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Entries for tag: resin
Ball grants licence for oxygen scavenger
Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) has granted a license under its oxygen scavenger patents to INVISTA, a leader in PET barrier packaging and producer of PolyShield(R) barrier resins.
Read ArticleAlcan raises prices
Alcan Packaging Food Europe announced today an average 5% price increase on all its products and up to 15% increase on resin based packaging products in Europe. This is applied on all packaging deliveries effective August 1st, 2008.
Read ArticleLyondellBasell to increase prices on its Catalloy process resins in Europe
Effective August 1, LyondellBasell Industries will increase prices in Europe on all of its Adflex, Adsyl, Softell and reactor-grade Hifax resins by €200 per tonne.
Read ArticleResin for moisture barrier introduced
NOVA Chemicals has introduced SURPASS® HPs167-AB resin for use in barrier-film structures. This resin offers high-moisture-barrier performance -- up to 50 percent improvement over existing resins -- and the ability for packaging designers to down gauge without sacrificing performance while helping them to meet their sustainability objectives.
Read ArticleDuPont investing USD150m in upgrading facilities
DuPont has announced that it is investing approximately $150 million to expand and upgrade manufacturing facilities in Europe, the United States and Asia to meet strong demand for its specialty ethylene copolymers in photovoltaics, packaging and automotive markets, as well as for new infrastructure in emerging economies.
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Resins introduced for renewably sourced packaging
DuPont has announced the expansion of its renewably sourced portfolio of offerings for the packaging market with the launch of new DuPont™ Biomax® TPS thermoplastic starch and DuPont™ Biomax® PTT (polytrimethylterephtalate) injection moldable resin. The launch took place at the global Interpack packaging trade fair.
Read ArticleResins to increase in price
Effective June 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) announces a price increase of 8 Euro cents per kilogram on all grades of DuPont™ Elvax® resins globally.
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Biomass for packaging
To help retailers keep pace with consumers who are ever more environmentally conscious, PWP Industries is introducing AgroResin® sustainable packaging.
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Du Pont reflecting on sustainability
The DuPont exhibit at Interpack 2008, 24-30 April 2008 in Düsseldorf, Germany, will reflect the company’s multi-faceted offering of sustainable materials for the packaging industry. These include proprietary, renewably-sourced resins for packaging applications, two of which, DuPont™ Biomax® TPS thermoplastic starch and Biomax® PTT (PolyTrimethylTerephtalate) an injection moldable non-reinforced polyester type resin, will be launched at the show. An announcement of the winners of the 20th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, which since this year has a new focus on sustainability, maintains the theme of the DuPont display, which can be found in the Bioplastics Association area.
Read ArticleResin selected for ice cream packaging
A new polypropylene injection moulding grade from LyondellBasell has been chosen by Unilever for use in the commercial production of clear containers for its Carte d’Or ice cream brand. Clyrell EC340R has been selected due to its unique combination of flowability, rigidity and impact strength.
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Bericap to show new closure concepts
BERICAP will show a variety of new closure concepts at the INTERPACK for the food, beverage and chemical industry.
Read ArticleStudy to be made on the effects of PLA on recycle stream
PLA manufacturers have stated that PLA is compatible with the collection, sorting and recycling infrastructures currently in place in most countries of the European Union. Consequently the Petcore Technical Committee commissioned an independent evaluation1 of the effects of PLA on the PET recycle stream.
Read ArticleCereplast extends biodegradable range
Cereplast, Inc. (OTCBB: CERP), manufacturer of proprietary, bio-based, sustainable plastics, extended the range of applications for biodegradable, compostable plastic with the introduction of the first-ever freeze-tolerant resin, CP-INJ-13. The newest addition to the Cereplast CompostablesTM resin family retains structural rigidity in freezing temperatures, ideal for frozen food applications, such as ice cream containers, and all applications requiring resistance to low temperature and/or high flexibility.Cereplast, Inc. (OTCBB: CERP), manufacturer of proprietary, bio-based, sustainable plastics, extended the range of applications for biodegradable, compostable plastic with the introduction of the first-ever freeze-tolerant resin, CP-INJ-13. The newest addition to the Cereplast CompostablesTM resin family retains structural rigidity in freezing temperatures, ideal for frozen food applications, such as ice cream containers, and all applications requiring resistance to low temperature and/or high flexibility.
Read ArticleDemand for plastic sheeting set to increase
Demand for plastic sheet in the US is projected to grow nearly three percent yearly to 7.7 billion pounds in 2011, valued at $7.2 billion (resin content only). Resins will account for 39 percent of the final product cost of $18.5 billion.
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Eastman launches resin for shrink film
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.
Read ArticleBassell increases prices
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.
Read ArticleBasell launches resins at K2007
Newly developed Basell PP and PE grades that enable converters to reduce wall thickness and improve productivity in packaging applications will be on display in processing demonstrations at K-2007 in Düsseldorf from October 24 to October 31, 2007.
Read ArticleBasell announces expansion of its polybutene-1 plant
Basell announced today that it plans to debottleneck its four year-old, 45 KT per year PB-1 plant located in Moerdijk, The Netherlands, which will increase its nameplate capacity to 67 KT per year in 2008.
Read ArticleCereplast Unveils the World's First Sustainable Polypropylene
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.
Read ArticleBasell introduces sealing resin for BOPP film processing
Basell has commercialised a new family of Adsyl polypropylene (PP) sealing resins designed to run on the latest generation of high speed BOPP (bi-oriented polypropylene) production lines.
Read ArticleColloboration on starch based bio materials
DuPont and Plantic Technologies Limited , an Australian company specializing in starch-based biopolymers, today announced plans to collaborate in the development and sale of renewably sourced polymers made from Plantic® technology.
Read ArticleBasell to increase prices
Basell will increase its prices in Europe, Middle East and Africa for its Adflex and reactor grade Hifax products by EUR60 per tonne and for its Adsyl products by EUR100 per tonne. In addition the company will increase the price for compounded Hifax and Hostacom products in line with the most recent raw material increases.
Read ArticleDSM strengthens presence in CEE
DSM Engineering Plastics has announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Resin Express. Under the terms of this agreement, DSM Engineering Plastics and Resin Express will join forces in the market development and sales of DSM Engineering Plastics resins in the Baltic States, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Read ArticleResin that betters bottles
Using its proprietary Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (ACP), Basell has launched a new high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin that offers converters of bottles for household chemicals and daily care products an outstanding combination of stiffness and environmental stress-cracking resistance (ESCR).
Read ArticleAdvanced resin for sustainable packaging
Brand owners are searching for new ways to meet demanding sustainability guidelines. ARCEL® advanced foam resin delivers the unique ability to reduce package sizes, without sacrificing any of the protective qualities found with traditional foam packaging. Smaller package sizes result in less waste, as well as reduced fuel consumption and lower transportation emissions.
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Basell launching new resins
Basell is launching a new high performance range of developmental polypropylene resins called Stretchene which can address the highly specialised customer requirements of injection stretch blow moulding applications (ISBM).
Read ArticleGE adds resin to portfolio
GE Plastics’ conductive Noryl GTX* resins have officially joined GE’s growing ecomagination* product portfolio.
Read ArticleLet the music play on
They’re primo on holiday wish lists; they’re pricey; and they’re precious to their owners. So after unwrapping an iPod or MP3 player that may cost upwards of $450, it’s important to safeguard these surprisingly delicate devices from being dropped, banged, or stepped on. Dozens of companies offer protective and stylish covers and cases for iPods – and the majority rely on the toughness, scratch resistance, and light weight of GE’s Lexan* polycarbonate.
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