In 2012, colors that mirror a sense of movement, evolution and surprise – bright, lively, even quirky hues and special effects – can be expected to find a receptive public. So will soft, muted, earthy and organic tones that convey introspection, stability and personal responsibility.
Leading Russian petrochemical company SIBUR will use Milliken’s pioneering clarifying agent Millad NX 8000 for new grades of highly transparent polypropylene that it is launching to enter the local market for transparent packaging materials.
Clariant launches Dispersogen ECS – a one-product answer to achieving pigment pastes with highly-effective dispersion in both waterborne and solvent-borne coatings.
LiquidMetals Colors, creates a mirror-like effect for molded plastic components.
Users of advanced medical polymers gain controlled, consistent, compliant color with new Clariant Mevopur Masterbatches.
Plastics additives producer Milliken will be at Interpack to demonstrate how its market-leading Millad clarifying agents and Hyperform HPN nucleating agents can make major contributions to converters’ process economics while ensuring improved product performance.
Clariant Masterbatches positioned to serve booming Middle East wire & cable industry.
According to United Nations estimates, over 9 billion people will be living on Earth by the year 2050. The amount of arable land needed to feed them, however, will not increase at the same rate. Inexpensive greenhouses made from plastic film represent one way to solve this problem: With the aid of such greenhouses, the output per hectare can be increased considerably.
South East Asian region consists of China, Korea, Taiwan and the ASEAN countries. The outlook of masterbatches in this region is quite buoyant. Demand pattern in this region is quite diverse with countries like Korea, Singapore and Taiwan having scope for growth of sophisticated masterbatches, while countries like Vietnam constitute a small but rapidly growing market.
At Arabplast 2011, Milliken will showcase additives for polyolefins offering pioneering possibilities in optical enhancement, performance improvement, and more cost-effective and sustainable processing, to meet the key challenges and demands of converters in the Middle East.
Leading British injection moulder, Thumbs Up (Bury), Ltd has launched a new line of food and domestic storage containers in coloured polypropylene random copolymer compounds that provide unparalleled clarity.
Milliken & Company, through a subsidiary, today announced the acquisition of the assets of Rebus, Inc., a leading North American provider of pigment and additive dispersions for the thermoset plastics and high-performance industrial coatings markets.
