Packaging
Options For Plastics Decoration and Surface Treatment
New book analyzes recent trends in decoration and surface treatment of thermoplastics.
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Washington Penn To Buy ExxonMobil's PP Compounding Business
This marks the second PP compounding business to change hands this year.
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MATERIALS: Ineos To Fully-Own Styrolution
By year's end, Ineos will be sole owner of Stryrolution, its 50-50 joint venture with BASF.
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MATERIALS: Kraton Opens Up Innovation Center
A pilot facility in Belpre, Ohio, has been opened by Houston-based Kraton to produce a wide range of SBC-type developmental materials.
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MATERIALS: Braskem To Build UHMWPE Plant
A new UHMWPE plant is planned by Braskem at its LaPort, Texas site.
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New Study Finds Plastic Bag Bans Have Had Reverse Effects
The premise of these laws is to benefit the environment and reduce municipal costs...in practice, the opposite is more likely to be the case.
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ADDITIVES: Liquid Phosphite Antioxidant Gets FDA's Green Light For Food Packaging
Addivant's next-generation liquid phosphite now approved for food-contact applications boasts better properties and processing than its solid counterparts.
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Biocompatible, Zinc-Based Antibacterial Plastic Treatment
Two-year-old Dutch-Italian startup company invents biocompatible, high kill-rate antibacterial treament for any plastic.
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Chinaplas Show Offers News For Packaging, Automotive, Electronics
Fast-growing plastics fair showcases the region’s growing appetite for sophisticated food packaging, and more.
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Slower Growth Ahead for Packaging
Consumer-goods spending seems poised to grow more slowly, and therefore plastics packaging will see its peak rate of growth sometime in the second half of 2014.
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