Packaging
Prices of Polyolefins, PET Softer; PS, PVC Up for Short Term
Overall, supply outstripping demand likely to keep price trajectory flat-to-down.
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ExxonMobil Starts Up New PE Production Line
Focus is on high-performance materials used for liquid and food packagin, construction liners and agricultural films.
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SABIC Defers Discussions with Clariant on Merger with its Specialties Business
Continuation of discussions welcome by SABIC when market conditions improve.
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Four Packaging Trends to Consider for 2020
Chroma Color’s Bishop Beall discusses his views on key trends to consider in the development of plastic packaging going forward.
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Manufacturing Looks To a New Generation for Employees
Could Generation Z help bridge the yawning workforce gap in manufacturing?
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Braskem, Kautex, Erema Partner to Showcase Circular Economy in Action at K2019
Live demos include the production of three-layer HDPE bottles with a foamed middle layer, made with bioplastics and PCR, as well as recycling the bottles on-site during K.
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Blow Molding: Upgraded Line of Leak Testers
PTI’s VeriCon leak testers now have bigger touchscreens, greater test sensitivity, and remote data-transfer capabilities.
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Another Milestone in Lightweighting PET Bottles
Sidel has introduced X-Lite Still, which it calls “the lightest 500-ml PET bottle in the world for non-pressurized still water.” With a height of 195 mm, it weighs only 6.5 g.
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Uniloy Completes Separation from Milacron
Brian Marston remains in charge of the new Uniloy, Inc.
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Downward Pricing for Polyolefins, PET; Flat-to-Up for PS, PVC
Overall, slowed global demand and improved supply/demand balance scenarios are likely to keep prices of the five volume resins relatively stable.
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