Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative plastics solutions, will highlight their latest developments across a broad range of applications and end-user industries at Interplastica 2012, the leading platform for plastic and rubber technology in Russia, from January 24-27 in Moscow.
Braskem SA from Brazil, the leading resin producer in the Americas has udertaken an important step in the polypropylene market and will pay $323 million for the acquisition of the Polypropylene Business from The Dow Chemical Company.
The Dutch company EverkinetIQ International has developed in clause collaboration with Pekago, Albis and BASF its first small wind turbine in the PIQO Series with the aid of Luran S KR 2858 G3, an ASA resin from BASF.
As an innovation catalyst in golf ball technology, DuPont has partnered with Nike Golf for a transformational golf ball core that adds distance, straightens shots and improves control, according to Nike test results.
Borealis has pioneered the performance and material-saving capabilities for low density foams with its market-leading high melt strength polypropylene (HMS PP) Daploy product generation and technology, giving Borealis a leading global supplier position for long chain branched HMS PP.
Henkel provides clear benefits for composite customers with innovative solutions in structural bonding, mould release and high-performance resins. From October 27 to 29, these technologies will be in the focus at the Henkel booth at Composites Europe 2009 fair in Stuttgart. The aim is to demonstrate the advantages of the products and exchange experiences with experts.
Two high-performance pleasure craft from Campion Boats, showcasing a new use for Ashland`s Envirez bio-based resin technology, were recently tested on open water. Envirez resin, a major component of the boats` construction, is from Ashland Composite Polymers, a business group of Ashland Performance Materials, a division of Ashland Inc.
Mack Molding Co., one of North America's premiere plastics processors, reports that the speed and versatility of Maguire LPD vacuum resin dryers have helped maximize the productivity of the company's new medical molding cell.
Altuglas International, a Business Unit of Arkema launches new acrylic resin range with enhanced chemical resistance.
Eastman Chemical B.V. announced today the European availability of films made with Embrace LV, a new halogen-free copolyester resin for shrink film labels for packaged consumer goods. With better balanced shrinkage and physical characteristics previously unavailable in copolyester product offerings, Embrace LV is a single resin solution for shrink labels for the food, beverage and personal care markets.
A Metocene resin from LyondellBasell Industries using metallocene catalysts has been selected by Italian textile manufacturer Aquafil for its Dryarn range of microfibre clothing due to the resin`s ability to achieve significant improvements in processability and durability over other PP and traditional materials, setting new benchmarks in PP microfibre performance.
Octal has revealed details of its direct to sheet (DTS) APET plastic manufacturing process which constitutes a significant departure from traditional manufacturing processes - both in terms of manufacturing efficiency and product quality.
