New polyethylene resin for the caps and closures market
NOVA Chemicals introduced a sustainable, high-performance polyethylene resin for the caps and closures market.
NOVA Chemicals introduced a sustainable, high-performance polyethylene resin for the caps and closures market.
SABIC partners with Mauser to develop high-performance, cost-effective granulated HDPE for industrial containers.
In 2011 Italy imposed ban on single-use PE bags. We publish an article written by Croatian scientist Igor Čatić. Author is a retired professor of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of the University of Zagreb. His article concerns polyethylene packagings and ban imposed by the Italian government.
Milliken, a division of Milliken & Company, has overcome one of the toughest challenges in the plastics industry – successful nucleation of polyethylene (PE).
Rotational sintering is a process that is suitable for shaping large hollow articles made of plastic, especially polyethylene (PE).
Residents of five communities in the Polish province of West Pomerania are already experiencing the benefits of an improved drinking water and sanitation network thanks to an on-going project to upgrade and expand the existing system with pipes based on BorSafe PE100 LS-H from Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions.
Braskem, the largest producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas and the world’s leading biopolymer producer, has recently launched two new thermopolymers: Symbios 4102 and Symbios 3102, strengthening the portfolio in the bioriented polypropylene (BOPP) and PP film segments.
At yesterday’s meeting in Vienna, the Borealis Supervisory Board approved a EUR 17 million investment to upgrade one of its polyethylene plants in Porvoo, Finland.
Lighter than an extruded HDPE bottle for the same level of functionality, the SafeSense HDPE bottle made by ISBM also offers equivalent capping quality to PET, without a sealing lid. This is a real alternative for the fresh milk market.
Numerous new high performance polymers came under the spotlight at the SPF 2010 plastics films conference that took place in Dusseldorf in late October. They included latest metallocene-catalyzed polyethylenes from ExxonMobil and Ineos, high-stiffness terpolymers from Borealis, extensions to DuPont’s ionomer resin family and tie-layer resins based on new technology for multilayer films from LyondellBasell.
Braskem, the largest thermoplastic resin producer in the Americas and a company committed to bringing to market products and solutions with high technical performance that are aligned with the principles of the low-carbon economy, announces the conclusion of the conceptual phase of the project to build a green propylene plant.
Borealis, the Austria-based provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, has launched its BorLite linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) range claiming to give flexible packaging converters a unique opportunity to gain a further competitive edge in efficiency, environmental and product performance.