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China: Shortage of supply drives up prices for standard thermoplastics
Baspar / IranPolymer Standard thermoplastics prices in China soared in March amid global supply shortages and firmer ethylene and propylene prices. The supply for most standard thermoplastics was particularly low in the first half of March 2021, which fueled prices.…
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Polyamide 6: BASF announces force majeure for deliveries from Antwerp
Baspar / IranPolymer After a fire in the production plant for PA 6 in Antwerp Belgium, BASF has declared force majeure. Deliveries of the polyamide 6 types “Ultramid B24”, “Ultramid B27” and qualities with low viscosity are affected, a spokeswoman…
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Polyurethane: Shortage with March maintenance at BASF and Sadara
Baspar / Iranpolymer No relief is expected for the polyurethane landscape in Europe in the coming weeks, although TDI has recently shown signs of a turning point. Polyols, on the other hand, are scarce – and also more expensive –…
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Raw material markets in the USA: Bumpy restart of polymer production
Baspar / Iranpolymer After the massive outages caused by the onset of winter in large parts of the USA, there are obviously delays in restarting refineries, petrochemical complexes and the downstream polymer production lines. A renewed delivery of US products…
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Styrene: Covestro / LyondellBasell declare force majeure
IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR “Unpredictable damage” is the reason for the failure of the styrene and propylene oxide plant at Lyondell Covestro Manufacturing Maasvlakte VOF in Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, on February 11, 2021. A spokesman confirmed both the failure and the directly…
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Polyamides: DuPont declares global force majeure
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR The numerous failures of pre-product plants in the value chains of essential engineering thermoplastics force DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware / USA) to declare force majeure for their own products. From Monday, February 22, 2021, DuPont will initially stop all deliveries…
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Polyethylene: Arab olefin complex completely precipitated
IranPolymer / Baspar A few days ago, an apparently major technical malfunction led to the shutdown of all Saudi Ethylene and Polyethylene plants in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. This affects not only the cracker of the joint venture between LyondellBasell (LYB,…
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Russia: Price increases for standard thermoplastics
IranPolymer / Baspar With overall average demand, Russian prices for all standard thermoplastics rose in November. Polystyrene and PP extrusion types in particular felt the upswing. This is reported by the plastics information industry service (KI, Bad Homburg) in the…
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K-Recycling: Initiative wants to harmonize the calculation of the proportion of recycled material
IranPolymer / Baspar The Brussels-based organizations European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC), European Carpet and Rug Association (ECRA) and European Single Ply Waterproofing Association as well as the independent Belgian laboratory Centexbel – VKC (Kortrijk / Belgium) and the Belgian Quality…
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Ineos Styrolution: higher prices for ABS specialties and ASA
IranPolymer / Baspar For January 1, 2021 Ineos Styrolution (Frankfurt) has announced higher prices for ABS specialties (brands “Novodur” and “Novodur HH”) and ASA (“Luran S”). In Europe, the company intends to raise prices by EUR 350 / t each.…
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Elipso: A challenging year for the K-packaging industry
Iranpolymer / Baspar A business survey by the French association of the plastic packaging industry Elipso (Paris / France) on the effects of the coronavirus crisis shows that many of the around 320 member companies will start the coming year…
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Continental: Specializing in plastics expertise for e-vehicles
IranPolymer/ Baspar The automotive supplier Continental (Hanover) focuses the research and development of plastics for the thermal management of electric and hybrid vehicles in Germany at three locations. The experts in the new plastics competence center in Hamburg concentrate on…
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Polyurethane: enormous price increase for isocyanates continues
IranPolymer/ Baspar While the price increase for MDI products was still halfway within limits in October, another record peak was seen for TDI. The seller’s market brings tears to the eyes of buyers. Anyone who wanted quantity had to pay…
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Recycling of protective masks started successfully
IranPolymer/ Baspar As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, sales of disposable face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) are booming worldwide. So far, however, there are only a few recycling projects for these new everyday products. The British company…
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Evonik: New PEEK material for medical technology implants
Baspar / IranPolymer The specialty chemicals group Evonik (Essen) has developed an osteoconductive (stimulating new bone formation) polyetheretherketone for medical technology that is supposed to improve the connection between bones and implants. The new biomaterial will be sold under the…
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EXPANSION AT DENROY PLASTICS LEADS TO NEW BRAND: DENPRO
Iranpolymer/ Baspar During the COVID-19 pandemic, injection moulder Denroy Plastics has employed all its expertise in aviation, medical and automotive thermoplastics to design and manufacture clinical-grade PPE, supplying over 1 million units of its new Denpro HeroShield visor to…
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SABIC releases LEXAN CLINIWALL AC6200 sheet for hospitals and public facilities
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR SABIC has launched a non-chlorinated and non-brominated opaque sheet, to provide a hygienic sanitary solution to several industries around the world. The launch comes as the rising need for infection prevention and sanitation control across the world continues to…
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Setback or shock: when will plastics demand bounce back from coronavirus?
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR The plastics industry entered the new decade on an optimistic note. The US-China trade war was pointed towards resolution, concerns over the fallout of Brexit had abated and demand expectations had improved following a lacklustre 2019. Then the coronavirus…
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Extended Lockdown Scenario Forecasts 18% Drop in Global Vehicle Sales
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR IHS Markit is projecting an 18% drop in global new vehicle sales year-on-year under an extended COVID-19 lockdown scenario to 73.3 million units. Regionally, that breaks out to a 26% U.S. vehicle sales decline year-on-year to 12.6 million units;…
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Best Applied Paper Award/ ISPST 2020
IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR Corresponding authors of the papers accepted for oral presentation in ISPST 2020 are eligible to apply for Best Applied Paper Award provided by Parsa Polymer Sharif Co. The award includes ISPST 2020 icon plus 50,000,000 Rials cash prize which…
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