Chemicals
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24 Nov 2016
Total and Corbion form a Joint Venture in bioplastics
Paris, Amsterdam, November 24, 2016 - Total and Corbion are joining forces to develop bioplastics by creating a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market polylactic (PLA) polymers. The two partners plan to build a world-class PLA polymerization plant with a capacity of 75,000 tons per year at Corbion’s site in Thailand that already has a lactide (PLA monomer) production unit that will become part of the joint venture. Corbion will supply the lactic acid necessary for the production of the PLA and the lactide.
3 Nov 2016
Trade show visitors embrace and endorse ELIX Polymers’ solutions at K 2016
Tarragona, November 3, 2016 – ELIX Polymers, a main player in the manufacture and sale of ABS resins and by-products, has pronounced as a complete success its participation in the K-show (K 2016) in Düsseldorf, Germany, considered to be the plastics industry’s key trade fair.
Murfreesboro, TN - November 2, 2016 - Polymer Technology & Services, LLC (PTS), a global manufacturer of flame retardant engineering thermoplastic compounds, is extending its TRISTAR® family of polycarbonate-based materials with four halogen-compliant types certified 746R and 746H by Underwriters Laboratories, UL. The new grades are intended for electrical and telecommunication devices, business machines, and small and large appliances. They will be available in Europe, North America and Asia.
Tarragona, October 26, 2016 – ELIX Polymers has introduced a new generation ABS/PC blend to meet the needs of the automotive industry. ELIX Ultra HH 4115 HI ABS/PC can help to achieve major weight reductions through lower density, as well as delivering cost savings, processing benefits, very low emissions and odour when compared to PC/ABS.
Ulsan, Korea – October 25, 2016 – SONGWON Industrial Co., Ltd., will showcase its new range of functional monomers at the 20th International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, K 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ghent, Belgium - At the K 2016 trade fair in Germany, specialty chemicals supplier Milliken & Co. plans to showcase a variant of its well-established Millad® NX™ 8000 clarifying additive for polypropylene that it has tailored for use in the extrusion blow molding (EBM) process. This new additive performs significantly better in higher melt-flow-rate (MFR) grades of PP, and yields excellent results in both optics and productivity.