Page 18 - Plastics & Polymers

Manjushree Technopack plans diversification to tap growing packaging market

With foray into shrink film packaging and plans to increase its presence pan India, the company aims to emerge as preferred packaging solution provider to various industries

PVC pipes maker Finolex enters Limca Book of Records

The company was awarded national record certificate for holding largest number of plumber meets simultaneously across the country in a day on World Plumbing Day

Essel Propack's new tube making technology in US to raise productivity

While the currently equipped machines have capacity of 60 to 250 tubes per minute, the new SHOT line - installed at Danville (USA) facility - will produce 500 tubes per minute

Huhtamaki PPL to set up plants for flexible packaging and labels in NE India

The company will spend Rs 65 cr to build manufacturing facilities for flexible packaging and labels at Assam and Sikkim respectively. It will also relocate its labels plant in Navi Mumbai

RIL's petrochemicals biz records revenue of Rs 22,422 cr in Q2 FY17

Rise in refining, petrochemical and retail businesses volumes helps Reliance Industries to increase turnover by 9.6% to Rs 81,651 cr in Q2 2016-17

Suzlon opens rotor blade manufacturing unit at MP for wind energy sector

The unit at Badnawar (Ratlam) will manufacture rotor blades for its latest S111 2.1 MW turbines and have annual manufacturing capacity of 400 MW

BASF to gradually restart steam crackers at fire-affected Ludwigshafen site

The company has also declared force majeure for the purchase of naphtha, ethylene and propylene following the fire, which has damaged various pipelines

Reliance to shutdown FCC unit in Jamnagar refinery for maintenance

The shutdown, which will start from the second week of November 2016 for about 5 weeks, will provide an opportunity to carry out a revamp job in one of the polypropylene units

Ceat launches 'Puncture Safe' tyres for two wheelers

The company will roll out the new range of tyres, currently available only in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, in the other markets in a phased manner

Evonik to collaborate with HP to develop plastic powder for 3D printing

The German specialty chemicals company has produced special plastic materials, which allow for the industrial production of high-tech components in using 3D printing technologies

Solvay to expand sulfone polymer capacity in India

Expansion is part of the company's strategy to raise the global production of its high-performance sulfone polymers by 35 percent in the US and Asia

Celanese buys Italian thermoplastic compounder SOFTER Group

The acquisition will nearly double the number of Celanese global engineered materials product platforms

A Schulman to set up sheet moulding compound production line in Germany

The new production line will allow the company to produce its entire range of glass and carbon fibre sheet moulding compounds in Europe

Trinseo to build styrene butadiene rubber pilot plant in Germany

The pilot plant will allow for more efficient use of Trinseo's production facilities and help speed up innovation in the performance tyres market

Uflex engineers thinnest PET AlOx speciality film for packaging

The film finds extensive use in manufacturing laminates used for packing food, beverages, pharmaceutical and medical products

Sabic and PDI conduct study to test medical device plastics

Leaders in thermoplastic technology and infection prevention conducted stress-cracking study to unravel compatibility issues

BASF's German chemical complex catches fire resulting in death of two

Fires at Ludwigshafen site, triggered due to an explosion during work on a pipeline that carried ethylene and propylene product, has resulted in the shutdown of steam crackers

Effective implementation of standards will help win trust of Indian consumer

Stringent compliance automatically entails increased global market access and a heightened reputation for brands, translating into higher sales, says Suresh Sugavanam

Huntsman appoints Harshad Naik as MD for India Subcontinent

Naik succeeds Rohit Aggarwal who was appointed president of textile effects division in July this year

US-based PolyOne to build specialty engineered materials plant in Pune

Initial production at the new unit, which is expected to begin production in January 2017, will include specialty engineered polymer materials used in high performance applications