15 Mar 2004
Milliken Chemical Leading the Charge for Clear Packaging for DVDs
As clear packaging grows in popularity for DVDs and other digital media, Milliken Chemical is leading the charge by producing its market-leading clarifying agents, colorants and propriety packaging options.
12 Mar 2004
UV LIGHT POSES SERIOUS CHALLENGE FOR PET CONTAINERS
The challenge of preventing harmful impacts from UV light should not be ignored by makers of beverages, food and other consumer products packaged in PET according to research studies by Milliken & Company, a leading provider of high-performance plastic additives.
19 May 2003
MILLIKEN CHEMICAL’S CLEARTINT® DELIVERS AESTHETIC SOLUTION TO ENHANCE CONSUMER APPEAL IN BEVERAGE PACKAGING
Gent, Belgium – Milliken Chemical, the global leader in clarifying and colouring agents for polypropylene (PP), is now creating an exciting paradigm shift in the beverage industry’s attitude towards bottle caps. Traditionally viewed as a commodity element, Milliken, through its ClearTint® colourants technology, is showing how beverage caps can become an intrinsic and valuable part of packaging aesthetics by replicating beverage colour or brand colour in transparent PP to enhance consumer appeal and brand image. A reality currently in the process of being commercialised by three major drinks producers.
6 Feb 2003
MILLIKEN CHEMICAL TO SHOWCASE BREAKTHROUGH POLYMER ADDITIVES AT PLAST 03
Gent, Belgium – Milliken Chemical, the global leader in clarifying and colouring agents for polypropylene (PP), will use its presence at PLAST 03 exhibition (Hall 21, stand D16), 6-10 May in Milan, Italy, to profile its latest breakthrough advances in polymer additive technology.
16 Jan 2003
MILLAD® CLARIFYING AGENT KEY TO NEW PRODUCTS FROM LEADING CZECH POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCER
Chemopetrol, the leading Czech supplier of PP and PE, is launching a new range of PP materials clarified with Millad® 3988 from Milliken Chemicals. The new products are part of a revitalised portfolio that results from Chemopetrol’s recently realised investment in a new polypropylene production plant which replaced the previous production facility. The new plant, using the Amoco gas phase process, increases Chemopetrol’s capacity to 250,000 tonnes/year. The unit, which came on stream during Q4 2002, produces the full range of homopolymers, random and block copolymers.
14 Jan 2003
CLEAR POLYPROPYLENE FLYING HIGH
A shortage of polycarbonate and consequent higher prices, combined with an increasing level of breakages of Atlas in-flight catering drawer made from the polymer, led Lufthansa Catering Logistik (LCL) to undertake a review of materials with the potential to overcome supply and cost issues, as well as provide a reduced breakage solution.
13 Jan 2003
MILLIKEN TO SHOWCASE POLYURETHANE PRODUCT ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION AT UTECH 2003
GENT – January 13, 2003 - Milliken Chemical, a leading global supplier of specialty colourants and additives, will showcase its colour solutions, as well as its latest protection systems for polyurethanes, at UTECH 2003 exhibition. UTECH will be staged at The Netherlands Congress Centre, The Hague, 25-27 March and Milliken Chemical will be present on Stand 203.
21 Oct 2002
Extrusion blow moulded polypropylene bottles help European consumers get a clear look at new surface cleaner
WREXHAM, UNITED KINGDOM – October 21, 2002 – For a recognized innovator like Inblow Form Ltd., a blow moulding specialist based in the United Kingdom, the challenge was irresistible: develop clear, affordable and environmentally responsible containers for a new cleaning product.
15 Oct 2002
Milliken to manufacture ClearTint® polymeric colourants in Europe
Milliken Chemical, the global leader in clarifying agents for polypropylene, supports the European introduction of its unique ClearTint® polymeric colourants, with the announcement that it plans to open new manufacturing, colour matching, and technical support operations, in Gent, Belgium, before the end of 2002.
29 Jul 2002
ISI-Plast uses clear polypropylene to create unique hot-fill container for food applications
CORREGGIO, ITALY – July 29, 2002 – When it comes to creating opportunities for growth, nothing beats a new product, especially one that takes advantage of a market trend. For ISI-Plast, one of Italy’s top manufacturers of plastic containers, that product is a clear polypropylene container that’s ideal for food processors. Available in a wide range of sizes and with or without handles, the clear container makes it easier for customers to monitor their filling processes.
3 May 2002
Millad® 3988 Clarifying Agent Central To New Scanbech Product Launch
Scanbech Group, the Danish Specialist moulder of bottles, closures and tablet containers has selected a clarified polypropylene resin, utilising Millad® 3988 clarifiying agent, for three important new products being launched this year.