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Material technology
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Penn Color
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Doylestown, PA
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United States
Masterbatches
Penn Color to debut penneffex™ at NPE 2018
Penn Color will be introducing never-before-seen color effects for Packaging at NPE as part of their portfolio of colors and effects by penneffex™, Penn Color’s new Global Design Team.
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Material technology
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Clariant
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Charlotte
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United States
NPE 2018
Clariant showcases support for North America’s plastics industry growth
- Additives, pigments and masterbatches for transportation, packaging, textiles & fibers
- Support to “future-proof” medical applications
- Contributing towards more sustainable engineering plastics
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Material technology
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Penn Color
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Doylestown
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United States
Additives
Penn Color launches line of additives supporting sustainable packaging
For brand owners and packaging converters looking for sustainable packaging solutions, Penn Color, a leading global producer of color and additive masterbatches has launched a line of additives that improve the life cycle inventory (LCI) by allowing for higher levels of recycled PET (RPET) in blow…
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Facts & Figures
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Clariant
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Muttenz
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Switzerland
Global price increase
Clariant to increase prices for masterbatch and compound products containing titanium dioxide, carbon black, pigments, dyes and several additives
Global price increase effective February 1st 2018 or as soon as contracts allow.
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Material technology
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BASF
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Ludwigshafen
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Germany
BASF increases prices of additives for plastics applications
Effective immediately, or as contracts allow, BASF is increasing the prices by 15 percent globally for a majority of products in its additives portfolio for plastic applications.
Price increases will apply to the following product classes:
Price increases will apply to the following product classes:
- Antioxidants
- Light stabilizers, flame retardants and other…
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Additives
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Americhem/Infinity LTL Engineered Compounds
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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United States
Infinity LTL adds capacity with new production line
Americhem, headquartered in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has announced an expansion to its Swedesboro N.J. based manufacturing plant known as Infinity LTL Engineered Compounds. The expansion includes a new production line, extending the company’s capacity by 1 million pounds per year. This will provide…
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Additives
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Holland Colours
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Richmond, Indiana
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United States
Colours
Frost gives PET bottles the cool look and soft feel of textured glass
Holland Colours is launching Frost, an innovative additive for PET bottles to achieve a high-end, frosted look from bottom to top. Frost has potential applications across a wide-range of consumer products including cosmetics.
Frost can replace spray-on or painted frost effects, offering a cool, icy…
Frost can replace spray-on or painted frost effects, offering a cool, icy…
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Additives
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Gabriel-Chemie
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Gumpoldskirchen
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Austria
Latest colour trends for plastics
Gabriel-Chemie presents COLOUR VISION N°18
Gabriel-Chemie presents at this year´s Fakuma (International trade fair for plastics processing, 17th to 21st October 2017, Friedrichshafen) the 18th edition of the annual COLOUR VISION series. Experienced trend scouts and innovative colourists are working actively on the trends of tomorrow and…
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Material technology
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Americhem Inc.
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Cuyahoga Falls
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United States
Americhem composes its 2018–2019 color trends
Americhem, a global leader in the production of color and additive solutions for polymeric products, has released its 2018–2019 Color Trends comprised of six color palettes united by a musical theme, including: Motown, Techno, Festival, Bossa Nova, Lullaby and Concerto. The color families were…
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Material technology
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Gabriel Chemie
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Gumpoldskirchen
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Austria
PURE: The organoleptically tested masterbatch from Gabriel-Chemie
- PURE provides complete transparency for masterbatch applications in order to prevent any potential sensory issues
- NIAS evaluation using gas chromatography
- Organoleptic evaluation
- SML – Specific migration limits
Creating packaging for food and beverages with sensitive contents, such as mineral water,…
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Material technology
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Milliken
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Ghent
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Belgium
UV Protection
Milliken at Drinktec 2017
At this fall’s Drinktec 2017 trade fair in Germany, Milliken Chemical will demonstrate how its ClearShield® Colorless UV Absorbers bring value to PET packaging by effectively protecting UV-sensitive contents from degradation while maintaining the material’s clarity and transparency.
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