Page 7 - Plastics

Kingfa Science acquires land in Pune to build plastics making facility

The Chinese plastics company, which forayed into India by acquiring Hydro S&S Industries in 2013, is planning to expand its manufacturing activity in the country through this new site

Bayern Munich players wear shirts made from recycled ocean plastic waste

Club partner Adidas presented the shirt, which is entirely made of Ocean Plastic - fibres from recycled plastic found in coastal areas of the Maledives

BASF to invest Euro 200 mn to increase global plastic additives capacity

The company's plastic additives business will make this investment, approximately half of which in Asia, in the next five years

Kabra Extrusiontechnik to partner with Germany's Unicor GmbH

Two companies will collaborate to provide a fully integrated extrusion solutions for the Indian & global plastics corrugated pipe industry

Trinseo to increase capacity of styrene butadiene rubber in Germany

With this expansion, aimed at meeting growing customer demand for S-SBR in performance tyres, the company's global S-SBR production will go up 33 percent

Arkema increases Kynar fluoropolymer capacity in China

Capacity increase will help the company to meet growing demand for this product in Asia for applications such as new energies (batteries & photovoltaics) and water treatment

Lanxess' performance materials biz to increase focus on E&E industry

The company will adopt industry-appropriate orientation of product lines and services

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

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

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

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

Merck and PolyOne to collaborate for plastics with 3D effect

Long-term strategic partnership aimed at innovative plastics technologies with pearlescent pigments

Engel Group buys MES provider TIG

With this investment, Engel is consolidating its position as a leader in the area of manufacturing execution systems (MES) for the plastic injection moulding industry

BASF & Avantium form JV to make bio-material for polymers

The JV, named Synvina, will manufacture bio-based furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) as main building block for the new polymer polyethylenefuranoate (PEF)

Carbon fibre reinforced plastics market to reach $27.98 bn by 2024

Automotive is the fastest growing segment of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) market with a market share of 19.7% of the total volume in 2015, says a Grand View Research report

Mitsubishi Rayon & Lamborghini to jointly develop composites for automotive

While Mitsubishi will use its expertise in carbon fibre composite material, Lamborghini will bring in its technology and knowledge in developing light-weighted auto components

Jain Irrigation bags orders Rs 284 crores order for water supply projects

The company will be responsible for design & execution of water supply projects, located in Karnataka, and operation & maintenance (O&M) for 60 months

Sintex Industries to reorganise business structure

As part of this exercise, custom moulding business and prefab business from Sintex Industries to be merged with Sintex-BAPL and Sintex Infra Projects, respectively