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Barrier PBT for Monolayer Film Extrusion and Thermoforming
Baspar/Iranpolymer A new PBT from BASF is said to close the gap between two key challenges faced by the packaging market: the trend towards monomaterial solutions and recycling of packaging as simple and efficient as possible. Ultradur Barrier B6560 M2 FC TF is…
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Sustainable packaging key to a circular economy
Baspar/Iranpolymer A recent market report released by IDTechEx assessing the market for sustainable packaging took an in-depth look at the aspects influencing its use and that play a role in advancing circularity. As the report notes, plastic consumption, which is expected…
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The project of the composite cabin of the subway driver
Baspar / Iranpolymer At the end of 2021, studies for the construction of a city train or subway driver’s wagon were started at Wagon Pars Mapna Company, which led to the design and finalization of this wagon in the following…
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Engel: Ten percent shorter dry cycle time
Baspar / Iranpolymer In high-speed applications, the time it takes for the injection molding machine to open and close the mold is a significant component of the cycle time. Like a robot arm, the movable mold clamping platen of the…
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Russia: Domestic plastics production and exports to China collapse
Baspar / Iranpolymer From January to August, Russia exported significantly fewer polymers to China than in the same period last year. According to Peter Bazurow, Director General of the Russian Association of Plastics Processors RUSAPP (Russia), the export volume of…
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Recycling: New EU regulations for plastics that come into contact with food
Baspar / Iranpolymer New rules for the use of recycled plastics in food packaging have been in force across the EU since October 10, 2022. There is still a transition period until mid-2023, but a number of plastics recyclers and…
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Petra Cullmann, Executive Director Messe Düsseldorf, Interview with Baspar Magazine
Baspar / Iranpolymer K exhibition is being held for the 70th year now. How did it feel to hold this exhibition after a long pandemic? Petra Cullmann: K 2022 comes at precisely the right point in time to provide the…
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Scientists Create Extremely Strong Stretchable Electrode for Wearable Devices
Baspar/Iranpolymer Professor Runwei Li’s group at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) has devised a nano-liquid-metal-based extremely powerful stretchable electrode (NHSE) for a variety of electronic skin (e-skin) applications, including human healthcare monitoring and…
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New Light-Driven Catalysts Facilitate Manufacturing Processes
Baspar/Iranpolymer Chemical reactions powered by light are extremely helpful to chemists who are developing new methods to make pharmaceuticals and other beneficial compounds. Exploiting this light energy necessitates photoredox catalysts, which can capture light and convey the energy to a…
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Color-Stable Polyamide Shines in Electromobility Applications
IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR The new flame-retardant PA66 is colored bright orange, a hue in high demand in the auto industry. High-voltage components are usually exposed to significant and repetitive temperature fluctuations, which normally lead to strong discoloration in conventional polyamides (PAs).…
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Composites: Further price increases for resins towards the end of the year
Baspar / Iranpolymer The resin producers are turning the price screw every month. Polynt (Italy) wants to make unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins more expensive at the turn of the year due to higher costs for energy and CO2…
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Borealis buys minority stake in Bockatech
Baspar / Iranpolymer For an unspecified amount, the polyolefin group Borealis (Vienna / Austria) bought a minority stake in Bockatech (Wyton / Great Britain), a technology provider for the production of sustainable packaging solutions. The investment is intended to deepen…
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South Korea: The explosion in Yeosu killed three people
Baspar / Iranpolymer An explosion at the South Korean chemical and petrochemical site in Yeosu killed at least three people. The incident occurred on December 13, 2021, shortly after midnight, while welding work on the pipelines of a naphtha tank. The…
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Engineering thermoplastics: Little price movement in November
Baspar / Iranpolymer With a few exceptions, there was hardly any movement in the listings for engineering thermoplastics in November. The main reason for this was the compound prices that were often fixed for the quarter. The producers deal intensively with…
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Dow: Cracker failure in Terneuzen reaches styrene and polyols
Baspar / Iranpolymer The failure of two of the three crackers that Dow (Midland, Michigan / USA) operates at the Terneuzen site in the Netherlands, which has since been confirmed, has consequences for a number of other plants and also…
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77% Growth in Exports From Bushehr
Baspar / Iranpolymer total of 15,186,000 tons of goods valued at $5.41 billion were exported from the southern province in the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22), registering a 7% increase in terms of weight…
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The World Plastics Industry to meet in Tüyap for the 30th Time
Baspar / IranpolymerPlast Eurasia Istanbul, the most important fair of the plastics industry in the region, brings the most important manufacturers together in its 30th year. The fair will be held in cooperation with TÜYAP Tüm Fuarcılık Yapım AS and…
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Dubai to host ArabPlast 2021 in mid-November
Baspar / Iranpolymer The GCC’s petrochemicals, plastics and rubber producers will discuss innovation strategies at ArabPlast 2021, which will take place from 15th to 18th November at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, with the participation of 6 international pavilions…
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The pavilion of the Islamic Republic of Iran was officially inaugurated at Expo 2020 Dubai
Baspar / IranPolymer According to the reports by the Public Relations and International Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran International Exhibitions Company (IIEC PR), the opening ceremony of the Islamic Republic of Iran Pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai with…
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