2013 Exhibitions
April 2013 Archives
Lead Features
Thai firm aims for 100% rPET sheet in Thailand- Davis-Standard to debut extrusion coating line at Chinaplas
- China plastics industry remains upbeat
- Lanxess to focus on automotive part testing in Hong Kong
- Nissei Plastics completes setup of production subsidiary in Thailand
- Thai expert expects no new start-ups; predicts healthy plastics growth
- Colormax Systems, K-Tron and Rotex offer new test lab facilities in China
Company News
- BASF and Petronas in a jv for aromatic plant in Malaysia
- BASF to cut jobs in Europe
- Clariant beefing up pigment capacity in Indonesia
- Sabic to axe jobs and shut down plants in Europe
- Schulman urges Ferro to consider purchase offer
- Parkinson appoints Shruti as distributor in India
- Equate and Gulf Cryo team-up for CO2 recovery project
- AkzoNobel Q1 2013 results show decline in revenue
- Songwon appoints Sun Ace as their new Africa region distributor
- Kuraray to set up PVOH plant in the US
- PolyOne partners with Juffali for Saudi Arabian colour plant
- Sasol embroiled in PP dumping fray in Brazil
- Mitsui starts operation of PP catalyst plant in Korea
- Chinese firm takes up LyondellBasell technology for new EVA and LDPE plant
- Toyo, ENPPI to build PE plant in Egypt
- Rapak opens new manufacturing facility in Thailand
- Arkema acquires majority stake in AEC Polymers
- Nypro shareholders approve Jabil deal
- LANXESS acquires Singaporean biocide specialist PCTS
- PTT Global Chemical and Pertamina partner for global-scale petrochem complex
in Indonesia - Clariant acquires Bayer’s nano-slver ink technology
- China approves shale deal with Shell
- Milacron completes acquisition of Mold Masters
- ExxonMobil Chemical to license tubular process for new LDPE plant
- DSM opens engineering plastics tech centre in Japan
Materials News
- A. Schulman sets up 1,000 kt masterbatch plant in India
- Arkema launches a new range of biosourced polyamides
- Mitsubishi takes over TPV compounder
- Teaming up to pursue biobased products
- AIPMA claims partial victory on Delhi plastic bag ban
- HUNTSMAN offers new TPU for wire and cable market
- BuildTog EU project enters construction phase
- BMS’s high performance plastic sheets chosen for Japan reconstruction project
- New polymide film made from DSM’s EcoPaXX
- Teijin’s new technology improves Planext Bioplastic
Machinery News
- Piovan introduces a productivity measuring system for machines
- Union offers new concept line for recycling heterogenous plastics
- Rajoo’s first multi-product open house gathers Indian pipe manufacturers
- IPEG acquires shredder maker Republic Machine
- Wittman Battenfeld to debut IMIW internal welding process
- Maillefer introduces new features for PML extrusion line
