Nylon Corporation of America has started up a third polymerization reactor for specialty nylons at its Manchester, New Hampshire site. The line is expected to double capacity for long-chain nylons and copolymers and precedes a fourth reactor slated for late 2026.
SABIC has introduced three non-fluorinated Siltem resin blend families as potential alternatives to ETFE, FEP and PVDF in wire and cable, targeting PFAS-related restrictions while improving processing and resistance properties.
The situation on the Polish polypropylene market remains stable but difficult. Low demand and the presence of cheap imported material are limiting the ability of producers and trading companies to maintain polypropylene prices.
Zhafir will present the Zeres medical at K 2025, featuring a live COC syringe barrel application on a ZE1500V-300h. The GMP-compliant platform integrates GoFactory for process monitoring and traceability and offers up to 2,530 bar injection pressure and 300 mm/s injection speed.
Polyethylene multilayer packaging containing polyamide 6 copolymers from Envalior can be recycled along with the waste from flexible polyethylene packaging.
Despite the lack of some materials in the market, there is no panic or increased purchasing activity from converters who buy raw materials only as needed.
“It’s K time again” – for all the companies intending to participate in K 2025 in Düsseldorf. From 8 to 15 October 2025 the international plastics and rubber industry will again meet at its most important international trade fair. Registration documents are now available.
The European market will operate in a kind of stop and go mode in 2024. This means that larger polymer manufacturers will schedule maintenance at different sites, thus limiting their emissions at the company group level.
Plast Eurasia Istanbul 2023, the 32nd International Istanbul Plastics Industry Fair, was held at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul, on November 22-25, 2023.
Rising expectations to Chinaplas 2024 from the industry
Celebrating 75 years of connecting the UK plastics industry
The world’s leading trade fair highlight for injection moulding, extrusion technology, thermoforming and 3D printing will deal with the forward-looking topics of circular economy, digitalisation, process automation and energy efficiency.
