Page 25 - Plastics & Polymers
Uflex launches extrusion lamination machine for woven polypropylene
The machine is also used to laminate very thin LDPE substrates to woven polypropylene and to paper or any packaging film
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Railway Minister inaugurates first green train corridor
The corridor, Rameswaram-Manamadurai, will be free from human waste discharge by using bio-toilets in trains
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L&T Hydrocarbon-EMAS Chiyoda consortium wins $ 1.6 bn contract in Saudi Arabia
The contract, awarded by Saudi Aramco, is for the development of the second phase of Hasbah Offshore Gas field situated off the Coast of Saudi Arabia
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Mitsui partners with Germany's Forward Engineering for composite applications
With this, Mitsui aims to expand its presence in the automotive carbon fibre market by leveraging FE's advanced knowledge relating to auto parts made from composite materials
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Mitsubishi and Ube Industries to merge injection moulding machine businesses
Ube Machinery will acquire an 85 percent stake in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology in order to secure the latter's worldwide business in injection moulding machines
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Toray plans $ 100 mn investment to set up nylon fibres plant in Mexico
The plant, with production capacity of about 10,000 tonnes, will supply nylon fibres for automobile airbags and airbag materials
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Penn Engineering buys plastic fastener maker Heyco
The acquisition will diversify the Penn Engineering product portfolio by expanding into engineered plastic fasteners, components and wire protection products
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LyondellBasell to set up high density polyethylene plant in US
The HDPE plant, with a 500,000 MTPA capacity, will be built on the US Gulf Coast and will use LyondellBasell's new Hyperzone PE technology commercially for the first time
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Flotek to acquire International Polymerics
This acquisition will allow Flotek to accelerate its fluid systems development while adding-value and increasing margins in IPI's core guar business
Mitsui Chemicals to expand thermoplastic olefinic elastomer in Japan
The company will increase the capacity of Milastomer, its thermoplastic elastomer brand, by 5,000 tonnes per annum at the Chiba (Japan) site of its subsidiary, Sun Alloys Co Ltd
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Nudging India out from water stress through plasticulture
With plasticulture, ie using plastics in agricultural activities, India can increase per capita water availability to more than 1,750 m3 from current 1,588 m3
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Footwear institute FDDI grants Green Label certificate to Henkel India
Green Label is a quality certification label that is issued to validate safe, healthy and eco-friendly footwear, leather products & components used to manufacture them and allied products
PolyOne acquires Gordon Composites and Polystrand for $85.5 million
These acquisitions further consolidate the company's position in continuous reinforced thermoplastic composite technology
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Mitsubishi Chemical plans to sell polyester feedstock business in India: Report
Oversupply of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), mainly from China, has prompted the company to off load Indian as well as Chinese PTA businesses, says a Nikkei Asian Review report
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Saudi Arabia's Sabic and ExxonMobil plan petrochemical JV in US
The potential new complex, which will house a steam cracker and derivative units, would be located in Texas or Louisiana near natural gas feedstock
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ExxonMobil to expand specialty elastomers capacity in Wales
The project will expand company's global Santoprene elastomers capacity by 25 percent
Rampf to set up facility for polyurethane and epoxy products in Germany
The company will invest Euro 11 million in the Grafenberg facility, which will produce polyurethane and epoxy boards for the automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, and wind energy industries
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Ford joins hand with tequila maker Jose Cuervo to make car parts from agri-waste
Two companies are exploring the use of agave plants (which is used to make tequila) to develop bioplastics for auto parts and accessories
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Sumitomo Chemical to set up polyethersulfone plant in Chiba
The new facility of polyethersulfone, a thermoplastic resin, is schedule to start commercial scale production in 2018
Polish firm PKN Orlen to raise propylene capacity by 100 thousand tonnes
The company will spend about $ 100 million in the expansion project, which will produce polymer grade propylene
