Clariant launches multifunctional dispersing agent for universal pigment dispersion
Clariant launches Dispersogen ECS – a one-product answer to achieving pigment pastes with highly-effective dispersion in both waterborne and solvent-borne coatings.
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New UltraChrome masterbatch features chrome-like reflectivity within a polymer materia
LiquidMetals Colors, creates a mirror-like effect for molded plastic components.
New Clariant Mevopur masterbatches
Users of advanced medical polymers gain controlled, consistent, compliant color with new Clariant Mevopur Masterbatches.
Producers save time and energy with nucleating and clarifying agents
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.
Booming in Middle East wire & cable industry
Clariant Masterbatches positioned to serve booming Middle East wire & cable industry.
New light stabilizer launched by BASF
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.
Masterbaches market in Asia
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.
Miliken at Arabplast 2011
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.
Milliken’s clarifier-colourant combo gets the thumbs up from Thumbs Up
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 expands colorants portfolio
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.
New masterbatch choices from Clariant
Clariant at K 2010: with the addition of a new line of masterbatches that comply with standards governing compostability and ecotoxicity, producers of products and packaging made from biopolymers have a wider range of options in color and performance-enhancing additives.
New clarifying agent from Milliken saves energy too, tests with Arburg
Processors using Millad NX8000 clarifying agent can reduce temperatures, cut cycle times.
