Consumer Products
Plastics Machinery Shipments Finish 2019 Down Compared to 2018
A surge in the final quarter of 2019 could not salvage a weaker overall performance for North American plastics machinery and equipment sales compared to 2018.
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Prices Bottom Out for PE & PP? Up for PS, Flat-to-Down for PVC & PET
Drivers include parity with global prices, ample supplies and higher raw material costs in some instances.
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Prices for Polyolefins, PS, PVC and PET Trending Flat to Higher
Going into second quarter, the resin pricing trajectory is unsettled by a virus outbreak.
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Additives: Flow Enhancers for Semi-Aromatic Nylon
Bruggemann’s Bruggolen TP-P1810 said to be the first flow enhancer for aromatic nylons.
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Materials: Extremely Lightweight and Foam-Free TPEs
Kraiburg’s TPE’s new TPE technology incorporates 3M’s Glass Bubbles to create extremely lightweight thin-wall moldings.
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Parity with global prices, higher feedstock costs, and ample supplies are among the drivers.
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Ampacet Acquires Liad Weighing and Control Systems
Ampacet’s acquisition of Israeli company Liad marks its entry into the auxiliary equipment business.
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Ascend to Acquire Compounding & Masterbatch Business of Poliblend and Esseti Plast
Ascend’s pending acquisition will broaden its portfolio of nylon 66 offerings and mark its entry into nylon 6, PBT and POM.
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Exact Metrology Set to Open New Center in Illinois
Exact Metrology’s new facility will serve as a training, support, contract measurement and sales center.
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Ineos and UPM Biofuels in Supply Agreement for Renewable Raw Material to Make Bio-Attributed Polyolefins
The world’s first commercially available bio-attributed PVC from Ineos’ Inovyn business uses residue from wood pulp manufactuing.
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