Piotr Kwiecien and Michel Volters of Sabic explain how business in Poland is going. It is one of the fastest growing markets for polyolefins in various applications.
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LyondellBasell Industries, producer of polymers, chemicals and fuels, will feature its polyolefins technology, production and marketing offerings at Plastex 2008, the Czech Republic's premier trade fair for the plastics industry, to be held May 13 to 16 in Brno.
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LyondellBasell Industries has opened a sales office in Bratislava, Slovakia to better serve its polyethylene, polypropylene and advanced polyolefin customers in the growing Central and Southern European region.
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Rapid economic growth in emerging economies and increased technological innovation in consumer goods is increasing the demand for packaged goods, plastic films and building materials, which in turn is driving demand for high-performance polyolefin plastics like polyethylene and polypropylene.
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Effective December 1, Basell will increase prices by $200 per tonne on all of its Adflex, Adsyl and reactor-grade Hifax resins produced in Europe for export into US dollar-based markets.
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Cereplast, Inc., manufacturer of proprietary bio-based sustainable plastics,announced the launch of a new family of resins, Cereplast Hybrid Resins(TM). The new resins will complement Cereplast's existing line of compostable resins, Cereplast Compostables(TM),expanding market applications for Cereplast resins. Both resin families, Cereplast Compostables(TM) and Cereplast Hybrid Resins(TM), are perfectly suited to meet the needs of all converters, manufactures and brand owners interested in producing and selling environmentally sustainable plastic.
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Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, completes the sale of its Norwegian polyolefins business and share of the Noretyl gas cracker to Ineos. Worth EUR 290 million, the deal comprises a 175,000 tonne per year (t/y) polypropylene (PP) unit and a 140,000 t/y low density polyethylene (LDPE) unit, as well as a 50% share of the 557,000 t/y Noretyl gas cracker. The polyolefin units manufacture plastics mainly for the moulding, film and fibre, and extrusion coating industries in Northern Europe.
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Borealis, a leading provider of innovative plastics solutions, has launched BorForm™, a new and unique polyolefin for film-based vacuum forming packaging. Developed in co-operation with packaging converter Tommen Gram, this complete solution addresses the performance, aesthetic and environmental requirements of packers, processors and consumers throughout the value chain. It ensures efficient production and handling, and minimises packaging materials and waste, while drastically reducing costs and improving food quality.
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Borealis, a leading provider of innovative plastics solutions, has launched BorForm™,
a new and unique polyolefin for film-based vacuum forming packaging. Developed in
co-operation with packaging converter Tommen Gram, this complete solution
addresses the performance, aesthetic and environmental requirements of packers,
processors and consumers throughout the value chain. It ensures efficient production
and handling, and minimises packaging materials and waste, while drastically
reducing costs and improving food quality.
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Borealis, a leading innovative plastics provider, is enlarging its product offer for high
quality films with a new addition to its Bormed™ family of dedicated healthcare
polyolefins. The new grade, Bormed TD109CF, is a polypropylene (PP) sealing
material that combines processing advantages with high transparency, purity,
excellent sealing behaviour and sterilisability. End uses which can benefit from the
performance advantages include pouches, form- fill-seal (FFS) film, the sealable layer
for lids for the packaging of medical devices, and lid films for blister packaging. With
this new grade, Borealis’ range of solutions for the medical film industry becomes
uniquely broad.
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Borealis brings a new polypropylene Borpact™ grade to film converters and product
manufacturers which offers solutions to the packaging industry due to a unique
combination of good low temperature resistance, high stiffness, high heat resistance
plus excellent optical properties. Food packaging, pouches, peelable lidding film and
film bottle labels are among the application areas set to benefit from Borpact
BC914TF. With this development, polypropylene can be used in a number of new
sectors, such as in labelling and modified atmospheric packaging (MAP) trays for
meat and fruit.
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