Plastics Industry News

INEOS ChlorVinyls to review pricing mechanisms for contracted PVC customers

In a bid to offset deceptive PVC market reports, INEOS ChlorVinyls has recently announced to review its pricing mechanisms for contracted PVC customers across Europe and to provide contra...

Successful restart for DuPont's Texas-based Sabine River Works site five months after Hurricane Ike

DuPont's Sabine River Works site in Orange, Texas has completed its restart project following Hurricane Ike. The ethylene unit at the site recently began operation 152 days after the stor...

LyondellBasell concentrates its distribution network in Italy on Com-Ital and Ultrapolymers Italy

LyondellBasell Industries recently announced that the company will concentrate its distribution activities in Italy to Com-Ital and Ultrapolymers, which will serve as the official distrib...

Georgia Gulf's Q4 sales down on lower prices, volumes

Georgia Gulf Corporation, a leading North American manufacturer of chlorovinlys and aromatics, reported net sales of US$535.6 mln for the Q4 - 2008 compared to net sales of US$776.4 mln t...

Solutia clocks 13% decline in Q4 net sales

Solutia, a US-headquartered performance materials and specialty chemicals company, posted a 13% decline in fourth quarter net sales to US$429 mln compared to US$492 mln in same quarter la...

LyondellBasell unveils new PE-RT resin for hot water pipe applications

Sidel develops PET compatibility evaluation service for sensitive drinks segment

Sidel Group, one of the world leading liquid foods packaging provider, has developed a package/product compatibility evaluation service for its customers in the sensitive drinks segment (...

SIBUR posts 7% increase in 2008 petrochem production; low demand projected for 2009

Russian petrochemical giant, SIBUR recently announced that the company reported a 7% increase in the production of petrochemical products to 14.79 mln tons in 2008 as compared to 13.88 ml...

Sweden's Tenova Bioplastics AB acquired by renewable packaging provider Billerud

Billerud, a leading European sustainable packaging solutions provider, has acquired Tenova Bioplastics AB, a Swedish innovation company based in Norrköping that produces compostable carri...

Sound insulation for open-plan offices developed with multi-layer system of PU foam

In cooperation with Bayer MaterialScience AG, SilenceSolutions GmbH, a Cologne-based maker of professional acoustic partition systems, has developed a range of designs for effective sound...

BASF launches 2-propylheptyl acrylate

Chemical giant BASF has recently launched 2-propylheptyl acrylate (2-PHA), a new raw material and building block for functional polymers, on the market. This step indicates company's stea...

New FDA-compliant TPE materials for medical tubing applications unveiled

GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers, a PolyOne business showcased a new portfolio of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-compliant TPE materials at MDM West held from Feb 9 - 11 at Anaheim, ...

Solvay Advanced Polymers' KetaSpire® PEEK and AvaSpire® Modified PEEK achieve ISO 10993 biocompatibility

Solvay Advanced Polymers, LLC, a part of Solvay Group recently announced that its KetaSpire PEEK (polyetheretherketone) and AvaSpire modified PEEK have achieved ISO 10993 biocompatibility...

Sealed Air's Cryovac® NatureTRAY™ package receives BPI-certification

The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) has awarded its certification to Sealed Air's Cryovac® NatureTRAY™ package, confirming that the package meets the ASTM D6400 standard for compos...

Bayer MaterialScience highlights UVA cure technology for battlefield composite repair

In an effort to make aircraft battlefield composite repairs timely and economical, Bayer MaterialScience has developed a UVA cure technology that allows repairs to be made using the same ...

US-based Berry Plastics to expand thermoforming operations by Q1 - 2010

Berry Plastics Corporation, US-based leading manufacturer of plastic packaging, has decided to expand its thermoforming operations by ramping up manufacturing capacity by first quarter 20...

CO2-based degradable plastic project comes on stream in China's Hainan province

The unique carbon dioxide (CO2)-based degradable plastic chlorinated polypropylene (PPC) project, funded by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) recently started operations in ...

Price trends of oil, polymer feedstock and commodity polymers in Asia for the week ended February 16, 2009

CRUDE OIL Crude oil prices have dipped to US$37.5 in the week of February 16, 2009 from last week’s levels of US$39.6. A larger than expect...

Nanotechnology method discovered to effectively reduce gas permeability in packaging

A study by researchers at Ohio-based Case Western Reserve University (US) has led to a nanotechnology method that could block damaging gases even more effectively and lessen the gas perme...

Pliant Corp files its US, Canadian operations for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Pliant Corporation, a leading producer of value-added film and flexible packaging, has announced to implement a financial restructuring plan via a voluntary Chapter 11 filings of its US a...