ContiTech inaugurates Changshu facility
 Opening ceremony
Australia green building rules revised in favor of PVC
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (March 8, 2010) -- Sydney-based Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA） has revised its previously negative view on PVC materials. The new system for rating the plastic should
be in force by April.
Coal-based PVC maker continues expansion in China
URUMQI, CHINA (March 5, 2010) -- Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co. Ltd., based in Urumqi, plans to add more PVC capacity, as it expects PVC price and market demand to rise in 2010.
US firm says temporary plastic walls save landfill space
 Temporary wall
GF Piping opens India plant
SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND (February 8, 2010) -- GF Piping Systems Ltd., part of Switzerland's Georg Fischer AG, has opened a new factory in Ratnagiri, India, south of Mumbai. The plant will make pipes
for India’s natural gas network.
Lifetime launches mass-produced disaster relief housing
 Hendrickson(L), Huntsman
Selena starts building second factory in China
 Selena Nantong breaks ground
Sabic Innovative Plastics adds two sheet lines in India
VADODARA, INDIA (December 17, 2009) -- Sabic Innovative Plastics LP has added two new extrusion lines at its Vadodara plant, expanding the company's production of specialty film and sheet. The new
lines will be used to make Lexan-brand polycarbonate sheet for industrial roofing and metro rail seating, for local customers in India.
China's WPC firms see growth from Europe and China
 Lam
Wood plastic composites can expand sanitation access
 Shukla
Firms link in polycarbonate sheet JV in India
LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY (November 30, 2009) -- Bayer MaterialScience AG and Malibu Plastica Ltd. have entered a joint venture to supply polycarbonate sheet in India. The JV will be named Bayer Malibu
Polymers Private Ltd. and be headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.
US Army orders two thermoplastic bridges
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (November 15, 2009) -- The U.S. Army has ordered two railroad bridges that will set the bar for load capacities on bridges made from plastics, with load ratings of 130 tons.
Reichhold opens unsaturated polyester plant in India
RANJANGAON, INDIA (November 10, 2009) -- Materials maker Reichhold Inc. has opened a plant making unsaturated polyester resins in Ranjangaon, India. Reichhold expects the material to be sold into wind
turbines, glass-reinforced pipe, engineering stone, automobiles and other applications.
Yantai Wanhua's MDI used in China's high-speed railway
Yantai, China (November 9, 2009) -- Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co.'s MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) products are to be used in the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway in
China – the world's largest polyurea waterproofing project.
Air Products opens speciality amines plant in China
NANJING (November 9, 2009) -- Air Products Chemicals Inc. has opened a new speciality amines plant in Nanjing, China, to support local customers in the polyurethane additives and epoxy markets.
Liansu builds extrusion plants across China
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (October 19, 2009) -- Liansu Group, one of China’s largest plastic pipe makers, has opened a new factory in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, to target growing domestic demand for
infrastructure projects. The company has also broken ground on new extrusion plants in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, and in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Liansu is also planning a pipe factory near Xi’an,
Shaanxi province.
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Plastics News' extensive coverage of NPE2009, North America's largest plastics trade show, included 17 news videos
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