Recycling - An essential measure for the circular economy
The image of plastics has never been as negative as it is today, and discussions regarding the use of plastics have rarely been so emotionally charged.
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
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Nouryon to supply CiD technology to Ukrainian PVC producer
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will license its innovative continuous initiator dosing (CiD) technology to Karpatnaftochim, Ukraine’s largest polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer.
PRS Europe - speakers from Procter&Gamble, Henkel and Dow
Key speakers at the conference on plastics recycling include Ellen Macarthur Foundation, Procter & Gamble, Henkel and Dow Europe.
VinylPlus Product Label: the sustainability mark for PVC products
The VinylPlus Product Label is the new sustainability mark making it simpler for customers, specifiers and markets to identify the PVC building and construction products delivering the highest functional performance and contribution to sustainability.
New recipes for "old-fashined" vinyl records
PCW GmbH, founded in 1887, sees itself as one of the world's oldest PVC compounding companies and as closely linked to the history of vinyl records.
VinyLoop closed PVC recycling project in Italy
PVC recycling project VinyLoop in Ferrara, Italy, which was started in 2002, ceases operations, according to a brief statement from the company dated 28 June 2018, said the company.
Mexichem acquired Sylvin Technologies
Mexichem has announced that it has acquired Sylvin Technologies Inc., a niche PVC compounds manufacturer based in Denver, Pennsylvania.
Azoty ZAK S.A. ceases ortho-phthalate plasticizers production
Grupa Azoty ZAK S.A. ceases ortho-phthalate plasticizers production. The Company’s long term strategy will be based on non-orthophthalate DEHT/DOTP (Oxoviflex) and specialty plasticizers.
The second edition of The OXO Conference oriented on the market
For the second time, Grupa Azoty ZAK S.A. invited business partners, representatives of the plastics industry and chemical processing to take part in The OXO Conference.
battenfeld-cincinnati: Upgrade opens up new markets
Inoutic has just ordered a coextrusion solution from its long-standing machine supplier battenfeld-cincinnati. The profile manufacturer has decided for the third time to upgrade and extend an existing mono extrusion line and to transform it into a coextrusion line.
BASF develops a material for window profiles based on Ultradur
BASF has developed an Ultradur (PBT, polybutylene terephthalate), modified for co-extrusion with PVC, that replaces steel in PVC windows as the stiffening element.
Profiles 2017 Conference
The international conference on plastic profiles for construction applications on 19 - 20 September 2017, Cologne, Germany.
