by Plastics.com Staff | Apr 11, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, North America, Tool & Die
The city of Huangyan, in Jiangsu Province, China, would be unknown to many in the plastics industry for sure but it’s well represented at NPE, with at least six toolmakers making the trip half-way round the world to Orlando. Like many industrial cities in Eastern...
by Plastics.com Staff | Apr 11, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, North America, Recycling
Final enforcement dates and rates have not been set, but both countries are looking at a tariff of 25%. “While we’re confident in the plastics industry’s ability to handle these changes, these proposed tariffs are already causing global market anxieties...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 29, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Daily News, Profile
Allplastics Engineering specialises in the precision manufacture of advanced and polymer parts for some of Australia’s biggest industries. Managing director Vic Kalloghlian, explains the role innovation has played during the company’s evolution. Although Allplastics...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 28, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Commodity Polymers, Daily News, Polymer Science
Chemical maker Borealis AG and United Chemical Company LLP have signed a joint development agreement to build a world-scale polyethylene project, integrated with an ethane cracker, in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The scope of the agreement will include the construction...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 27, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Daily News, Environmental, Global, Packaging
India – There is an anti-plastic tsunami right now. Take a walk to any public space like a beach or a park in Mumbai city, and you will see carelessly discarded plastic detritus. All of it has resulted in outrage about the use of plastics and urban society’s...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 23, 2018 | All Materials, Asia/Pacifica, Daily News, Polymer Science
Materials supplier, Songwon Industrial Group has started the bulk production of functional monomers at its production site in Ulsan, South Korea, two years after developing the products. The Korean resin manufacturer announced 21 March that the application for the...
