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High-performance engineered fibers at Techtextil 2024
Iranpolymer/Baspar Avient Corporation announced it will showcase its high-performance engineered fiber solutions and advanced protective materials portfolio next week at Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwoven fabrics. These highlighted solutions include composite fabrics and textiles that offer high…
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Huntsman launches new SHOKLESS polyurethane systems for electric vehicle batteries
Iranpolymer/Baspar Tienen, Belgium – Automotive experts from Huntsman have added a series of new lightweight, durable polyurethane foam technologies to the company’s battery solutions portfolio that have been developed for the potting and fixation of cells mounted in electric vehicle…
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Efficient conversion of woven feed bags to recycled polypropylene
Iranpolymer/Baspar Woven polypropylene (PP) feed bags are a common type of packaging material for animal feeds and other agricultural products due to their strong, durable, and lightweight features. These packaging materials are indeed one of the applications of PP woven…
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Coca-Cola’s Redesign of Small PET Bottles Pushes Lightweighting Below Prior ‘Floor’
Iranpolymer/Baspar For the first time in decades, The Coca-Cola Company has completely redesigned its small PET bottles (12, 16.9 and 20 oz) for sparkling Minute Maid Refreshments and Minute Maid Aguas Frescas soft drinks. The new bottle design will also…
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A theme for K 2025
Iranpolymer/Baspar While still a month out from NPE2024, organisers of the K show in Düsseldorf, Germany, are already gearing up for the next round of the biggest international plastics trade show of all, set to take place 8-15 Oct. 2025. K…
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First optimized series of igus bicycles to take the road
Iranpolymer/Baspar The global leader in motion plastics, igus®, has announced that after a long period of development work, the igus:bike, a bicycle made of 92 percent plastic with a high share of recycled content, has gone into series production. The Dutch…
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Specialty additive for early hot block resistance in waterborne architectural paints
Iranpolymer/Baspar Syensqo, formerly part of Solvay Group, has added a brand-new solution to its portfolio of Rhodoline® specialty coating additives. Rhodoline® HBR was developed to enable the phase-out of fluorosurfactants in architectural paint formulations. This innovative new product helps prevent freshly painted surfaces from…
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Sustainable machine and plant technologies for the Middle East carpet industry
Iranpolymer/Baspar DOMOTEX Middle East is the leading event for the carpet and flooring industry in the Middle East. It focuses on machine-made carpets, textile carpets, and handmade carpets. Oerlikon’s Polymer Processing Solutions division and its joint venture partner BB Engineering…
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New resin addition to copolymer portfolio for automotive industry
Iranpolymer/Baspar SABIC introduced LNP™ ELCRES™ SLX1271SR resin, a new addition to its weatherable LNP SLX copolymer portfolio. This specialty material features enhanced scratch and mar resistance and a high-gloss surface finish to provide the automotive industry with a new molded-in color solution for…
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Starlinger presents circular economy solutions for plastic packaging
Iranpolymer/Baspar On the occasion of this year’s Chinaplas in Shanghai from April 23 to 26, Starlinger is hosting an Open House at its production facility in nearby Taicang. A 1.5 hour drive away from Shanghai, visitors can see a starEX tape extrusion…
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Optical measuring device provides shrinkage values
Iranpolymer/Baspar During the industrial processing of plastics, details of their shrinkage values form part of the standard information that is essential as a specification for mold construction. To provide manufacturers with maximally precise data, KRAIBURG TPE has been using a…
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Sidel EvoFILL PET – the ultimate answer to enhanced water quality in a reduced footprint
Iranpolymer/Baspar With the EvoFILL PET, packaging solutions leader Sidel has taken a further step forward with its filling innovations. The space-saving filler can handle high production speeds of up to 90,000 bottles per hour (bph) with a footprint that is…
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Semi-crystalline PHA added to FDA’s inventory of food contact substances
Iranpolymer/Baspar CJ Biomaterials, Inc. announced that its semi-crystalline PHA (scPHA) biopolymer branded PHACT™ S1000P is now included in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) with the Assigned Food Contact Notification (FCN) 2330. This is the second CJ Biomaterials…
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Lagos bans polystyrene and single-use plastics
Iranpolymer/Baspar The government of the Nigerian state of Lagos has implemented an immediate ban on the use and distribution of polystyrene and other single-use plastics, citing significant environmental concerns. The announcement was made by the state’s Commissioner for the Environment…
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Tosaf unveils PFAS-free additives for polyolefins extrusion
Iranpolymer/Baspar The race to replace per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is on, driven by increasingly stringent regulations and standards regarding these ‘forever chemicals’, some of which have been shown to have harmful impacts on human health and the environment. PFAS, however, have…
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Production site for silicone specialties in the Czech Republic
Iranpolymer/Baspar Wacker Chemie AG plans to further expand its silicone specialties business and is reorganizing its production operations in Europe. A new production site for silicones is to be built in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. The main drivers…
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Ban on single-use plastic bags comes into force in Dubai
Iranpolymer/Baspar The Crown Prince of Dubai issued an Executive Council Resolution on the last day of 2023 that imposes a phased ban on the import and trading of single-use products. The resolution applies equally to single-use virgin and recycled products,…
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Antimicrobial additives for TPU film in medical and outdoor applications
Iranpolymer/Baspar Avient Corporation unveils an expansion of its Cesa™ Withstand™ portfolio to include new grades of antimicrobial and antifungal additives. These new grades are developed to enhance the performance of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film-laminated products and devices in applications where…
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Scaling Up Sustainable Solutions for Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials
Iranpolymer/Baspar The transition to efficient and sustainable systems for energy and transportation infrastructure demands stronger and lighter materials. Often, engineers are compelled to turn away from traditional homogeneous materials in favor of composites. “Fiber-reinforced composites have revolutionized a variety of…
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