Packaging
Volume Resin Prices Flat or Down
Feedstock costs are lower, supply is outpacing demand, and overall global demand has slowed.
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Blow Molding: Something for Everyone at K Show
Packaging, industrial, continuous-extrusion, accumulator-head, injection-blow, stretch-blow, EPET, foam, sandwich co-injection—the blow molding news was wide ranging at K 2019.
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PP Nucleating Agent Gets Certification from UL for its Energy Savings
Milliken’s Hyperform HPN nucleating agent enables an average of 5-8% energy savings.
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PolyOne to Acquire Clariant Color & Additive Masterbatch Business
Early synergies and innovation opportunities are seen by PolyOne in the forthcoming acquisition of Clariant Masterbatches.
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Self-Reinforced Composite Based on PLA Fibers Wins 2019 Global Bioplastics Award
The Bio4Self (16 partner companies from the European Union) won the 14th Global Bioplastics Award.
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Global Bioplastics Market to Grow by Over 15%
The European Bioplastics’ 2019 data update confirm dynamic growth for the bioplastics industry.
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Blow Molding: Digital Inkjet Printing onto PET Bottles
Printing directly on bottles can substitute for labels and in some cases can take place inside the blow molder.
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New Plastic Technologies & Alternative Bioplastics Augment Flexible Plastic Packaging Growth
Frost & Sullivan study sees promising market growth opportunities within a four-year period.
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Milliken's PP Clarifier Receives Critical Guidance Recognition from the Association of Plastics Recyclers
Millad NX 8000 clarifying agent validated as compativle with plastic packaging recycling.
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Volume Resin Prices Down-to-Flat Going into First Quarter of 2020
Prices of polyolefins, PS, PVC could bottom out; PET, nylon 6 could drop further while flat to modestly down trajectory projected for ABS, PC, and nylon 66.
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