Page 3 - Plastics

Cosmo Films launches low noise tape film

The BOPP-based tape film enables easy release and generates low noise on unwinding

Lanxess to invest € 25 mn in plastics production chain expansion in Belgium

Investment to strengthen its integrated production complex for polyamide & precursors for plastics

Sustainability & lightweighting to drive growth in PET packaging market

Global market to reach 21.2 mn tonnes by 2021 from 16.7 mn tonnes in 2015, says Smithers Pira report

Global bioplastics for packaging market to reach $7.2 bn by 2022

Most of the new production facilities are being implemented in Thailand, India & China, says a study

Adient to collaborate with Boeing to improve aircraft seating & interiors

The aircraft interiors market is estimated to reach $ 21.7 bn by 2025, as per Counterpoint Market

Skipper Ltd commissions second plant in Guwahati

The plant has capacity to produce 30000 MTPA of engineering products & 7000 MTPA of plastic pipes

A Schulman to increase colour masterbatches capacity in Europe

The company will add three additional extruders in its facilities in Hungary, Italy and Poland

Raven Industries' engineered films division expands capacity in Texas

It will meet the demand for its geomembrane containment liners, used during the drilling process

Jasch Industries arm Indev buys US-based Automation and Control Technology

Indev offers advanced in-line web-based measurement & control solutions to various industries

Barnes Group buys Gammaflux to better serve plastics moulding industry

Gammaflux supplies hot runner temperature & sequential valve gate control systems to plastics sector

Chemplast Sanmar forms JV with France-based Kem One for chlorinated PVC

JV will invest Rs 325 crore to set up a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) plant in Puducherry

Dell uses recycled ocean plastics to make packaging tray for laptop

The firm has reached its 2020 goal of using 50 million pounds of recycled materials in its products

Indian plastics processing industry to reach 22 MMTPA by FY20: Report

Higher investments in infrastructure is expected to give a boost to plastics industry in the country

PU Tech 2017 to showcase futuristic polyurethanes

IPUA aims to make the industry aware and increase applications using polyurethane in India

Industry should make sustainable plastics for infrastructure: Suresh Prabhu

Effective use of plastics in railway can alter the economies of scale resulting in energy efficiency

Auto component maker Faurecia to partner with Finnish startup Tactotek

TactoTek is a leading provider of solutions for injection moulded structural electronics (IMSE)

Finolex Industries to make Lubrizol's FlowGuard CPVC pipes in India

The product, to be launched in March 2017, will cater to the building and construction industry

Lubrizol LifeSciences adds new compounding capabilities

This will help Lubrizol to strengthen its position in medical device applications sector

Nordson Corporation buys Plas-Pak Industries

Deal expands Nordson's offering of single-use dispensing syringes, cartridges & related components

Celanese buys nylon compounding business of Nilit

Acquisition will extend Celanese's global leadership position in the engineered materials business