Lead Feature
Mitsui: Innovative packaging materials made for finer living
Contributing broadly to society by providing high quality products and services to customers through innovations and the creation of materials, while keeping in harmony with the global environment, have been the aims of Mitsui... Read More»Also, download this story from the electronic issue here
Latest Headlines
- India’s packaging sector to take off; challenges looming
- Looking beyond the golden years
- Forming ties in Asia
- Collaborating for sustainable success
- Taiwanese machinery makers view potential of Chinese market
- BASF expands compounding/TPU capacities in China; auto/infrastructure sectors boost demand
- Composites take centrestage
- Trinseo, formerly Styron, trading on NYSE
- Clariant doubles masterbatch and pigment capacity in Indonesia
- Ineos/Sasol to set up HDPE plant in Texas
- Samsung starts up Chinese engineering plastics plant
- Asia still giant in chemical demand and production, but facing rising costs
- Schulman to buy part of Ferro’s operations for US$91 mn
- Asian footprint sets success trail
- Ineos completes acquisition of Sasol’s solvent business in Germany
- Westlake Chemical beefs up PVC operations with Vinnolit
- Ampacet acquires Aussie firm
Company News
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Another bid to sell Klöckner Pentaplast?
German packaging maker Klöckner Pentaplast is up for sale again by its owners, according to news reports. The company, which is wholly owned by an investor group led by hedge fund SVP Global, is being groomed for a EUR1.5 billion deal, according to a Reuters report...
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Materials News
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Sabic/NanoTech develop first transparent conductive PC film
With smart materials being one of the fastest growing areas of materials technology, Sabic and Cima NanoTech, a Singapore and US-based company, have jointly developed a transparent conductive polycarbonate film...
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Machinery News
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China bolsters sales for machinery
China is still a leading market for made-in-Germany machinery, even with its slower growth. Meanwhile, domestic-based machinery supplier Jinming is expanding its innovation level, to up its ante in the technology sector. Germany’s plastics and rubber...
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PRA June-July 2014
ON THE COVER:
Mitsui Chemicals’s innovative packaging materials cater to the broad sector of the packaging industry
SUPPLEMENTS
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Rubber reclaiming gains traction
Increased consumption of rubber is outpacing supply, thus resulting in shortages. One way of countering this is by recycling tyres to obtain crumb rubber, a practice that is becoming a preferred option due its sustainability, says Angelica Buan. As a result, more suppliers are also rolling out reclaimed rubber from end-of-life tyres. Rubber output from Asia, home of the...
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Taiwanese machine makers step up efforts in China
Notwithstanding the fact that Taiwanese machinery companies have had a head start in the Chinese market (with some over 20 years), compared to European, US and Japanese compatriots, China’s rising costs of production are affecting their operations. Meanwhile, highlights from Chinaplas 2014 in April are multi-material...
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