Borouge opened a new Logistics hub
Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has inaugurated officially the Guangzhou Logistics hub.
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Borealis meets customer demand with relaunched healthcare solutions
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, starts to re-launch its Bormed LD PE range for blow, fill and seal products in response to customers demand for continued availability of the high-performance grades.
Plastic pipes do not contaminate drinking water
There have been suspicions that harmful substances migrate from plastic pipes into drinking water. A new study by the Danish EPA has acquitted the pipes.
BASF presents sustainable construction concepts
As a leading global partner to the construction industry, BASF is exhibiting at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from January 19 to 21, 2009.
Plastics support sustainable use of resources
Plastics contribute in many ways to sustainable use of resources.
Discarded PET bottles are reborn
The reincarnation of discarded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles into Valox iQ resin from SABIC Innovative Plastics epitomizes Cradle to Cradle design, an innovative paradigm from the internationally renowned sustainable design firm, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC (MBDC).
New DuPont Crastin PBT grades cut costs with super-fast moulding cycles
Moulders can cut cycle time for PBT parts up to 30 percent with new super-fast grades of DuPont Crastin PBT thermoplastic polyester. Designated Crastin SF, the new resins come in non-reinforced form and in reinforced versions with 15 or 30 percent glass fibre.
Borealis at Interplastica
Borealis to highlight market-leading polypropylene packaging innovations at Interplastica
Lyondell Basell has launched a new Avant M single-site catalyst system
New single-site catalyst boosts process performance of Lyondell Basell`s Metocene PP technology.
Waste Framework Directive
A revised Waste Framework Directive (WFD) paving the way for a resource efficient Europe.
Mixing Heads for white goods and insulation applications
KraussMaffei launches optimized PUR mixing heads for refrigerator insulation: far longer service life and more efficiency.
Teknor Apex licenses innovative starch-blend technology from Cerestech for producing bioplastics
Teknor Apex Company has signed a licensing agreement with Cerestech Inc. on a unique method for blending relatively low-cost thermoplastic starch (TPS) with synthetic polymers or other bioplastics while retaining high levels of key performance properties, the companies announced jointly today.
