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December 2011

LEAD FEATURE

Portrait of 2011 and a glimpse into 2012

COMPANY NEWS

Shell pilots new PC process and enters into Middle East jv

Evonik strengthens nylon supply

Companies make forays into the South Korean market

Carbon fibre joint venture

PTT's PU jv formalised

MATERIALS NEWS

Plexiglas used in large scale PVs

API invests to increase capacity

Clariant triples capacity for Exolit

Songwon preps OPS with buy and output in Middle East

Cardia bags deal in China and sells to Europe

Coke to use PEF for its bottles

Making mass production of composite auto parts a reality

MACHINERY NEWS

Europeans upbeat about 2011 but enter 2012 with caution

Record year for centenarian Reifenhäuser

Quick changeover from new IBC

INJECTION MOULDING ASIA

KraussMaffei to expand output in China

Jebco to launch Autothane products in China

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Cardia bags deal in China and sells to Europe

ustralian bioplastics maker Cardia Bioplastics has secured a contract from China to supply waste bags made from its Biohybrid products. In other news, Cardia's material is being used by Polyden Folien to produce film for the European packaging industry.

The Chinese contract is worth A$260,000 for a six-month supply of 10 million Cardia kitchen waste bags for the Nanjing Government that will deliver them to 60,000 households in a defined radius in Nanjing. If the contract is extended beyond the initial six-month trial, it could grow to cover a larger radius of householders where the population in Nanjing is currently around 7 million people.

Meanwhile, Polyden Folien has launched its new range of flexible packaging films made with Biohybrid technology.