global_mar) has announced the addition of the "Styrene Global Markets to 2020 - Substitution of Polystyrene by Polypropylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate to Impact Growth in Developed Regions" report...
Americas PET prices may firm in Q1 HOUSTON (ICIS)--North and South American polyethylene terephthalate (PET) prices are expected to firm through the first quarter of 2012, following a decline in resin and feedstock...
By Caroline Murray LONDON (ICIS)--European polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is likely to lengthen in 2012, partly because of new production capacities coming on-stream, but this could be tempered by a tight upstream paraxylene (PX)...
Global figures to rise in first few months of new year because of high polyester fiber demand Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) prices are positioned to gradually rise, following an expected seasonal increase in polyester...
The busts in the biofuels and solar sectors are looking like silver linings for bio-based chemicals and materials as investors increasingly turn their attention to a potentially more lucrative space. Financings, grants, initial...
HEADNOTE Measuring Risk & Its Variables Objectively In an article in the June 2006 issue of Professional Safety, the authors introduced a series of recommendations intended to build on risk assessment concepts established...
The following are examples of actual energy savings achieved by customers who implemented energy-measurement and management practices through Husky's Total Energy Management program: CASE STUDY #1: THIN-WALL PACKAGING MOLDER (45 INJECTION MACHINES) Situation/Opportunity:...
An upgraded version of the LeakMonitor has been introduced by Plastic Technologies, Inc.(PTI), Holland, Ohio. The device uses an ultrasonic sensor to continuously monitor reheat stretch-blow molding machines to detect costly compressed-air leaks...
2011 was a difficult year for recycled plastics, mostly because of the unpredictability of the Chinese market, which soaks up a lot of U.S. material, mainly on the West Coast. "We are so...
One of the more unusual aspects of the sustainability drive in the plastics industry (see article, p. 34) is the way giant beverage companies are taking an active role in spurring development of...
Toray Plastics (America), Inc., last year completed the construction of a $2 million, 44-kW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm on its 70-acre campus in North Kingstown, R.I. The three-acre solar array is the largest...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/aa484a/poland_petrochemic) has announced the addition of the "Poland Petrochemicals Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. The Polish petrochemicals industry has managed to ride-out the volatility in export...
LONDON (ICIS)--Artlant PTA's 700,000 tonne/year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Sines, Portugal, will have saleable product between the end of January and early February 2012, a company source said on Wednesday. "We...
Breakthrough Technologies from Virent, Gevo and Avantium Selected to Reach Global Scale ATLANTA -- The Coca-Cola Company today announced multi-million dollar partnership agreements with three leading biotechnology companies to accelerate development of the...
~ Gevo's technology will help create a viable alternative to fossil-fuel based packaging ~ ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), a leading renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, today announced a groundbreaking...
NEW YORK (ICIS)--Renewable chemical technology firms Gevo, Virent and Avantium will help US beverage firm Coca-Cola develop a 100% plant-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin for its PlantBottle packaging, a Coca-Cola official said in...