Plastemart ----- Newsletter

Compounding activity is an integral part of PVC. It is therefore not surprising that several independent compounders in India meet requirements of the PVC industry. However closer analysis of applications of PVC reveal that almost 57% demand for the compound in India actually does not exist as they are manufactured for captive consumption by the processors. Read more in Indian PVC compounding business–Is there a big scope for an independent compounder?

While rapid economic development in China has led to a corresponding increase in the use of engineering plastics, this industry in China is still at its primary stage and suffers from low production levels, small-scale production facilities and limited varieties. To know more about the current domestic production, imports, growth prospects, read Engineering Plastics in China have good growth prospects

The industry has long accepted the fact that antiblock additive addition imposes a penalty on film optics. A high-clarity slip antiblock additive masterbatch eliminates the loss in clarity that often accompanies antiblock additive use by raising film clarity well above that of the base resin. Read in A new antiblock additive masterbatch produces clearer film compared to the base polymer

A new and quicker chromatographic method for determination of xylene soluble content of crystalline polymers like Polypropylene (PP) has been developed. The xylene soluble test is designed to measure the amorphous content of polypropylene and ethylene-propylene rubber materials. The accuracy and precision of the xylene soluble test are very important to the process and product specifications of the resultant materials. Read more in A quicker method for determination of amorphous content of crystalline polymer

Until 30 years ago, all carbon-based polymers were rigidly regarded as 'insulators'. Plastics have always been extensively used by the electronics industry for this very property. This narrow perspective is rapidly changing as a new class of polymers known as 'intrinsically conductive polymers' or 'electroactive polymers' are being discovered and commercialized. Although this class of polymer is in its infancy, the potential uses of these polymers are quite significant. Read Conducting Polymers

KET's CPVC Pipe Plant has handled the complex processing of the very heat sensitive CPVC, which calls for special screw geometry to process for optimum shear, with remarkable success. Read the third in the series of Plasticon Award winners in Extrusion System for processing of the sensitive Polymer "Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC)