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The adhesives and sealants industry includes two chemically similar but functionally different groups of formulated products. Industries that typically use adhesives and sealants include automotive, construction, consumer products, assembly, packaging and labeling. In fact, adhesives have revolutionized the way automobiles have been designed and built. To know about the applications in the automotive sector, the various challenges faced by the adhesive and sealant industry, the growing regions, the growth sectors, etc, read Adhesives find higher usage in automotive industry |
Medical products have developed very well in the last few decades. With advances in the medical sector, medical packaging will also change considerably by 2020. Medical device and pharmaceutical packaging will become easier to use, less costly to produce and provide much better protection. To read about the advances expected in medical packaging, the growth sectors, the growth region in world pharmaceutical packaging and the medical device and supplies market in India, read Medical device and pharmaceutical packaging to be significantly improved by 2020 |
Wood and concrete, typically used as ties or sleepers that are used to support railroad tracks are being increasingly replaced by plastics. Railroad ties must be able to withstand high mechanical loads, be dimensionally stable and weather-resistant over a long period to comply with the conditions for safe rail operation and low maintenance costs. They also get affected by frequent temperature changes, UV radiation and permanent atmospheric moisture after a relatively short time. Hence railroad builders are turning increasingly to a polyurethane composite. Read in Fiber reinforced PU is used as ties or sleepers to support railroad tracks |
LEDs are used as indicator lamps in many devices, and are increasingly used for lighting replacements for traditional light sources. Recent advances provide evidence that developments in heat dissipative plastics and fillers for plastics are slowly beginning to replace metals like aluminum for heat control purposes in LEDs. Read in Plastics show sustainable promise for heat management in LED applications |
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Previously, researchers had produced HMF, (a chemical that can be used as a raw material for plastics and fuels now made from crude oil) from simple sugars derived from cellulose. New research has helped the new single-step process build upon the earlier two-step process of conversion, leading to an effective method to convert cellulose biomass that is abundantly found in plants to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). This breakthrough one-step process promises to turn plants into eco-friendly and renewable replacement for crude oil. Read in Single-step process to convert cellulose biomass into PET intermediate chemical |
Consumption of plastics has influenced the tool steel market, with a demand for more specialized type of tool steels. Increasing ingot sizes can lead to microstructural inhomogenities which have a negative influence on the properties of the typical pre hardened stainless steel. Read about a new alloy steel that helps eliminate these influences and offers better advantages for molds in New steel alloy offers better advantages for molds |
The manufacture of medical devices is subject to stringent and comprehensive regulations. For most device classes, contamination control is achieved through the use of a clean room facility. A clean room is a controlled environment where products are manufactured, in which the concentration of airborne particles is controlled to specified limits. Read more in Medical device production requires clean room environment |
PRICE TRENDS for week of January 11, 2010
NAPHTHA 
Naphtha prices have spiked in Asia in the week of January 11, 2010 on robust demand in the region and in line with rising crude oil values. H2 February open-spec naphtha was assessed at ...
ETHYLENE
In line with rising feedstock naphtha price increases and robust demand from derivative markets, ethylene prices have propelled to US$1200/MT in Asia in the week of January 11, 2010...
PROPYLENE
Propylene prices have escalated past US$1195/MT in Asia in the week of January 11, 2010 in line with robust crude oil and naphtha prices amid supply constraints coupled with rising demand from derivative markets. Supply concerns...
Read More in Price trends of oil, polymer feedstock and commodity polymers in Asia for the week ended January 11, 2010 |
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