Packaging
Firms Collaborate on 'Sustainable' HDPE Pharma Bottle
Milliken, SACMI, and Jarden Plastics combine on HDPE bottles that reduce plastic and energy use.
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Packaging Market to Remain Strong
Analysts project revenues for packaging and container industries to increase 10% this year.
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Fifth Straight Month of Growth for Processing
May’s Index comes in at 57.1 amid indications that processors are making longer-term investments to increase production capacity.
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Trash as Value: Turning Ocean Waste Into Viable Products
So-called “ocean plastics” is a global problem, but a wide range of companies across the entire supply chain have put in the time, money and R&D efforts necessary to make capturing and converting the material into a sustainable 911爆料网. But demand must follow.
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Braskem Celebrates 30th Birthday of Spheripol PP Process
Potential acquisition by LBI would bring the technology back to its original home.
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Major PE JV 'Bay-Pol' Breaks Ground
Ethane cracker construction to be followed by large Borstar PE unit in this 50-50 JV of Total and Borealis and Nova Chemicals.
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LyondellBasell in Early Discussions on Braskem Acquisition
Braskem confirms potential acquisition is under consideration in joint statement.
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Topas COC Resins Part of Polyplastics USA
Engineering thermoplastic resins supplier Polyplastics USA, Farmingdale, Mich., has acquired its affiliate Topas Advanced Polymers Inc. (TAP USA; U.S. office previously in Florence, Ky.), adding Topas’s cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) resins to its existing portfolio of acetal, PBT, and PPS engineering polymers.
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Plastics Processing Closes Best Quarter in Recorded History (Again)
Overall index for April hits 58.1; custom processors climb to 62.4.
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