PlasticsEurope cautiously optimistic about 2012
BRUSSELS (Jan. 17, 2012) -- PlasticsEurope director Wilfried Haensel says there are still opportunities for the region’s plastics industry, despite all the ongoing economic uncertainties facing the
Eurozone.
Firms develop spray foam based on sugar
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS (Jan. 10, 2012) -– SES Foam and Imperial Sugar Co. are introducing SucraSeal, which they claim is an environmentally friendly, open-cell, Class 1 sucrose-based spray foam
insulation.
PolyOne adds Stan-Tone production in Shenzhen
AVON LAKE, OHIO (Dec. 20, 2011) -- PolyOne Corp. has added production of Stan-Tone brand paste colorants at its plant in Shenzhen, China.
Church uses plastic, cardboard
 A-frame structure model
Evonik's wood-plastic composite focuses on acrylic
COLOGNE, GERMANY (Dec. 20, 2011) -- The polymer used in wood plastics composites (WPC) is usually polypropylene or PVC. But Evonik Industries AG has worked with machinery supplier Reifenhäuser GmbH &
Co. KG to develop an acrylic-based Plexiglas Wood brand.
Chinese firm offers pultruded PU window frame
SUZHOU, CHINA (Dec. 13, 2011) -- China’s Jiangsu Top Composite Technology Co. Ltd. has developed what it says is the country’s first energy-saving window frame made with pultruded glass fiber
reinforced polyurethane, in a partnership with Bayer MaterialScience.
Formica maker streamlines as Asian demand grows
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (Nov. 29, 2011) -- Fletcher Building Ltd. has combined its Laminex Group and Formica Group businesses under a new laminates & panels division. The announcement follows
Formica’s plan to build a new laminates plant in China to capitalize on its Asian market success.
China's WPC makers look to domestic market and new applications
HUANGSHI, CHINA (Oct. 25, 2011) -- Facing declines in their traditional export markets in North America and Europe, Asia’s wood-plastic composite makers are increasingly switching their focus to
their regional markets, where local demand is growing more than 10 percent a year.
Georg Fischer opens 11th plastic pipe factory in China
HAINING, CHINA (Oct. 24, 2011) -- Chinaust Group, the 50/50 joint venture between Swiss plastic pipe maker Georg Fischer Piping Systems and China’s Lingyun Industrial Corp., has opened a new PE pipe
factory near Shanghai, a 12.8 million Swiss franc (93 million Chinese yuan) investment.
Bayer plans to make solid PC sheet in Guangzhou
LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY (Oct. 22, 2011) -- Bayer Material Science AG plans to build a solid sheet polycarbonate manufacturing facility in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, in part to target what it
said is growth in diffusion lighting applications.
JEC Asia Innovation Awards 2011 unveiled
SINGAPORE (Oct. 11, 2011) -- Composites industry advancements in a wide range of applications, including automotive, aerospace and infrastructure, are among the honorees of the JEC Asia Innovation
Awards 2011.
Vietnam's Tien Phong buys KryoSys pipe extruder
 KryoSys
Composites makers feel slowdown in China's wind industry
SHANGHAI (September 13, 2011) -- For years, composites manufacturers have benefitted from China’s bullish government policies on wind energy, windmill blade construction often making up the largest
part of their business in China. After a few years of unbridled growth, however, China’s government is putting on the brakes and composites manufacturers are feeling the effects.
Solutia boosts touch film capacity in Asia
HSINCHU, TAIWAN (September 6, 2011) -- Aiming to support regional growth in mobile electronics and smart window markets, Solutia Inc. has acquired additional capacity for its high-tech conductive film
manufacturing operation in Asia through a $3.4 million acquisition from glass and film manufacturer Aimcore Techonology Co. Ltd. in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
CMT develops injection molding technology for pipe
BARANDUDA, AUSTRALIA (September 6, 2011) -- Profiles and pipe can be injection molded using “indefinite-length” technology developed by Continuous Moulding Technologies Pty. Ltd. of Baranduda,
Australia, which has been granted a U.S. patent.
Rapra hosts China trade mission to the UK
LONDON (August 29, 2011) -- visitors from Shanghai and Beijing. The visit focussed on wall cladding in the construction industry insulated with rigid phenolic foam insulation.
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