Press Releases

Subsequent to the announcement of postponing the 34th CHINAPLAS to 13-16 April 2021 due to COVID-19, and changing the show venue to Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center (SWECC) in Shenzhen, we have received many inquiries and greetings from media friends all around the world. In order to share the latest updates of CHINAPLAS and the current and future developments of the plastics and rubber industries, Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd., the organizer of CHINAPLAS, will host

Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, today announced the selection of Charleston, South Carolina as home to the company's new Global Export Hub to serve Braskem's international customers. The new Global Export Hub facility will provide packaging, warehousing and export shipping services to support Braskem's U.S. polypropylene (PP) production facilities. With the design and development phase well under

Comar, a premier healthcare plastic packaging, device and component supplier, is pleased to announce a major capacity expansion of our Buena plant operations by building a new offsite location in Vineland, New Jersey. Amid the considerable challenges brought on by COVID-19, we are very pleased to share this good news. The new 159,000 sq.ft. facility in Vineland, NJ, only a 20 minute drive from the current facility, will be ISO 13485 certified, cGMP compliant, FDA registered, and hou

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, announced that its subsidiary, Celanese (Nanjing) Chemical Co. Ltd., has recently signed a tri-party agreement with SOUTHWEST INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (SWCHEM), based in Chengdu, China, and YANKUANG LUNAN CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (LUNAN), based in Teng Zhou, China, to build a Pilot Scale-up Unit (PSU) in Teng Zhou, China, to test industrial scale production of acrylic acid using acetic acid as the principal raw material

Dow Polyurethanes (PU), a business division of Dow, is proud to announce a breakthrough in its RENUVA™ Mattress Recycling Program with a plan to install a pioneering industrial scale production facility at Orrion Chemicals Orgaform in Semoy, France. The RENUVA™ Mattress Recycling Program will take discarded mattress foam and turn it back into raw material (polyol) through chemical recycling, the process of converting waste into feedstock. The new raw material can then be

Byzen Digital Inc. announced that it has acquired a 100 percent interest in Clean-Seas Inc., pursuant to the exchange agreement dated May 19, 2020.  Clean-Seas is a technology driven solutions provider for waste plastic recycling with offices in the U.K., California, New York and India.  The Company has developed relationships with governments, municipalities and corporate stakeholders around the world from which it expects to begin providing plastic recycling solutions to meet the

Neste and Covestro are starting a strategic cooperation in Europe to promote the use of sustainable raw materials in plastics production. Covestro will be supplied with material from renewable sources to replace a significant portion of the fossil raw materials used to date in the manufacture of polycarbonates. This type of a high-performance plastic is used, for example, in car headlamps, LED lights, electronic and medical devices and automotive glazing. Over the short term, the co

The "Medical Polycarbonate Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2020-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report analyzes the historical and present-day scenario of the global medical polycarbonate market to accurately gauge its potential development. The study presents detailed information about the important growth factors, restraints, and key trends that are creating the landscape for the fut

Injection molding machine plays a crucial role in plastics processing machinery, constituting 40% to 50% of the total output value of plastics processing machinery in China. In 2019, injection molding machines made up 45.4% of China's plastics machinery exports; and it seized a 38.1% share in China's imports of the same kind. China's output of injection molding machine would drop to 100,400 units in 2019 due to the depressed markets like automobile and 3C, and the figure

Celanese Corporation , a global chemical and specialty materials company, will increase list and off-list selling prices for the following acetyl intermediates products. The price increases below are for orders shipped and will be effective immediately, or as contracts otherwise allow, and are incremental to any previously announced increases. Product China

Berry Global Group, Inc.announced the capital investment in its global meltblown nonwoven fabric capacity for South America. This investment further strengthens the Company’s global reach and position as the leading nonwovens manufacturer. This line is Berry’s first meltblown asset, based on its Meltex™ technology, to be located in South America and continues to support the demand for health and wellness products. With continued demand for face masks globally, Berr

Aran Biomedical Teoranta, provider of outsourced design, development and manufacturing services for implantable devices, announced the availability of its implantable material ProTEX Med® for purchase as a standalone raw material for products, which require implantable polypropylene (PP). According to the company, the decision was announced to meet the increasing number of requests for implantable polypropylene for pharmaceutical and blood tests. The material was previously excl