2:20 min
Additives
PolyOne expands liquid color capabilities at Northern Ohio manufacturing site
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced the expansion of its liquid color concentrate production capabilities at the Company’s Massillon, Ohio plant. This expansion, which includes the installation of high speed media mills and upgraded high intensity mixers, is expected to ...
1:50 min
Caps & Closures
BioGaia in stategic alliance with Bericap
BioGaia AB has concluded a global collaborative agreement with Bericap Sarl, the French subsidiary to the German Bericap Group, which is one of the world´s largest manufacturers of caps and other package closures, with 20 factories in 18 countries that produce approx. 50 billion ...
2:30 min
PET processing
Germany: Uhde Inventa-Fischer technology for BASF SE
BASF SE has awarded a contract to engineer and supply its proprietary 2 R process for the BASF Ecoflex® project to Uhde Inventa-Fischer. The plant will be built in Ludwigshafen (Germany) and will have an annual capacity of 60,000 tons of Ecoflex® polymer. It is scheduled to start ...
1:55 min
Recycling processes
petcore approves the use of up to 10% of Futura’s BarPET/BeerPET pet/ptn alloy based on bottles in a recycle stream for bottle to bottle applications
Futura is a producer of BarPET/BeerPET, a PET/PTN Alloy containing 10% PTN1.BarPET/BeerPET has been developed to enhance thermal stability and further improve gas, UV and water vapour barrier properties of PET packaging. The BarPET/BeerPET solution is targeted mainly at products ...